Alignment with Science Standards
The From Seeds to Shoreline program aligns with South Carolina’s newly adopted 2021 College- and Career-Ready South Carolina State Science Standards and the former 2016 South Carolina State Science Standards.
The listing of 2021 standards is meant to serve as a guide and is not exhaustive. For each grade level, a main standard is listed first with any additional suggested standards listed second.
Kindergarten
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Additional Suggested Standard: K-ESS3-3. Obtain and communicate information to define problems related to human impact on the local environment.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard K.L.2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of organisms found in the environment and how these organisms depend on the environment to meet those needs.
Grade 1
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 1-LS3-1. Make observations to support an evidence-based claim that most young are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 1.L.5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the structures of plants help them survive and grow in their environments.
Grade 2
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 2-LS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine what plants need to grow.
Additional Suggested Standard: 2-ESS3-1. Design solutions to address human impacts on natural resources in the local environment.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 2.L.5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the structures of animals help them survive and grow in their environments.
Grade 3
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 3-LS1-1. Develop and use models to describe how organisms change in predictable patterns during their unique and diverse life cycles.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 3.E.4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the composition of Earth and the processes that shape features of Earth’s surface.
Grade 4
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function together in a system to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 4.L.5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the structural characteristics and traits of plants and animals allow them to survive, grow, and reproduce.
Grade 5
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 5-LS1-1. Support an argument with evidence that plants obtain materials they need for growth mainly from air and water.
Additional Suggested Standard: 5-ESS3-1. Evaluate potential solutions to problems that individual communities face in protecting the Earth’s resources and environment.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 5.E.3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how natural processes and human activities affect the features of Earth’s landforms and oceans.
Grade 6
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 6-ESS3-2. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to identify patterns, which help forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 6.L.4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how scientists classify organisms and how the structures, processes, behaviors, and adaptations of animals allow them to survive.
Grade 7
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 7-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 7.EC.5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environments.
Grade 8
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: 8-LS1-4. Use arguments, based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning, to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard 8.S.1: The student will use the science and engineering practices, including the processes and skills of scientific inquiry, to develop understandings of science content.
Earth Science
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: E-ESS2-2. Analyze data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
Additional Suggested Standard: E-ESS3-4. Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard H.E.3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the internal and external dynamics of Earth’s geosphere.
Biology
2021 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards
Main Standard: B-LS2-7. Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on biodiversity and ecosystem health.
2016 South Carolina Science Standards
Standard H.B.6: The student will demonstrate an understanding that ecosystems are complex, interactive systems that include both biological communities and physical components of the environment.
Questions
Please contact Morgan Treon, Marine Education Specialist, at morgan.treon@scseagrant.org.