Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Grade 1

Subchapter 112.3

Reference Science Concepts The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands
(with teacher support)
The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest
(with teacher support)
The Digital Field Trip to The Desert
(with teacher support)
The student knows that:
1.6. Systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects.
(A) Sort organisms and objects according to their parts and characteristics Use Organisms and Migration for examples Use Organisms for examples Use Organisms for examples, K-3 Resources
(B) Observe and describe the parts of plants and animals Use Organisms and Migration for examples Use Organisms for examples Use Organisms for examples, Animal and Plant Adaptations
(D) Identify parts that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves Use Organisms and Migration for examples Use Organisms for examples Use Organisms for examples
1.7. Many types of change occur.
(D) Observe and record changes in the life cycle of organisms Organisms and Migration (life cycle) Organisms (life cycle)  
1.8. Factors distinguish between living organisms and nonliving objects.
(A) Group living organisms and nonliving objects Use Organisms, Migration, and Field Trip for examples Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples
(B) Compare living organisms and nonliving objects Use Organisms, Migration, and Field Trip for examples Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples
1.9. Living organisms have basic needs.
(A) Identify characteristics of living organisms that allow their basic needs to be met Use Organisms and Migration for examples, Food Web Game Use Organisms for examples, Web Game, Niches Use Organisms for examples, Build-A-Desert Game, Adaptations
(B) Compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other for their basic needs Use Organisms and Migration for examples, Food Web Game Use Organisms for examples, Web Game, Niches Use Organisms for examples, Build-A-Desert Game