Standards
Idaho State Standards
Here are correlations to the Idaho State Language and Math standards and to the Idaho State Science Standards. For more information about the overall standards, see the complete Idaho Content Standards for Science, the Next Generation Science Standards, and the alignment between Idaho and NGSS Science Standards. You may also access the Idaho English Language Arts/Literacy Standards and Mathematics Standards.
Language
First Grade
ELA/Literacy 1.RS.IP.1
With support, conduct simple research tasks to take some action or make informal presentations by identifying information from classroom experiences or provided sources (including read alouds) and organizing information, recorded in words or pictures, using graphic organizers or other aids.
Suggested Lesson
Talk about which animals in your area migrate. Deer? Squirrels? Dogs or cats?
Third Grade
ELA/Literacy 3.W.RW.4
Write personal or fictional stories that recount an event or experience, include details to develop the characters or event(s), and provide a sense of closure.
Suggested Lesson
Write a story to tell where you would migrate if you were a migrating species. Support your piece with details and a good description.
Fifth Grade
ELA/Literacy 5.RS.IP.1
Conduct short research tasks to take some action or share findings orally or in writing by formulating research questions; gathering relevant and reliable information from both primary and secondary sources as appropriate; paraphrasing and quoting ideas and information; and respecting copyright guidelines for use of that information and any images.
Suggested Lesson
Research the life of a migrating species. Create a map to show where they commonly migrate to and from.
Math
Kindergarten
Math K.MD.A.1
Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
Suggested Lesson
Discuss the distances that several species migrate. Compare those distances.
First Grade
Math 1.OA.A.1
Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 20 involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, by using physical, visual, and symbolic representations.
Suggested Lesson
Measure the migration of various species on a map using inches. Write an equation to compare the migration distance of one species to another. Solve and label your answer. Or, for one migrating animal, add together the distances of both migration trips (coming and going).
Sixth Grade
Math 6.SP.A.1
Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. Example: “How old am I?” is not a statistical question, but “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students’ ages.
Suggested Lesson
Create a statistical question about migration. How might you find the answer to your question?
Science
Kindergarten
Life Sciences K-LS-1.1
Use observations to describe how plants and animals are alike and different in terms of how they live and grow.
Supporting Content
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Different foods are needed by different animals.
Earth and Space Sciences K-ESS-2.1
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals and the places they live.
Supporting Content
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need.
First Grade
Life Sciences 1-LS-1.1
Design and build 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.
Supporting Content
Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek and take in food.
Life Sciences 1-LS-1.2
Obtain information to identify patterns of behavior in parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Supporting Content
Adult animals can have young. In many kinds of animals, parents and the offspring themselves engage in behaviors that help the offspring to survive.
Second Grade
Life Sciences 2-LS-2.1
Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Supporting Content
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water. Emphasis is on the diversity of living things in each of a variety of different habitats.
Third Grade
Life Sciences 3-LS-2.1
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Supporting Content
Being part of a group helps animals obtain food and cope with changes.
Life Sciences 3-LS-3.2
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Supporting Content
Interactions with the environment affect the characteristics that organisms develop.
Fourth Grade
Life Sciences 4-LS-1.1
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Supporting Content
Animals have various body systems with specific functions for sustaining life.
Life Sciences 4-LS-1.2
Use a model to describe how animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
Supporting Content
Different sense receptors are specialized for particular kinds of information, which may be then processed by the animal's brain. Animals are able to use their perceptions and memories to guide their actions.
Fifth Grade
Life Sciences 5-LS-2.2
Construct an argument with evidence for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Supporting Content
Examples of evidence could include needs and characteristics of the animals and habitats involved. The organisms and their habitat make up a system in which the parts depend on each other.
Life Sciences 5-LS-2.3
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals living there may change.
Supporting Content
Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there. When the environment changes in ways that affect a place's physical characteristics, temperature, or availability of food and water, some animals survive and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet others move into the transformed environment, and some die.
Sixth Grade - Middle School
Life Sciences MS-LS-2.1
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Supporting Content
Organisms, and populations of organisms, are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors. Growth of organisms and population increases are limited by access to resources. Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.
Life Sciences MS-LS-2.5
Construct an argument supported by evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Supporting Content
Ecosystems are dynamic in nature; their characteristics can vary over time. Disruptions to any physical or biological component of an ecosystem can lead to shifts in its populations.