Tarrant Educational content and aligned TEKS standards
K-2 SCIENCE:
S.K.9.A: Differentiate between living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs.
S.K.9.B: Examine evidence that living organisms have basic needs such as food, water, etc.
S.K.1.B: Demonstrate how to use, conserve, and dispose of natural resources and materials.
S.1.1.B: Identify and learn how to use natural resources and materials, including conservation and reuse.
S.K.7.B: Observe and describe physical properties of natural sources of water, including color and clarity
S.1.7.B: Identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans.
S.1.7.C: Identify how rocks, soil, and water are used to make products.
S.2.1.B: Identify and demonstrate how to use, conserve, and dispose of natural resources and materials.
S.2.9.A Identify the basic needs of plants and animals.
S.2.7.B Identify and compare the properties of natural sources of freshwater and saltwater.
S.2.7.C Distinguish between natural and manmade resources.
S.2.9.C Compare the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments.
K-2 SOCIAL STUDIES:
SS.K.5.A: Identify the physical characteristics of place such as bodies of water, natural resources, and weather.
SS.K.6.A: Identify basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter.
SS.1.6.A Identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather.
SS.1.6.B Identify examples of and uses for natural resources in the community, state, and nation.
SS.2.6.A Identify major landforms and bodies of water, including each of the continents and each of the oceans, on maps and globes.
SS.2.7.C Explain how people depend on the physical environment and natural resources to meet basic needs.
SS.2.8.C Identify ways people can conserve and replenish natural resources.
SS.2.10.C Examine the development of a product from a natural resource to a finished product.
3-5 SCIENCE:
S.3.9.A Observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem.
S.3.9.C Describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations.
S.4.1.B Make informed choices in the use and conservation of natural resources and reusing and recycling of materials such as paper, aluminum, glass, cans, and plastic.
S.4.7.C Identify and classify Earth’s renewable resources, including air, plants, water, and animals, and nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas, and the importance of conservation.
S.4.8.B Describe and illustrate the continuous movement of water above and on the surface of Earth through the water cycle and explain the role of the Sun as a major source of energy in this process.
S.5.8.B Explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle.
S.5.9.A Observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving components.
S.5.9.C Predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways.
3-5 SOCIAL STUDIES:
SS.3.4.A Describe and explain variations in the physical environment, including climate, landforms, natural resources, and natural hazards.
SS.3.4.D Describe the effects of human processes such as building new homes, conservation, and pollution in shaping the landscape.
SS.4.9.B Identify reasons why people have adapted to and modified their environment in Texas, past and present, such as the use of natural resources to meet basic needs, facilitate transportation, and enhance recreational activities.
SS.4.9.C Compare the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment in Texas, past and present, both governmental and private, such as economic development and the impact on habitats and wildlife as well as air and water quality.
SS.5.9.A Describe how and why people have adapted to and modified their environment in the United States, past and present, such as the use of human resources to meet basic needs.
SS.5.9.B Analyze the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment in the United States, past and present.
