This resource has 26 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Life Science
  • The characteristics of organisms
    • Organisms have basic needs. For example, animals need air, water, and food; plants require air, water, nutrients, and light.
    • Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met.
    • Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking.
    • The behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues (such as hunger) and by external cues (such as a change in the environment).
    • The world has many different environments, and distinct environments support the life of different types of organisms.
  • Organisms and environments
    • All animals depend on plants. Some animals eat plants for food. Other animals eat animals that eat the plants.
    • An organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism's environment, including the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment.
    • When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations.
    • All organisms cause changes in the environment where they live. Some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or other organisms, whereas others are beneficial.

• Earth Science
  • Properties of earth materials
    • Earth materials are solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.
    • Soils have properties of color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many kinds of plants, including those in our food supply.
  • Changes in earth and sky
    • The surface of the earth changes.
    • Some changes to the surface of the Earth are due to slow processes, such as erosion and weathering

• Science as Inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment.
    • Plan and conduct a simple investigation.
    • Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses.
    • Use data to construct a reasonable explanation.
    • Communicate investigations and explanations.

• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
  • Types of resources
    • Resources are things that we get from the living and nonliving environment to meet the needs and wants of a population.
    • Some resources are basic materials, such as air, water, and soil.
  • Changes in environments
    • Environments are the space, conditions, and factors that affect an individual's and a population's ability to survive and their quality of life.
    • Changes in environments can be natural or influenced by humans. Some changes are good, some are bad, and some are neither good nor bad.
    • Some environmental changes occur slowly, and others occur rapidly.
  • Science and technology in local challenges
    • People continue inventing new ways of doing things, solving problems, and getting work done.

• History and Nature of Science
  • Science as a human endeavor
    • Science requires different abilities, depending on such factors as the field of study and type of inquiry.

• Content Standards
  • Quality Teaching
    • Deepens educators’ content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. (NSDC)