Pandas

Ages 5–10 · 13 minutes · Science

Grab a plate of bamboo and snack along with these gentle giants

Pandas are a favorite among animal lovers and a wonderful success story for conservation efforts. Students will explore how pandas differ from other bears and learn how a panda's unique requirements limit the places they can live.

Part of

All About Animals

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Adult plants and animals can have young. In many kinds of animals, parents and the offspring themselves engage in behaviors that help the offspring to survive.

Alabama

SC23.3.10 — Make a claim from evidence that an organism's likelihood of survival depends upon access to sufficient resources in its habitat, including sunlight, air, water, food, and shelter.
ELA21.2.30a — State and confirm predictions about a text.
SC23.1.5 — Use information from observations to explain how various external features help living things survive, grow, and meet their needs.
SC23.3.12 — Obtain and communicate information regarding the impact of existing solutions on plant and animal populations when environmental changes occur.
SC23.2.7 — Obtain information to explain that there are many different kinds of living things that exist in habitats on land and in water.

Alaska

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.

Arizona

Identify questions and make predictions based on prior experiences.
1.L4U1.10 — Develop a model to describe how animals and plants are classified into groups and subgroups according to their similarities.
Ask questions based on observations of the natural and/or designed world
1.L2U2.7 — Develop and use models about how living things use resources to grow and survive; design and evaluate habitats for organisms using earth materials.
1.L4U3.11 — Ask questions and explain how factors can cause species to go extinct.
1.L.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Arkansas

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

California

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Colorado

SC.K.3.2.a — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
LS1.C — Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms: All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
LS2.A — Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals depend on their surroundings to get what they need, including food, water, shelter and a favorable temperature. Animals depend on plants or other animals for food. They use their senses to find food and water, and they use their body parts to gather, catch, eat and chew the food. Plants depend on air, water, minerals (in the soil) and light to grow. Animals can move around, but plants cannot, and they often depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around. Different plants survive better in different settings because they have varied needs for water, minerals and sunlight.
SC.2.2.2.a — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
LS4.D — Biodiversity and Humans: Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there.

Connecticut

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Delaware

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth’s resources and environments.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Florida

SC.2.L.17.2 — 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.
SC.K.L.14.3 — 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.
SC.1.L.17.1 — Through observation, recognize that all plants and animals, including humans, need the basic necessities of air, water, food, and space.
SC.3.L.15.1 — Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.

Georgia

S3L1.b — Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation, migration, mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat.
S3L1.c — Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat and not in another.
S3L2.b — Explore, research, and communicate solutions, such as conservation of resources and recycling of materials, to protect plants and animals.
SKL2.a — Construct an argument supported by evidence for how animals can be grouped according to their features.

Hawaii

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
SS.2.2.14.1 — Explain how human activities impact the environment

Idaho

Living things need water, air, and resources from the land. They live in places that have the things they need. (K-ESS-2.1)
K-ESS-2.1 — Students who demonstrate understanding can: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals and the places they live.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow. (K-LS-1.1)
Populations of animals are classified by their characteristics. (5-LS-2.2)
2-LS-2.1 — Students who demonstrate understanding can: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Illinois

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
LS1.C-P1 — All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
LS4.D-E1 — Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there.

Indiana

1.LS.4 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K.LS.3 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
2.LS.3 — Classify living organisms according to variations in specific physical features (i.e., body coverings, appendages) and describe how those features may provide an advantage for survival in different environments.
K.LS.2 — Describe and compare the physical features of common living plants and animals.

Iowa

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.

Kansas

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.

Kentucky

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
Things that people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them. But they can make choices that reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things.

Louisiana

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Maine

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
L.6.4.a — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).

Maryland

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
DCI.ESS3.C.K-2.1 — Things that people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them. But they can make choices that reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things.
DCI.LS1.C.K-2.1 — All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Massachusetts

2-LS4-1 — Use texts, media, or local environments to observe and compare (a) different kinds of living things in an area, and (b) differences in the kinds of living things living in different types of areas.
1-LS1-1 — Use evidence to explain that (a) different animals use their body parts and senses in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water, and air, and (b) plants have roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits that are used to take in water, air, and other nutrients, and produce food for the plant.
2-LS2-3(MA) — Develop and use models to compare how plants and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs in the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Observe and communicate that animals (including humans) and plants need food, water, and air to survive. Animals get food from plants or other animals. Plants make their own food and need light to live and grow.

Michigan

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
3-LS4-3 — Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Minnesota

0L.3.1.1.1 — Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. (P: 2, CC: 4, CI: LS2)
0L.1.2.1.2 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. (P: 3, CC: 1, CI: LS4)
0L.2.1.1.3 — Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. (P: 4, CC: 1, CI: LS1)
3L.4.1.1.1 — Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. (P: 7, CC: 2, CI: LS2)
3L.4.2.1.1 — Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. (P: 8, CC: 4, CI: LS1)

Mississippi

L.2.4.1 — Evaluate and communicate findings from informational text or other media to describe how plants and animals use adaptations to survive (e.g., ducks use webbed feet to swim in lakes and ponds, cacti have waxy coatings and spines to grow in the desert) in distinct environments (e.g., polar lands, saltwater and freshwater, desert, rainforest, woodlands).
L.2.3B.1 — Evaluate and communicate findings from informational text or other media to describe and to compare how animals interact with other animals and plants in the environment (i.e., predatorprey relationships, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore).
L.3.1.3 — Obtain and communicate examples of physical features or behaviors of vertebrates and invertebrates and how these characteristics help them survive in particular environments, (e.g., animals hibernate, migrate, or estivate to stay alive when food is scarce or temperatures are not favorable).
L.K.3A.2 — Construct explanations using observations to describe and report what animals need to live and grow (food, water, shelter, and space).
L.2.1.4 — Construct a scientific argument for classifying vertebrates that have unusual characteristics, such as bats, penguins, snakes, salamanders, dolphins, and duck-billed platypuses (i.e., bats have wings yet they are mammals).

Missouri

K.ESS3.A.1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K.LS1.C.1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth’s resources and environments.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.

Montana

2-LS4-1 — make observations of plants and animals to compare and contrast the diversity of life in different habitats.
K-ESS3-1 — use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals, including humans, and the places they live;
K-ESS3-3 — communicate ideas about the impact of humans on the land, water, air, or other living things in the local environment;
K-LS1-1 — use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals, including humans, need to survive.
SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

Nebraska

SC.K.7.2.A — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
SC.K.7.2.C — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live..
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
SC.2.7.2.C — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Things that people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them. But they can make choices that reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things.

Nevada

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

New Hampshire

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.

New Jersey

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

New Mexico

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

New York

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

North Carolina

LS.K.1.2 — Use models to exemplify how animals use their body parts to obtain food and other resources, protect themselves, and move from place to place.
LS.K.2.1 — Analyze and interpret data to compare the characteristics of different types of the same animal to determine individual similarities and differences.
ESS.4.3 — Understand changes caused by human impact on the environment.
LS.4.1.1 — Use models to explain that plants and animals have external structures that function to support survival.

North Dakota

K-ESS3-1 — Represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live using a model.
K-LS1-1 — Describe patterns, through observation, of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Ohio

1.LS.2 — Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.
K.LS.2 — Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.
1.LS.1 — Living things have basic needs, which are met by obtaining materials from the physical environment.
3.LS.2 — Individuals of the same kind of organism differ in their inherited traits. These differences give some individuals an advantage in surviving and/or reproducing.

Oklahoma

K.LS1.1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. (K.ESS3.1)
K.1.S.3 — Students will ask and answer relevant questions with prompting.
K.ESS3.1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
PK.S.3 — Notice and describe similarities and differences among plants, animals, and objects. Clarification Statement: Similarities and differences might include grouping like plants, animals, or objects based on observations. Descriptions of groupings might be based on how plants, animals, or objects look, feel, or smell.

Oregon

K.ESS3.1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or 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.][assessment boundary: modeling is limited to describing the relationship and does not include patterns of structure and function to show how needs are met. impact on the environment is beyond the standard.]
2.LS4.1 — 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.]
3.LS4.2 — Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. [Clarification Statement: Examples of cause and effect relationships could be plants that have larger thorns than other plants may be less likely to be eaten by predators; and, animals that have better camouflage coloration than other animals may be more likely to survive and therefore more likely to leave offspring.][assessment boundary: assessment does not include patterns of genetic inheritance.]
K.LS1.1 — 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.][assessment boundary: assessment is limited to patterns of light, food, or water as sources of matter and energy needed for growth. the process of photosynthesis is beyond the standard at this grade level.]
3.LS4.3 — Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. [Clarification Statement: Examples of evidence could include needs and characteristics of the organisms and habitats involved. The organisms and their habitat make up a system in which the parts depend on each other.][assessment boundary: assessment does not include multi-generational shifts in population traits due to natural selection.]

Pennsylvania

3.3.K.C — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
3.1.2.C — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
3.1.K.A — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.

Rhode Island

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

South Carolina

K-ESS3-1. — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or 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, humans use soil and water to grow food, and grasses need sunlight so they often grow in meadows. Plants, animals, and their surroundings make up a system. State Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific habitats or biomes.
K-ESS3-1.DCI.A: — Natural Resources Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do. NRC Framework Link
K-LS1-1. — 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 make food; 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. Patterns could be described using multiple modes of representation.
K-LS1-1.DCI.C: — Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow. NRC Framework Link
2-LS4-1. — Make observations of plants and animals to compare patterns of diversity within different habitats. Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the diversity of living things in a variety of different habitats. State Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific animal and plant names in specific habitats.

South Dakota

What is the relationship between animals and what they eat, and how does that determine where they live?
Describing similarities and differences in different organisms of the same species and different species.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
K-LS1-1 — Describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Tennessee

2.LS1.2 — Obtain and communicate information to classify animals (vertebrates-mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates-insects) based on their physical characteristics.
3.LS4.2 — Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land and aquatic biomes.
2.LS1.1 — Use evidence and observations to explain that many animals use their body parts and senses in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water, and air.
2.LS2.1 — Develop and use models to compare how animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs in the places they live.
2.LS2.2 — Predict what happens to animals when the environment changes (temperature, cutting down trees, wildfires, pollution, salinity, drought, land preservation).

Texas

1.10A — investigate how the external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats;
1.13A — identify the external structures of different animals and compare how those structures help different animals live, move, and meet basic needs for survival;
2.10A — observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs;
3.10A — explore how structures and functions of plants and animals allow them to survive in a particular environment; and
K.3B — make predictions based on observable patterns in nature; and

Utah

1.2.2 — Construct an explanation by observing patterns of external features of living things that survive in different locations. Emphasize how plants and nonhuman animals, found in specific surroundings, share similar physical characteristics. Examples could include that plants living in dry areas are more likely to have thick outer coatings that hold in water, animals living in cold locations have longer and thicker fur, or most desert animals are awake at night. (LS1.A, LS1.D)
2.2.1 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns of living things (plants and animals, including humans) in different habitats. Emphasize the diversity of living things in land and water habitats. Examples of *patterns*in habitats could include descriptions of temperature or precipitation and the types of plants and animals found in land habitats. (LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D)
K.2.2 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns in the relationships between the needs of different living things (plants and animals, including humans) and the places they live. Emphasize that living things need water, air, and resources and that they live in places that have the things they need. Examples could include investigating plants grown in various locations and comparing the results or comparing animals with the places they live. (LS2.A, LS2.B, ESS3.A)
3.2.4 — Construct an explanation showing how variations in traits and behaviors can affect the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce. Examples of traits could include large thorns protecting a plant from being eaten or strong smelling flowers to attracting certain pollinators. Examples of behaviors could include animals living in groups for protection or migrating to find more food. (LS2.D, LS4.B)

Vermont

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Virginia

1.5.c — Animals can be classified based on a variety of characteristics.
2.5.b — An animal’s habitat provides all of its basic needs.
1.1.a.i — Ask questions and make predictions based on observations.
1.5.b — Animals have different physical characteristics that perform specific functions.
3.4.b — Adaptations may be behavioral or physical.
K.11.c — Choices we make impact the air, water, land and living things.

Washington

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Washington, D.C.

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

West Virginia

S.K.3 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
S.K.5 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
S.2.7 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
S.4.8 — Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
S.3.6 — Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 5.3.7 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well. some survive less well. and some cannot survive at all. 5.3.8 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.*

Wisconsin

Particular organisms can only survive in particular environments.
Animals obtain food they need from plants or other animals. Plants need water and light.
Students identify similarities and differences in order to sort and classify natural objects and designed products. They identify patterns related to time, including simple rates of change and cycles, and use these patterns to make predictions.
Populations of organisms live in a variety of habitats. Change in those habitats affects the organisms living there.
Students collect, record, and share observations. This includes the following: Record information (observations, thoughts, and ideas). Use and share pictures, drawings, or writings of observations. Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns or relationships in the natural and designed worlds in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems. Compare predictions (based on prior experiences) to what occurred (observable events). Analyze data from tests of an object or tool to determine if the object or tool works as intended.

Wyoming

Animals obtain food they need from plants or other animals. Plants need water and light.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
A range of different organisms lives in different places.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.