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Kindergarten

(K.5) Science concepts. The student knows that organisms, objects, and events have properties and patterns.

The student is expected to:

1. describe properties of objects and characteristics of organisms;
2. observe and identify patterns including seasons, growth, and day and night and predict what happens next; and
3. recognize and copy patterns seen in charts and graphs.

(K.6) Science concepts. The student knows that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects.

The student is expected to:

1. sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed;
2. record observations about parts of plants including leaves, roots, stems, and flowers;
3. record observations about parts of animals including wings, feet, heads, and tails;
4. identify parts that, when separated from the whole, may result in the part or the whole not working, such as cars without wheels and plants without roots;
5. manipulate parts of objects such as toys, vehicles, or construction sets that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves.

(K.7) Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur.

The student is expected to:

1. observe, describe, and record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, time, temperature, sound, and movement;
2. identify that heat causes change, such as ice melting or the Sun warming the air and compare objects according to temperature;
3. observe and record weather changes from day to day and over seasons;
4. observe and record stages in the life cycle of organisms in their natural environment.

Grade 1

(1.5) Science concepts. The student knows that organisms, objects, and events have properties and patterns.

The student is expected to:

1. sort objects and events based on properties and patterns; and
2. identify, predict, and create patterns including those seen in charts, graphs, and numbers.

(1.6) Science concepts. The student knows that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects.

The student is expected to:

1. sort organisms and objects according to their parts and characteristics;
2. observe and describe the parts of plants and animals;
3. manipulate objects such as toys, vehicles, or construction sets so that the parts are separated from the whole which may result in the part or the whole not working; and
4. identify parts that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves, such as a working camera with film, a car moving with a motor, and an airplane flying with fuel.

(1.7) Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur.

The student is expected to:

1. observe, measure, and record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, sound, and movement;
2. identify and test ways that heat may cause change such as when ice melts;
3. observe and record changes in weather from day to day and over seasons; and
4. observe and record changes in the life cycle of organisms.

Grade 2

(2.5) Science concepts. The student knows that organisms, objects, and events have properties and patterns.

The student is expected to:

1. classify and sequence organisms, objects, and events based on properties and patterns; and
2. identify, predict, replicate, and create patterns including those seen in charts, graphs, and numbers.

(2.6) Science concepts. The student knows that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects.

The student is expected to:

1. manipulate, predict, and identify parts that, when separated from the whole, may result in the part or the whole not working, such as flashlights without batteries and plants without leaves;
2. manipulate, predict, and identify parts that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves, such as a guitar and guitar strings;
3. observe and record the functions of plant parts; and
4. observe and record the functions of animal parts.

(2.7) Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur.

The student is expected to:

1. observe, measure, record, analyze, predict, and illustrate changes in size, mass, temperature, color, position, quantity, sound, and movement;
2. identify, predict, and test uses of heat to cause change such as melting and evaporation;
3. demonstrate a change in the motion of an object by giving the object a push or a pull; and
4. observe, measure, and record changes in weather, the night sky, and seasons.

(2.8) Science concepts. The student distinguishes between living organisms and nonliving objects.

The student is expected to:

1. identify characteristics of living organisms; and
2. identify characteristics of nonliving objects.

Grade 3

(3.5) Science concepts. The student knows that systems exist in the world.

The student is expected to:

1. observe and identify simple systems such as a sprouted seed and a wooden toy car; and
2. observe a simple system and describe the role of various parts such as a yo-yo and string.

(3.6) Science concepts. The student knows that forces cause change.

The student is expected to:

1. measure and record changes in the position and direction of the motion of an object to which a force such as a push or pull has been applied; and
2. identify that the surface of the Earth can be changed by forces such as earthquakes and glaciers.

(3.7) Science concepts. The student knows that matter has physical properties.

The student is expected to:

1. gather information including temperature, magnetism, hardness, and mass using appropriate tools to identify physical properties of matter; and
2. identify matter as liquids, solids, and gases.

Grade 4

(4.5) Science concepts. The student knows that complex systems may not work if some parts are removed.

The student is expected to:

1. identify and describe the roles of some organisms in living systems such as plants in a schoolyard, and parts in nonliving systems such as a light bulb in a circuit; and
2. predict and draw conclusions about what happens when part of a system is removed.

(4.6) Science concepts. The student knows that change can create recognizable patterns.

The student is expected to:

1. identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky;
2. illustrate that certain characteristics of an object can remain constant even when the object is rotated like a spinning top, translated like a skater moving in a straight line, or reflected on a smooth surface; and
3. use reflections to verify that a natural object has symmetry.

(4.7) Science concepts. The student knows that matter has physical properties.

The student is expected to:

1. observe and record changes in the states of matter caused by the addition or reduction of heat; and
2. conduct tests, compare data, and draw conclusions about physical properties of matter including states of matter, conduction, density, and buoyancy.