WY.SCI.1.LS1.1
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grade 1
Learning Domain: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes
Standard: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
WY.SCI.1.LS1.2
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grade 1
Learning Domain: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes
Standard: Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
WY.SCI.1.LS3.1
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grade 1
Learning Domain: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Standard: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
WY.SCI.2.LS2.1
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grade 2
Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Standard: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
WY.SCI.2.LS4.1
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grade 2
Learning Domain: Biological Unity and Diversity
Standard: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Learning Domain: Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science
Standard: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
WY.SCI.K.ESS3.1
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Kindergarten
Learning Domain: Earth and Human Activity
Standard: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
WY.SCI.K.LS1.1
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Kindergarten
Learning Domain: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes
Standard: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Science Domain: Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
Topic: Engineering Design
Standard: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
Standard: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. [Clarification Statement: Examples of relationships could include that deer eat buds and leaves, therefore, they usually live in forested areas; and, grasses need sunlight so they often grow in meadows. Plants, animals, and their surroundings make up a system.]
NGSS.K.LS1.1
Next Generation Science Standards
Kindergarten-K
Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
Standard: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. [Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include that animals need to take in food but plants do not; the different kinds of food needed by different types of animals; the requirement of plants to have light; and, that all living things need water.]
Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Structure, Function, and Information Processing
Standard: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of human problems that can be solved by mimicking plant or animal solutions could include designing clothing or equipment to protect bicyclists by mimicking turtle shells, acorn shells, and animal scales; stabilizing structures by mimicking animal tails and roots on plants; keeping out intruders by mimicking thorns on branches and animal quills; and, detecting intruders by mimicking eyes and ears.]
Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Structure, Function, and Information Processing
Standard: Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. [Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns of behaviors could include the signals that offspring make (such as crying, cheeping, and other vocalizations) and the responses of the parents (such as feeding, comforting, and protecting the offspring).]
Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Structure, Function, and Information Processing
Standard: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. [Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include features plants or animals share. Examples of observations could include leaves from the same kind of plant are the same shape but can differ in size; and, a particular breed of dog looks like its parents but is not exactly the same.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include inheritance or animals that undergo metamorphosis or hybrids.]
Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Standard: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow. [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to testing one variable at a time.]
Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Standard: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the diversity of living things in each of a variety of different habitats.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific animal and plant names in specific habitats.]