Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Academic Standards
Animal Demonstrations: Fur, Feathers, Scales PreK-2
National Science Educational
Standards
K-4: Characteristics of organisms. Organisms and environments.
Benchmarks for Science Literacy
(Project 2061)
K-2: Some animals and plants are alike in the way they look and in the things they do, and others are very different from one
another (5A/P1). Different plants and animals have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places (5F/P1).
Ohio Science Academic Content
Standards
K: C5: Investigate observable features or plants and animals that help them live in different kinds of places. 2: C6: Investigate
the different structures of plants and animals that help them live in different environments.
Kentucky Core Content—Science
SC-EP-3.4.2: Students will understand that things in the environment are classified as living, nonliving and once living.
Organisms are classified into groups by using various characteristics. SC-EP-3.4.4: Students will describe the basic structures
and related functions of plants and animals that contribute to growth, reproduction and survival.
Indiana Science Standards
K.3.2: Describe and compare living animals in terms of shape, texture of body covering, size, weight, color and the way they
move. 1.3.1: Classify living organisms according to variations in specific physical feathers and describe how those features may
provide an advantage for survival in different environments.