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). |
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-2.5a | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings; and |
2 | SC-2.5b | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include habitats change over time due to many influences. |
3 | GEO-3.5e | locating specific places on a simple letter-number grid system. |
3 | GEO-3.6 | The student will interpret geographic information from maps, tables, graphs, and charts. |
3 | SC-3.10b | survival of species. Key concepts include the effects of human activity on the quality of air, water, and habitat; |
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-3.6a | environments Key concepts include water-related environments (pond, marshland, swamp, stream, river, and ocean environments); |
3 | SC-3.8b | Key concepts include animal and plant life cycles. |
4 | SC-4.5e | Key concepts include life cycles |
4 | SC-4.5f | Key concepts include influence of human activity on ecosystems. |
5 | SC-5.7f | Earth surface constantly changes. Key concepts include human impact |
K | CIV-K.8e | being a good citizen involves honesty, self-control, and kindness to others. |
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.8c | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include animal and plant growth |
K | SC-K.9a | change over time Key concepts include natural and human-made things may change over time |
K | SC-K.9b | change over time Key concepts include changes can be noted and measured. |