Alignment to Standards for VA
Grade | Number | Standard |
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1 | SC-1.5b | animal characteristics:body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement) |
1 | SC-1.5c | animal characteristics. Key concepts include other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes). |
1 | SC-1.7b | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in animals (behaviors, hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat); and |
2 | GEO-2.5a | locating the equator, the seven continents, and the four oceans on maps and globes; |
2 | SC-2.4a | plant and animal life cycles. Key concepts include some animals (frogs and butterflies) undergo distinct stages during their lives, while others generally resemble their parents; and |
2 | SC-2.7a | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include effects on growth and behavior of living things (migration, hibernation, camouflage, adaptation, dormancy); and |
3 | GEO-3.6 | The student will interpret geographic information from maps, tables, graphs, and charts. |
3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
3 | SC-3.4a | animal adaptations: methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter, defending themselves, and rearing young; |
3 | SC-3.4b | animal adaptations: hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and learned behavior. |
3 | SC-3.8a | Key concepts include patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides); and |
3 | SC-3.8b | Key concepts include animal and plant life cycles. |
4 | SC-4.5a | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include behavioral and structural adaptations; |
4 | SC-4.5e | Key concepts include life cycles |
K | GEO-K.4 | simple maps and globes to develop an awareness that a map is a drawing of a place to show where things are located and that a globe is a round model of the Earth; |
K | SC-K.6b | basic needs plants and animals. Key concepts include plants and animals live and die (go through a life cycle); and |
K | SC-K.8a | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include weather observations; |
K | SC-K.8c | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include animal and plant growth |