TEKS Correlations with NSES, Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives—Kindergarten Through Grade 4

NSES

K-4 5-8 9-12

Personal health

Characteristics and changes in populations

Types of resources

Changes in environments

Science and technology in local challenges

Personal health

Populations, resources, and environments

Natural hazards

Risks and benefits

Science and technology in society

Personal and community health

Population growth

Natural resources

Environmental quality

Natural and human-induced hazards

Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

TEKS

Kindergarten

(K.1) Scientific processes. The student participates in classroom and field investigations following home and school safety procedures.

The student is expected to:

  1. demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations; and
  2. learn how to use and conserve resources and materials.
(K.9) Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs.

The student is expected to:

  1. identify basic needs of living organisms;
  2. give examples of how living organisms depend on each other;
  3. identify ways that the Earth can provide resources for life.

Grade 1

(1.1) Scientific processes. The student conducts classroom and field investigations following home and school safety procedures.

The student is expected to:

  1. demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations; and
  2. learn how to use and conserve resources and materials.
(1.9) Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs.

The student is expected to:

  1. identify characteristics of living organisms that allow their basic needs to be met; and
  2. compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other for their basic needs.
(1.10) Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes rocks, soil, and water.

The student is expected to:

  1. identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water including streams, lakes, and oceans;
  2. observe and describe differences in rocks and soil samples; and
  3. identify how rocks, soil, and water are used and how they can be recycled.

Grade 2

(2.1) Scientific processes. The student conducts classroom and field investigations following home and school safety procedures.

The student is expected to:

  1. demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations; and
  2. learn how to use and conserve resources and dipose of materials.
(2.10) Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes rocks, soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere.

The student is expected to:

  1. describe and illustrate the water cycle; and
  2. identify uses of natural resources.

Grade 3

(3.1) Scientific processes. The student conducts field and laboratory investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices.

The student is expected to:

  1. demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations; and
  2. make wise choices in the use and conservation of resources and the disposal or recycling of materials.
(3.8) Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms need food, water, light, air, a way to dispose of waste, and an environment in which to live.

The student is expected to:

  1. observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem;
  2. observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete with one another for resources such as oxygen, water, food, or space;
  3. describe environmental changes in which some organisms would thrive, become ill, or perish; and
  4. describe how living organisms modify their physical environment to meet their needs such as beavers building a dam or humans building a home.
(3.11) Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials and objects in the sky.

The student is expected to:

  1. identify and describe the importance of earth materials including rocks, soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere in the local area and classify them as renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible resources;
  2. identify and record properties of soils such as color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants;
  3. identify the planets in our solar system and their position in relation to the Sun; and
  4. describe the characteristics of the Sun.

Grade 4

(4.1) Scientific processes. The student conducts field and laboratory investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices.

The student is expected to:

  1. demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations; and
  2. make wise choices in the use and conservation of resources and the disposal or recycling of materials.
(4.10) Science concepts. The student knows that certain past events affect present and future events.

The student is expected to:

  1. identify and observe effects of events that require time for changes to be noticeable including growth, erosion, dissolving, weathering, and flow; and
  2. draw conclusions about "what happened before" using fossils or charts and tables.