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Enduring Understandings
- important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the
instruction received this year.
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Interdependence – Living things have needs that they
obtain from the environment.
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Constancy and Change – Earth materials vary according to
color, shape, texture, size, odor, sound, and quantity.
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Order and Organizations of Systems – Components of a
system have specific physical properties and positions in relationship
to one another.
Essential Questions
- most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer
after completing learning activities.
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How can we
find the answer to a science question?
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What do living organisms need
to survive?
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How can we use our senses to learn about the
world around us? What are some ways objects can be sorted.
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Why is the sun important?
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How does technology changed our lives?
Standards
Highest
Frequency Standards
 High
Frequency Standards
 Other
Standards & E-skills
Standard 1:
Students apply the process of scientific investigation and design, conduct,
communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.
Standard 1 Benchmarks: Grades K-2
1. use their senses to make and describe careful observations
2. ask questions and make predictions
3. conduct simple experiments using tools and technology (for example:
computers, thermometers, magnifiers, rulers, balances)
4. record data, report on findings and explain with reasons
Standard 2:
Physical Science: Student know and understand common properties, forms, and
changes in matter and energy. (Focus: Physics and Chemistry)
Standard 2 Benchmarks: Grades K-2
1. solids and liquids (matter) can be identified, compared,
sorted/classified by their physical properties (for example: size, shape,
texture, flexibility, temperature, color and patterns)
2. mixtures can be created and separated based on physical properties (for
example: salt and sand, iron filings and soil, oil and water)
3. the only way to change the motion of an object is by pushing or pulling
on it (force)
Standard 3: Life Science: Students know and understand the
characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and
how living things interact with each other and their environment. (Focus:
Biology – anatomy, Physiology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology)
Standard 3 Benchmarks: Grades K-2
1. an organism (plant, animal) is a living thing that has physical
characteristics that help it to survive
2. offspring have characteristics that are similar to but not exactly like
their parents
3. fossil evidence helps identify organisms that once lived on Earth but
have completely disappeared (for example: dinosaurs, dodo bird, woolly
mammoth and saber tooth tiger)
4. there are similarities and differences in growth and development of
organisms (for example: insect, plant, mammal)
5. organisms interact with each other and with nonliving parts of their
habitat to meet their basic needs (for example: food, water, air, shelter,
space)
Standard 4:
Earth and Space Science: Students know and understand the processes and
interactions of Earth’s systems and the structure and dynamics of Earth and
other objects in space. (Focus: Geology, Meteorology, Astronomy,
Oceanography)
Standard 4 Benchmarks: Grades K-2
1. there are different types of Earth’s materials that come in different
shapes and sizes (for example: rocks and soil )
2. there are major features of Earth's surface (for example: mountains,
rivers, plains, hills, oceans, plateaus)
3. the Earth’s materials (rocks, soil, water) provide many of the resources
that humans use and reuse
4. our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons
(for example: types of clothing, travel plans, recreational activity)
5. the Sun is the source of Earth's heat and light
6. objects can be readily observed in the daytime and nighttime sky ( for
example: the Sun, Moon, stars )
Standard 5:
Students understand that the nature of science involves a particular way of
building knowledge and making meaning of the natural world.
Standard 5 Benchmarks: Grades K-2
1. basic observable patterns and changes in the world can help to predict
future events based on those patterns (for example: seasonal weather
patterns, day/night) |
