Forest Life:

Connecticut State Social Studies Standards:

 Content Standard 10: Physical Systems      K-4:

·         (in part) Explain the factors that affect the location, distribution and associations of  

           features of the physical environment.

·         Define local environmental features.

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework:

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.

2.3 - Earth materials have varied physical properties which make them useful in different

         ways.

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

         needs.