Nonie's Ark Animal relates to the following SS Standards For further information, please go to: http://www.firn.edu/doe/curric/prek12/frame2.htm Grades K-2 Science Strand F: Processes of Life Standard 1: The student describes patterns of structure and function in living things. Benchmark SC.F.1.1.1: The student knows the basic needs of all living things. Benchmark SC.F.1.1.2: The student knows how to apply knowledge about life processes to distinguish between living and nonliving things. Benchmark SC.F.1.1.3: The student describes how organisms change as they grow and mature. Benchmark SC.F.1.1.4: The student understands that structures of living things are adapted to their function in specific environments. Benchmark SC.F.1.1.5: The student compares and describes the structural characteristics of plants and animals. Standard 2: The student understands the process and importance of genetic diversity. Benchmark SC.F.2.1.1: The student knows that living things have offspring that resemble their parents. Benchmark SC.F.2.1.2: The student knows that there are many different kinds of living things that live in a variety of environments. Strand G: How Living Things Interact with Their Environments. Standard 1: The student understands the competitive, interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in the environment. Benchmark SC.G.1.1.1: The student knows that environments have living and nonliving parts. Benchmark SC.G.1.1.2: The student knows that plants and animals are dependent upon each other for survival. Benchmark SC.G.1.1.3: The student knows that there are many different plants and animals living in many different kinds of environments (e.g., hot, cold, wet, dry, sunny, and dark). Benchmark SC.G.1.1.4: The student knows that animals and plants can be associated with their environment by an examination of their structural characteristics. Math Strand D: Algebraic Thinking Standard 1: The student describes, analyzes, and generalizes a wide variety of patterns, relations, and functions. Benchmark MA.D.1.1.1: The student describes a wide variety of classification schemes and patterns related to physical characteristics and sensory attributes, such as rhythm, sound, shapes, colors, numbers, similar objects, and similar events. Language Arts Strand C: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking Standard 1: The student uses listening strategies effectively. Benchmark LA.C.1.1.1: The student listens for a variety of informational purposes, including curiosity, pleasure, getting directions, performing tasks, solving problems, and following rules. Grades 3-5 Language Arts Strand C: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking Standard 1: The student uses listening strategies effectively. Benchmark LA.C.1.2.1: The student listens and responds to a variety of oral presentations, such as stories, poems, skits, songs, personal accounts, informational speeches. Benchmark LA.C.1.2.4: The student listens attentively to the speaker, including making eye contact and facing the speaker. Benchmark LA.C.1.2.5: The student responds to speakers by asking questions, making contributions, and paraphrasing what is said. Standard 2: The student uses viewing strategies effectively. Benchmark LA.C.2.2.1: The student determines main concept and supporting details in a nonprint media message. Benchmark LA.C.3.2.2: The student asks questions and makes comments and observations to clarify understanding of content, processes, and experiences. Science Strand F: Processes of Life Standard 1: The student describes patterns of structure and function in living things. Benchmark SC.F.1.2.2: The student knows how all animals depend on plants. Benchmark SC.F.1.2.3: The student knows that living things are different but share similar structures. Strand G: How Living Things Interact with Their Environment Standard 1: The student understands the competitive, interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in the environment. Benchmark SC.G.1.2.1: The student knows ways that plants, animals, and protists interact. Benchmark SC.G.1.2.2: The student knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit for an environment. Standard 2: The student understands the consequences of using limited natural resources. Benchmark SC.G.2.2.1: The student knows that all living things must compete for Earth's limited resources; organisms best adapted to compete for the available resources will be successful and pass their adaptations (traits) to their offspring. Benchmark SC.G.2.2.2: The student knows that the size of a population is dependent upon the available resources within its community. Benchmark SC.G.2.2.3: The student understands that changes in the habitat of an organism may be beneficial or harmful. Social Studies Strand B: People, Places, and Environments [Geography] Standard 1: The student understands the world in spatial terms. Benchmark SS.B.1.2.1: The students uses maps, globes, charts, graphs, and other geographic tools including map keys and symbols to gather and interpret data and to draw conclusions about physical patterns. Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment. Benchmark SS.B.2.2.2: The student understands how the physical environment supports and constrains human activities. Benchmark SS.B.2.2.3: The student understands how human activity affects the physical environment. Benchmark SS.B.2.2.4: The student understands how factors such as population growth, human migration, improved methods of transportation and communication, and economic development affect the use and conservation of natural resources. Grades 6-8 Science Strand F: Processes of Life Standard 1: The student describes patterns of structure and function in living things. Benchmark SC.F.1.3.7: The student knows that behavior is a response to the environment and influences growth, development, maintenance, and reproduction. Strand G: How Living Things Interact with Their Environment Standard 1: The student understands the competitive, interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in the environment. Benchmark SC.G.1.3.2: The student knows that biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance reproductive success in a particular environment. Benchmark SC.G.1.3.4: The student knows that the interactions of organisms with each other and with the non-living parts of their environments result in the flow of energy and the cycling of matter throughout the system. Benchmark SC.G.2.3.3: The student knows that a brief change in the limited resources of an ecosystem may alter the size of a population or the average size of individual organisms and that long-term change may result in the elimination of animal and plant populations inhabiting the Earth. Strand H: The Nature of Science Standard 2: The student understands that most natural events occur in comprehensible, consistent patterns. Benchmark SC.H.2.3.1: The student recognizes that patterns exist within and across systems. Language Arts Strand C: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking Standard 1:The student uses listening strategies effectively. Benchmark LA.C.1.3.1: The student listens and uses information gained for a variety of purposes, such as gaining information from interviews, following directions, and pursuing a personal interest. Benchmark LA.C.2.3.1: The student determines main concept, supporting details, stereotypes, bias, and persuasion techniques in a nonprint message. Benchmark LA.C.3.3.2: The student asks questions and makes comments and observations that reflect understanding and application of content, processes, and experiences. Social Studies Strand B: People, Places, and Environments [Geography] Benchmark SS.B.2.3.3: The student understands ways cultures differ in their use of similar environments and resources.