Alignment to Standards for MS
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1)3.d. | Chart and compare the growth and changes of animals from birth to adulthood. |
| 1 | 1)3.e. | basic needs of plants and animals and recognize that plants and animals both need to take in water, animals need food, and plants need light. |
| 2 | 2)3.a. | Describe and categorize the characteristics of animals (vertebrates or invertebrates, cold-blooded or warm-blooded) |
| 2 | 2)3.d. | Compare the life cycles of plants and animals. |
| 3 | 3)3.a. | diverse life forms (including vertebrates and invertebrates) that live in different environments (e.g., deserts, tundras, forests, grasslands, taigas, wetlands) and the structures that serve different functions in their survival (e.g. |
| 3 | 3)3.c. | relationships between the basic needs of different organisms and discern how adaptations enable an organism to survive in a particular environment. |
| 3 | 3)3.e. | Recall that organisms can survive only when in environments (deserts, tundras, forests, grasslands, taigas, wetlands) in which their needs are met and interpret the interdependency of plants and animals within a food chain, including producer, consumer, d |
| 4 | 4)3.a.1 | Observable traits due to inherited or environmental adaptations |
| 4 | 4)3.c. | Compare characteristics of organisms, including growth and development, reproduction, acquisition and use of energy, and response to the environment. |
| 4 | 4)3.c.1 | Life cycles of various animals to include complete and incomplete metamorphosis |
| 4 | 4)3.c.2 | Plant or animal structures that serve different functions in growth, adaptation, and survival |
| 5 | 5)3.a.1 | Diversity based on kingdoms, phyla, and classes (e.g., internal/external structure, body temperature, size, shape) |
| 5 | 5)3.b.1 | Research and classify the organization of living things: Differences between plant and animal cells |
