Alignment to Standards for NH
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | S:ESS1:2:2.1 | Recognize that solid rocks, soils, and water in its liquid and solid states can be found on the Earthês surface. |
| 2 | S:ESS1:2:2.2 | properties, such as color and texture, to classify and organize rocks and minerals. |
| 2 | S:ESS1:2:2.3 | Recognize that Earth materials have a variety of properties, including size, shape, color and texture. |
| 2 | S:ESS1:2:6.2 | Describe rocks and soils in terms of their physical properties. |
| 2 | S:ESS4:2:3.1 | Differentiate between natural and man-made materials. |
| 2 | S:LS5:2:1.1 | Recognize that new products can be made out of natural materials, such as paper from trees and cloth from various plants and animals. |
| 2 | S:PS1:2:2.1 | Identify the observable properties of different objects, such as color, size, shape, weight and texture. |
| 2 | S:SPS1:2:1.5 | Sort and classify object materials and events based on one or more attributes; and explain the methods used for sorting. |
| 2 | SS:EC:2:5.1 | Define the term resources, e.g., trees, books |
| 2 | SS:GE:2:4.2 | Identify what are natural resources, e.g., water or trees. |
| 2 | SS:GE:2:5.1 | role of natural resources in daily life, e.g., food, clothing, or shelter. |
| 2 | SS:GE:2:5.2 | how people use resources, e.g., building homes or the food they eat. |
| 4 | S:ESS1:4:2.2 | Describe rock as being composed of different combinations of minerals. |
| 4 | S:ESS1:4:2.3 | Given information about Earth materials, explain how their characteristics lend themselves to specific uses. |
| 4 | S:ESS1:4:2.4 | Given certain Earth materials (soils, rocks, or minerals) use physical properties to sort, classify, and/or describe them. |
| 4 | S:ESS1:4:6.1 | Explain that smaller rocks come from the breaking and weathering of larger rocks and bedrock. |
| 4 | S:ESS1:4:6.2 | Distinguish between the three categories of rocks (metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary) and describe the processes that create them. |
| 4 | S:ESS1:4:6.3 | Identify minerals by their physical properties, such as color, texture and cleavage, and describe simple tests used in the identification process. |
| 4 | S:PS1:4:2.1 | Recognize that substances can be classified by observable properties. |
| 4 | S:PS1:4:2.5 | Collect and organize data about physical properties in order to classify objects or draw conclusions about objects and their characteristic properties (e.g., temperature, color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility). [PS1(K-4)INQ-1] |
| 4 | S:SPS1:4:1.5 | Classify according to several attributes and describe or show the method for classification. |
| 4 | S:SPS2:4:4.2 | Understand that some changes are so slow or so fast that they are hard to see. |
