Living & Non-living

1. Fifth Grade: Describe how, when the environment changes, differences between individuals allow some plants and animals to survive and reproduce while others die or move to new locations.

2. Abiotic factors which can influence an organism's survival include temperature, air, water, and sunglight

3. Third Grade: Describe how animals and plants respond to changing seasons.

4. A habitat must meet certain needs in order for an organism to survive.

5. Biotic factors which can influence an organism's include predators, competition for and availability of food sources.

6. Fourth Grade: Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment.

7. Second Grade: Recognize and explain that living things are found all over Earth, but each is only able to live in habitats that meet its basic needs

8. First Grade: Through observation, recognize that all plants and animals, including humans, need the basic necessities of air, water, food, and space.

9. Kindergarten: Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.

10. Living things require air, food, water, and space.