Alignment to Standards for MS
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1)3.b. | Identify Earth landforms and bodies of water (e.g., continents, islands, peninsulas, oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks). |
| 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. |
| 1 | SS 1)5.a | Identify settings of read-aloud stories as geographic locations |
| 2 | 2)3.c. | cause/effect relationships when basic needs of plants and animals are met and when they are not met. |
| 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 | SS 3)5.b | Compare/contrast animals/habitats from different countries (elephants, lions, zebras, desert, savannah, etc.). |
| 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. |
