Clarification Statement - S.P.LS.1.1.CS:
Emphasis should be on determining what a variety of living organisms need to live and grow.

Science and Engineering Practices - PK2.SEP4.1:
Record information (observations, thoughts, and ideas).

Science and Engineering Practices - PK2.SEP8.1:
Communicate solutions with others in oral and/or written forms using models and/or drawings that provide detail about scientific ideas.

Disciplinary Core Ideas - S.P.LS.1.1.DCI:
LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

• (NYSED) All animals need food, air, and water in order tolive, grow, and thrive. Animals obtain food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water, air, and light to live, grow, and thrive.

Crosscutting Concepts - CC1.1:
Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed and used as evidence.

Clarification Statement - S.P.LS.1.2.CS:
Emphasis should be on the relationships between the physical and living environment. Examples of external parts could include roots, stems, leaves for plants and eyes, ears, mouth, arms, legs for animals.

Science and Engineering Practices - PK2.SEP3.1:
With guidance, plan and conduct an investigation incollaboration with peers.

Disciplinary Core Ideas - S.P.LS.1.2.DCI:
LS1.A: Structure and Function

• 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.

LS1.D: Information Processing

• 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. Plants also respond to some external inputs.

Crosscutting Concepts - CC2.2:
Events have causes that generate observable patterns.

Crosscutting Concepts - CC3.1:
Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together.

Crosscutting Concepts - CC4.1:
The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function(s).

Clarification Statement - S.P.LS.3.1.CS:
Emphasis is on observation and pictorial representations of familiar plants and animals.

Science and Engineering Practices - PK2.SEP2.1:
Compare models to identify common features and differences.

Science and Engineering Practices - PK2.SEP2.2:
Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent a proposed object or tool.

Disciplinary Core Ideas - S.P.LS.3.1.DCI:
LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits •(NYSED) Some young animals are similar to, but not exactly, like their parents. Some young plants are also similar to, but not exactly, like their parents. LS3.B: Variation of Traits •Individuals of the same kind of plant or animal are recognizable as similar but can also vary in many ways.

Crosscutting Concepts - CC1.1:
Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed and used as evidence.