Alignment to Standards for MN
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.4.1.1.1 | Describe and sort animals into groups in many ways, according to their physical characteristics and behaviors. |
| 1 | 1.4.2.1.1 | Recognize that animals need space, water, food, shelter and air. |
| 1 | 1.4.2.1.2 | Describe ways in which an animals habitat provides for its basic needs |
| 2 | 2.4.1.1.1 | Describe and sort plants into groups in many ways, according to their physical characteristics and behaviors. |
| 2 | 2.4.2.1.1 | Recognize that plants need space, water, nutrients and air, and that they fulfill these needs in different ways. |
| 3 | 3.4.1.1.1 | Compare how the different structures of plants and animals serve various functions of growth, survival and reproduction. |
| 3 | 3.4.1.1.2 | Identify common groups of plants and animals using observable physical characteristics, structures and behaviors. |
| K | 0.1.2.1.1 | Some objects occur in nature; others have been designed and processed by people Sort objects in to two groups: those that are found in nature and those that are human made. For example: Cars, pencils, trees, rocks. |
| K | 0.4.1.1.1 | Observe and compare plants and animals. |
| K | 0.4.1.1.2 | Living things are diverse with many different observable characteristics. Identify the external parts of a variety of plants and animals including humans. |
| K | 0.4.1.1.3 | Differentiate between living and nonliving things. Sort organisms and objects (or pictures of these) into groups of those that grow, and reproduce, and need air, food, |
| K | 0.4.2.1.1 | Observe a natural system or its model, and identify living and nonliving components in that system. For example: A wetland, prairie, garden or aquarium |
| K-3 | K-3.V.C. | distinguish between physical and human-made features of places on the Earthês surface. |
| K-3 | K-3.V.C.3 | identify specific landforms and waterways on a map using geographical terms. |
