Grade Level

Standards

3rd Grade

3-1.1, 3-1.3, 3-1.6, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 3-3.5

4th Grade

4-1.1, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-2.2, 4-2.5

5th Grade

5-1.1, 5-2.2, 5-2.3, 5-2.5

Generate questions such as “what if?” or “how?” about objects, organisms, and events in the environment and use those questions to conduct a simple scientific investigation.

Explain how physical and behavioral adaptations allow organisms to survive (including hibernation, defense, locomotion, movement, food obtainment, and camouflage for animals and seed dispersal, color, and response to light for plants).

Explain how changes in the habitats of plants and animals affect their survival.

Distinguish among observations, predictions, and inferences.

Construct and interpret diagrams, tables, and graphs made from recorded measurements and observations.

Explain how an organism’s patterns of behavior are related to its environment (including the kinds and the number of other organisms present, the availability of food and other resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment).