Iowa Academic standards for science:
Exploring nature

Two husky dogs wading in river

This classroom module helps to fulfill the following standards in the Iowa Academic Standards for Science:

Kindergarten

K-LS1-1
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

K-ESS2-2
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

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-ESS3-3
Communicate solutions that will improve sustainability of the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

K-ETS1-1
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.

First Grade

1-ETS1-1
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.

Second Grade

2-LS4-1
Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

2-ESS2-1
Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.

2-ESS2-2
Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.

2-ESS2-3
Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

2-ETS1-1
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.