Discovery Ride:

Connecticut State Social Studies Standards:

Content Standard 10: Physical Systems  K-4:

·         Define local environmental features.

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework:

K.1 - Objects have properties that can be observed and used to describe similarities and

          differences.

K.2 - Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth.

K.3 - Weather conditions vary daily and seasonally.

1.2 - Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their

         basic needs.

1.3 - Organisms change in form and behavior as part of their life cycles.

2.2 - Plants change their forms as part of their life cycles.

3.2 - Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic

         needs.

4.2 - All organisms depend on the living and non living features of the environment for

         survival.