SCIENCE STANDARDS OF LEARNING

Science K.1   The student will conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
#22 Trees As Habitats

#1 The Shape of Things

 

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#2 Get In Touch With Trees

  

#25 Birds and Worms

#3 Peppermint Beetle

  

#41 How Plants Grow

#21 Adopt a Tree

  

#46 School Yard Safari

#27 Every Tree for Itself

  

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

  

#65 Bursting Buds

#64 Looking At Leaves

  

#78 Signs of Fall

  

Science K.2   The student will investigate and understand that humans have senses that allow one to seek, find, take in and react or respond to information in order to learn about one’s surroundings.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#21 Adopt a Tree

#1 The Shape of Things

#16 Pass the Plants, Please

#46 School Yard Safari

#2 Get In Touch With Trees

#51 Make Your Own Paper

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#3 Peppermint Beetle

  
 

#4 Sounds Around

  
 

#6 Picture This!

  
 

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

  

Science K.4   The student will investigate and understand that the position, motion, and physical properties of an object can be described.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#1 The Shape of Things

#51 Make Your Own Paper

#4 Sounds Around

#2 Get In Touch With Trees

#78 Signs of Fall

  

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

   

#64 Looking At Leaves

    

#65 Bursting Buds

    

Science K.5   The student will investigate and understand that water flows and has properties that can be observed and tested.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
   

#51 Make Your Own Paper

Science K.6   The student will investigate and understand basic needs and life processes of plants and animals.         

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
#21 Adopt a Tree #16 Pass the Plants, Please #8 The Forest of S. T. Shrew

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

 #22 Trees As Habitats

#25 Birds and Worms

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#62 To Be a Tree

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#41 How Plants Grow

#78 Signs of Fall

#46 School Yard Safari

#79 Tree Lifecycle

  

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
   

#61 The Closer You Look
   

#95 Did You Notice?

Science K.8   The student will investigate and understand simple patterns in his/her daily life.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#1 The Shape of Things

#78 Signs of Fall

#41 How Plants Grow

#61 The Closer You Look

#79 Tree Lifecycle

#46 School Yard Safari

#64 Looking At Leaves

  

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
   

#49 Tropical Treehouse

Science K.9   The student will investigate and understand that change occurs over time, and rates may be fast or slow.     

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#21 Adopt a Tree

#18 Tale of the Sun

#41 How Plants Grow

#65 Bursting Buds

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#46 School Yard Safari

#78 Signs of Fall

  

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

Science K.10   The student will investigate and understand that materials can be reused, recycled, and conserved.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#13 We All Need Trees

#36 Pollution Search

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#51 Make Your Own Paper

#87 Earth Manners

Science 1.1   The student will conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
#22 Trees As Habitats

#1 The Shape of Things

 

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#2 Get In Touch With Trees

  

#25 Birds and Worms

#3 Peppermint Beetle

  

#41 How Plants Grow

#21 Adopt a Tree

  

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#27 Every Tree for Itself

  

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

  

#76 Tree Cookies

#46 School Yard Safari

  

#77 Trees In Trouble

#64 Looking At Leaves
#65 Bursting Buds

  
 

#78 Signs of Fall

  

Science 1.4   The student will investigate and understand that plants have life needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#21 Adopt a Tree
#31 Plant a Tree
#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#2 Get In Touch With Trees
#6 Picture This
#16 Pass the Plants, Please

#22 Trees As Habitats
#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#67 How Big Is Your Tree?
#87 Earth Manners

#62 To Be a Tree
#64 Looking At Leaves

#27 Every Tree for Itself
#41 How Plants Grow

#78 Signs of Fall

#61 The Closer You Look

  
 

#63 Tree Factory

  
 

#65 Bursting Buds

  
 

#76 Tree Cookies

  
 

#77 Trees In Trouble

  
 

#79 Tree Lifecycle

  

Science 1.5   The student will investigate and understand that animals, including people, have life needs and specific physical characteristics and can be classified according to certain characteristics.             

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#8 The Forest of S. T. Shrew

#6 Picture This!

#3 Peppermint Beetle

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#25 Birds and Worms

#76 Tree Cookies

#24 Nature’s Recyclers
#46 School Yard Safari

#74 People, Places, Things

  

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

    

#87 Earth Manners

    

Science 1.6   The student will investigate and understand the basic relationships between the sun and the Earth.  

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#18 Tale of the Sun

    

Science 1.7   The student will investigate and understand the relationship of seasonal change and weather to the activities and life processes of plants and animals.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#21 Adopt a Tree

#3 Peppermint Beetle

#6 Picture This!

#65 Bursting Buds

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#18 Tale of the Sun

#76 Tree Cookies

#77 Trees In Trouble

#41 How Plants Grow

#78 Signs of Fall

  

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel
   

#46 School Yard Safari
   

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
   

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

   

#61 The Closer You Look
#79 Tree Lifecycle

Science 1.8   The student will investigate and understand that natural resources are limited.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#13 We All Need Trees

#21 Adopt a Tree

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#89 Trees for Many Reasons

 #22 Trees As Habitats

#77 Trees In Trouble
 

#30 Three Cheers for Trees

  
 

#32 A Forest of Many Uses

  
 

#36 Pollution Search

  
 

#51 Make Your Own Paper

  
 

#54 I’d Like to Visit a Place Where…

  
 

#74 People, Places, Things

  
 

#87 Earth Manners

 

Science 2.1   The student will conduct investigations.  

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
#22 Trees As Habitats

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#3 Peppermint Beetle

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#21 Adopt a Tree

#25 Birds and Worms
#41 How Plants Grow

#46 School Yard Safari
#65 Bursting Buds

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#78 Signs of Fall

  

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

   

#76 Tree Cookies

    

#77 Trees In Trouble

    

Science 2.3   The student will investigate and understand basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#51 Make Your Own Paper

  

Science 2.4   The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes in their life cycles.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#21 Adopt a Tree

#65 Bursting Buds

#46 School Yard Safari

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#68 Name That Tree

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#76 Tree Cookies

  

#61 The Closer You Look

#77 Trees In Trouble

  

#79 Tree Lifecycle

#78 Signs of Fall

  

Science 2.5    The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system.  

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#18 Tale of the Sun

#10 Charting Diversity

#3 Peppermint Beetle
#22 Trees As Habitats

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#30 Three Cheers for Trees

#79 Tree Lifecycle

#31 Plant a Tree

#36 Pollution Search

  

#41 How Plants Grow

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

  

#46 School Yard Safari

#74 People, Places, Things

  

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#76 Tree Cookies

  

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#89 Trees for Many Reasons

#77 Trees In Trouble

  

Science 2.7   The student will investigate and understand that weather and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and their surroundings.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#21 Adopt a Tree

#3 Peppermint Beetle

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#76 Tree Cookies

#23 The Fallen Log

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#78 Signs of Fall

#25 Birds and Worms

#41 How Plants Grow
 

#77 Trees In Trouble

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel
   

#46 School Yard Safari
   

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
   

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

   

#49 Tropical Treehouse
   

#61 The Closer You Look
#68 Name That Tree

Science 2.8   The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#13 We All Need Trees

#16 Pass the Plants, Please

#5 Poet-Tree

#31 Plant a Tree

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#18 Tale of the Sun

#32 A Forest of Many Uses

#30 Three Cheers for Trees

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green

#41 How Plants Grow
#51 Make Your Own Paper

#61 The Closer You Look
#68 Name That Tree
 

#87 Earth Manners

#76 Tree Cookies
 

#89 Trees for Many Reasons

#77 Trees In Trouble

Science 3.1   The student will plan and conduct investigations.  

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
#22 Trees As Habitats

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#3 Peppermint Beetle

#23 The Fallen Log

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#16 Pass the Plants, Please

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#46 School Yard Safari

#21 Adopt a Tree

#25 Birds and Worms
#41 How Plants Grow

#65 Bursting Buds
#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#44 Water Wonders

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#78 Signs of Fall

#77 Trees In Trouble

    

Science 3.3   The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#51 Make Your Own Paper

    

Science 3.4   The student will investigate and understand that behavioral and physical adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#10 Charting Diversity

#21 Adopt a Tree

#3 Peppermint Beetle

#11 Can It Be Real?

#88 Life on the Edge

#4 Sounds Around

#25 Birds and Worms

  

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#46 School Yard Safari

  

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

    

Science 3.5   The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
#22 Trees As Habitats

#63 Tree Factory

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#23 The Fallen Log

#79 Tree Lifecycle

#62 To Be a Tree

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

  

#76 Tree Cookies

#25 Birds and Worms

    

Science 3.6   The student will investigate and understand that environments support a diversity of plants and animals that share limited resources.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#7 Habitat Pen Pals

#8 The Forest of S. T. Shrew

 #22 Trees As Habitats

#9 Planet Diversity

#31 Plant a Tree

#36 Pollution Search

#10 Charting Diversity

#32 A Forest of Many Uses

#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

#46 School Yard Safari

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#77 Trees In Trouble

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#65 Bursting Buds

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession

#88 Life on the Edge

  

#87 Earth Manners

Science 3.7   The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and importance to plants and animals including humans.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#23 The Fallen Log

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#46 School Yard Safari

#70 Soil Stories

#41 How Plants Grow

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
 

#63 Tree Factory

#62 To Be a Tree
   

#79 Tree Lifecycle

Science 3.8   The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#65 Bursting Buds

#44 Water Wonders

#41 How Plants Grow

#79 Tree Lifecycle

#63 Tree Factory

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel
 

#78 Signs of Fall

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

 

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession

#68 Name That Tree

Science 3.9   The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#44 Water Wonders

#20 Environmental Exchange Box
#27 Every Tree for Itself
#28 Air Plants
#41 How Plants Grow
#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#62 To Be a Tree
#63 Tree Factory

#77 Trees In Trouble

Science 3.10   The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#81 Living With Fire

#30 Three Cheers for Trees

#34 Who Works in This Forest?

#88 Life on the Edge

#31 Plant a Tree

#41 How Plants Grow

#89 Trees for Many Reasons

#32 A Forest of Many Uses

#44 Water Wonders
 

#36 Pollution Search

#46 School Yard Safari
 

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
 

#76 Tree Cookies

#51 Make Your Own Paper
 

#87 Earth Manners

#74 People, Places, Things
   

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
   

#82 Resource-Go-Round
#95 Did You Notice?

Science 3.11   The student will investigate and understand different sources of energy.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#14 Renewable or Not?

#13 We All Need Trees

#16 Pass the Plants, Please

#39 Energy Sleuths

#15 A Few of My Favorite Things

#18 Tale of the Sun

#82 Resource-Go-Round

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green

#20 Environmental Exchange Box
#44 Water Wonders
   

#89 Trees for Many Reasons

Science 4.1   The student will plan and conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#9 Planet Diversity

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#16 Pass the Plants, Please
#22 Trees As Habitats

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

#28 Air Plants

#23 The Fallen Log
#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#38 Every Drop Counts
#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#46 School Yard Safari

#25 Birds and Worms

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#44 Water Wonders

#41 How Plants Grow

#65 Bursting Buds

 

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#66 Germinating Giants

  

#77 Trees In Trouble

#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

  
 

#78 Signs of Fall

  
 

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
#81 Living With Fire

  

Science 4.4   The student will investigate and understand basic plant anatomy and life processes.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#21 Adopt a Tree
#28 Air Plants
#41 How Plants Grow

#16 Pass the Plants, Please
#27 Every Tree for Itself
#64 Looking At Leaves

#22 Trees As Habitats
#49 Tropical Treehouse

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green

#65 Bursting Buds
#66 Germinating Giants

  

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#77 Trees In Trouble

  

#61 The Closer You Look

#79 Tree Lifecycle

  

#62 To Be a Tree

    

#63 Tree Factory

    

#68 Name That Tree

    

#76 Tree Cookies

    

#78 Signs of Fall

    

Science 4.5   The student will investigate and understand how plants and animals in an ecosystem interact with one another and the nonliving environment.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#6 Picture This

#17 People of the Forest

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

#7 Habitat Pen Pals
#8 The Forest of S. T. Shrew
#9 Planet Diversity

#18 Tale of the Sun
#20 Environmental Exchange Box
#23 The Fallen Log

#54 I’d Like to Visit a Place Where…
#64 Looking At Leaves

#11 Can It Be Real?

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

#21 Adopt a Tree
#22 Trees As Habitats

#25 Birds and Worms
#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#76 Tree Cookies
#77 Trees In Trouble

#45 Web of Life

#28 Air Plants

#79 Tree Lifecycle

#46 School Yard Safari
#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#36 Pollution Search
#38 Every Drop Counts

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#88 Life on the Edge

#40 Then and Now
#41 How Plants Grow
#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#95 Did You Notice?
 

#49 Tropical Treehouse
#56 We Can Work It Out
#62 To Be a Tree

  
 

#63 Tree Factory
#65 Bursting Buds
#69 Forest for the Trees
#75 Tipi Talk
#81 Living With Fire
#90 Native Ways

  

Science 4.6   The student will investigate and understand how weather conditions and phenomena occur and can be predicted.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
   

#81 Living With Fire

Science 4.7   The student will investigate and understand the relationships among the Earth, moon, and sun.  (causes for the Earth’s seasons…unique properties of the Earth…)

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
   

#18 Tale of the Sun

Science 4.8   The student will investigate and understand important Virginia natural resources.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#13 We All Need Trees

#21 Adopt a Tree

#5 Poet-Tree

#14 Renewable or Not?

 #22 Trees As Habitats

#15 A Few of My Favorite Things

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#30 Three Cheers for Trees

#17 People of the Forest

#51 Make Your Own Paper

#32 A Forest of Many Uses

#31 Plant a Tree

#69 Forest for the Trees

#38 Every Drop Counts

#34 Who Works in This Forest?

#88 Life on the Edge

#56 We Can Work It Out

#35 Loving It Too Much
 

#68 Name That Tree
#73 Waste Watchers

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
#44 Water Wonders
 

#89 Trees for Many Reasons

#46 School Yard Safari
#54 I’d Like to Visit a Place Where…
   

#76 Tree Cookies
#77 Trees In Trouble
#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
#82 Resource-Go-Round
#87 Earth Manners
#90 Native Ways
#91 In the Good Old Days
#93 Paper Civilizations
#94 By the Rivers of Babylon
#95 Did You Notice?

Science 5.1   The student will plan and conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#9 Planet Diversity

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

#28 Air Plants

#23 The Fallen Log
#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#38 Every Drop Counts
#65 Bursting Buds

  
 

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession

  

Science 5.2   The student will investigate and understand how sound is transmitted and is used as a means of communication.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
   

#4 Sounds Around

 Science 5.5   The student will investigate and understand that organisms are made of cells and have distinguishing characteristics.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#9 Planet Diversity
#23 The Fallen Log
#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#61 The Closer You Look
#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
 

#28 Air Plants
#63 Tree Factory

  
 

#65 Bursting Buds

  
 

#68 Name That Tree

  

Science 5.6   The student will investigate and understand characteristics of the ocean environment.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#7 Habitat Pen Pals

#20 Environmental Exchange Box
 

#88 Life on the Edge

#45 Web of Life
#86 Our Changing World

Science 5.7   The student will investigate and understand how the Earth’s surface is constantly changing.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#70 Soil Stories

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
#52 A Look at Aluminum

Science 6.1   The student will plan and conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#70 Soil Stories

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

#28 Air Plants

#71 Watch on Wetlands
#72 Air We Breathe

#38 Every Drop Counts
#41 How Plants Grow

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#44 Water Wonders

#77 Trees In Trouble

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#84 The Global Climate
#85 In the Driver’s Seat

#73 Waste Watchers

Science 6.2   The student will investigate and understand basic sources of energy, their origins, transformations and uses.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#14 Renewable or Not?
#73 Waste Watchers
#82 Resource-Go-Round

#28 Air Plants
#39 Energy Sleuths
#53 On the Move

#51 Make Your Own Paper
#52 A Look at Aluminum

#85 In the Driver’s Seat

    

Science 6.3   The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on the Earth’s surface.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#28 Air Plants
#41 How Plants Grow
#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#73 Waste Watchers

  

Science 6.5   The student will investigate and understand the unique properties and characteristics of water and its roles in the natural and human-made environment.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#44 Water Wonders

#38 Every Drop Counts
#70 Soil Stories
#71 Watch on Wetlands

  

Science 6.6  The student will investigate and understand the properties of air and the structure and dynamics of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#73 Waste Watchers
#84 The Global Climate

#31 Plant a Tree
#72 Air We Breathe
#86 Our Changing World

#28 Air Plants
 #85 In the Driver’s Seat

Science 6.7  The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. 

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#38 Every Drop Counts
#44 Water Wonders
#48 Field, Forest, & Stream
#71 Watch on Wetlands

#12 Invasive Species
#70 Soil Stories

  

Science 6.8   The student will investigate and understand the organization of the solar system and the relationships among the various bodies that comprise it.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#86 Our Changing World

#18 Tale of the Sun

Science 6.9   The student will investigate and understand public policy decisions relating to the environment.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#19 Viewpoints on the Line

#12 Invasive Species

#5 Poet-Tree

#32 A Forest of Many Uses

#14 Renewable or Not?

#13 We All Need Trees

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#33 Forest Consequences

#15 A Few of My Favorite Things

#50 400-Acre Wood

#35 Loving It Too Much

#17 People of the Forest

#56 We Can Work It Out

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#69 Forest for the Trees

#38 Every Drop Counts

#30 Three Cheers for Trees
 

#52 A Look at Aluminum
#57 Democracy in Action

#34 Who Works in This Forest? #36 Pollution Search
 

#59 Power of Print
#60 Publicize It!
#71 Watch on Wetlands
#73 Waste Watchers
#84 The Global Climate
#88 Life on the Edge
#89 Trees for Many Reasons
#91 In the Good Old Days
#92 A Look at Lifestyles
#94 By the Rivers of Babylon
#96 Improve Your Place

#39 Energy Sleuths
#40 Then and Now
#51 Make Your Own Paper
#58 There Ought To Be a Law
#70 Soil Stories
#72 Air We Breathe
#75 Tipi Talk
#77 Trees In Trouble
#82 Resource-Go-Round
#86 Our Changing World
#90 Native Ways
#95 Did You Notice?

Life Science LS.1   The student will plan and conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#9 Planet Diversity

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#28 Air Plants

#22 Trees As Habitats
#23 The Fallen Log
#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#50 400-Acre Wood
#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

#38 Every Drop Counts
#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#73 Waste Watchers

#25 Birds and Worms

#78 Signs of Fall

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#29 Rain Reasons
#41 How Plants Grow
#70 Soil Stories

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
#81 Living With Fire

#44 Water Wonders
#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
#65 Bursting Buds

#71 Watch on Wetlands

  

 

#77 Trees In Trouble

    

Life Science LS.3   The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#76 Tree Cookies

  

#61 The Closer You Look

Life Science LS.4   The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#12 Invasive Species
#27 Every Tree for Itself

#21 Adopt a Tree
#23 The Fallen Log

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel
#55 Planning the Ideal Community 
#67 How Big Is Your Tree?
#78 Signs of Fall
#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
#84 The Global Climate

#28 Air Plants
#41 How Plants Grow
#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#63 Tree Factory
#70 Soil Stories
#76 Tree Cookies
#77 Trees In Trouble
#88 Life on the Edge

#24 Nature’s Recyclers
#29 Rain Reasons
#31 Plant a Tree
#45 Web of Life
#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#49 Tropical Treehouse
#65 Bursting Buds

#71 Watch on Wetlands
#75 Tipi Talk

  
 

#86 Our Changing World

  

Life Science LS.5   The student will investigate and understand classification of organisms.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#64 Looking At Leaves

#2 Get In Touch With Trees

#12 Invasive Species

#68 Name That Tree

#21 Adopt a Tree

  
 

#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

  
 

#61 The Closer You Look

  
 

#65 Bursting Buds

  
 

#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

  
 

#71 Watch on Wetlands

  
 

#78 Signs of Fall

  

Life Science LS.6   The student will investigate and understand the basic physical and chemical processes of photosynthesis and its importance to plant and animal life.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#28 Air Plants

#21 Adopt a Tree

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green

#27 Every Tree for Itself
#41 How Plants Grow
#84 The Global Climate

#70 Soil Stories
#78 Signs of Fall

Life Science LS.7   The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment.  

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept
#22 Trees As Habitats

#12 Invasive Species

#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

#23 The Fallen Log

#31 Plant a Tree

#70 Soil Stories

#24 Nature’s Recyclers
#29 Rain Reasons

#41 How Plants Grow
#43 Have Seeds Will Travel

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession

#44 Water Wonders
#45 Web of Life

#49 Tropical Treehouse
#71 Watch on Wetlands

  

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#84 The Global Climate

#86 Our Changing World

  

Life Science LS.8   The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population.  

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#12 Invasive Species

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#71 Watch on Wetlands

#69 Forest for the Trees

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#76 Tree Cookies
#77 Trees In Trouble

#80 Nothing Succeeds Like    Succession
   

#90 Native Ways

Life Science LS.9   The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#8 The Forest of S. T. Shrew

#9 Planet Diversity

#7 Habitat Pen Pals

#12 Invasive Species

#25 Birds and Worms

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream

#22 Trees As Habitats

#27 Every Tree for Itself

#61 The Closer You Look

#23 The Fallen Log

#33 Forest Consequences

#71 Watch on Wetlands

#24 Nature’s Recyclers

#47 Are Vacant Lots Vacant?

#76 Tree Cookies

#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#45 Web of Life

#49 Tropical Treehouse
#67 How Big Is Your Tree?

  

#50 400-Acre Wood
#88 Life on the Edge

#69 Forest for the Trees
#86 Our Changing World

  

Life Science LS.10   The student will investigate and understand how organisms adapt to biotic and abiotic factors in a biome.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#7 Habitat Pen Pals
#10 Charting Diversity
#71 Watch on Wetlands

#8 The Forest of S. T. Shrew
#9 Planet Diversity
#12 Invasive Species
#22 Trees As Habitats
#25 Birds and Worms
#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#29 Rain Reasons
#48 Field, Forest, and Stream
#49 Tropical Treehouse

#69 Forest for the Trees
#70 Soil Stories
#86 Our Changing World

Life Science LS.11   The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term).

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#50 400-Acre Wood
#71 Watch on Wetlands
#84 The Global Climate
#86 Our Changing World

#12 Invasive Species
#23 The Fallen Log
#24 Nature’s Recyclers
#25 Birds and Worms
#49 Tropical Treehouse
#69 Forest for the Trees
#76 Tree Cookies
#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
#81 Living With Fire
#88 Life on the Edge

#67 How Big Is Your Tree?
#77 Trees In Trouble
#78 Signs of Fall

Life Science LS.12   The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#14 Renewable or Not?

#12 Invasive Species

#5 Poet-Tree

#19 Viewpoints on the Line

#13 We All Need Trees

#21 Adopt a Tree

#49 Tropical Treehouse

#15 A Few of My Favorite Things

#22 Trees As Habitats

#50 400-Acre Wood

#16 Pass the Plants, Please

#30 Three Cheers for Trees

#69 Forest for the Trees
#71 Watch on Wetlands

#29 Rain Reasons
#31 Plant a Tree

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
#55 Planning the Ideal Community
#57 Democracy in Action
#58 There Ought To Be a Law
#70 Soil Stories
#75 Tipi Talk
#77 Trees In Trouble
#85 In the Driver’s Seat
#95 Did You Notice?
#96 Improve Your Place

#52 A Look at Aluminum

#32 A Forest of Many Uses

#84 The Global Climate

#33 Forest Consequences

#86 Our Changing World
#88 Life on the Edge

#35 Loving It Too Much
#36 Pollution Search
#38 Every Drop Counts
#40 Then and Now
#52 A Look at Aluminum
#54 I’d Like to Visit a Place Where…
#80 Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
#81 Living With Fire
#83 A Peek at Packaging
#89 Trees for Many Reasons
#90 Native Ways
#91 In the Good Old Days
#92 A Look at Lifestyles
#94 By the Rivers of Babylon

Life Science LS.14   The student will investigate and understand that organisms change over time.    

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#11 Can It Be Real?

#20 Environmental Exchange Box

#50 400-Acre Wood
 

#49 Tropical Treehouse

  
 

#86 Our Changing World #88 Life on the Edge

  

Physical Science PS.1   The student will plan and conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept
   

#28 Air Plants
#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#85 In the Driver’s Seat

Physical Science PS.5   The student will investigate and understand changes in matter and the relationship of these changes to the law of Conservation of Matter and Energy.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept
   

#28 Air Plants
#42 Sunlight and Shades of Green
#84 The Global Climate
#85 In the Driver’s Seat

Physical Science PS.7  The student will investigate and understand temperature scales, heat, and heat transfer.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept
   

#84 The Global Climate

Physical Science PS.10   The student will investigate and understand scientific principles and technological applications of work, force, and motion.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
   

#85 In the Driver’s Seat

Earth Science ES.1   The student will plan and conduct investigations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#85 In the Driver’s Seat

#50 400-Acre Wood

Earth Science ES.2   The student will demonstrate scientific reasoning and logic by

a) analyzing how science explains and predicts the interactions and dynamics of complex Earth systems…

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept

#84 The Global Climate

    

Earth Science ES.3   The student will investigate and understand how to read and interpret maps, globes, charts, and imagery.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#29 Rain Reasons
#50 400-Acre Wood
#55 Planning the Ideal Community

  

Earth Science ES.7   The student will investigate and understand the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources.                    

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept

#14 Renewable or Not?

#37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

#38 Every Drop Counts

#15 A Few of My Favorite Things
#52 A Look at Aluminum
#73 Waste Watchers
#85 In the Driver’s Seat

#39 Energy Sleuths

  

#49 Tropical Treehouse

  

#50 400-Acre Wood

  

#51 Make Your Own Paper

  

#82 Resource-Go-Round

  
 

#83 A Peek at Packaging

  

Earth Science ES.9   The student will investigate and understand how freshwater resources are influenced by geological processes and the activities of humans.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#44 Water Wonders

#38 Every Drop Counts
 

#50 400-Acre Wood

  
 

#70 Soil Stories

  

Earth Science ES.11   The student will investigate and understand that oceans are complex, interactive physical, chemical, and biological systems and are subject to long- and short-term variations.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#44 Water Wonders
#45 Web of Life
#84 The Global Climate

#86 Our Changing World

Earth Science ES.12   The student will investigate and understand the origin and evolution of the atmosphere and the interrelationship of geological processes, biological processes, and human activities on its composition and dynamics.

Teaches Concept

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Connects Concept
 

#31 Plant a Tree
#73 Waste Watchers
#84 The Global Climate
#85 In the Driver’s Seat
#86 Our Changing World

  

Earth Science ES.13   The student will investigate and understand that energy transfer between the sun, Earth, and the Earth’s atmosphere drives weather and climate on Earth.

Teaches Concept

Reinforces Concept

Connects Concept
 

#29 Rain Reasons