Compare distinct properties of rocks (e.g., color, layering, texture). Rocks
Observe and investigate that rocks are often found in layers. Rocks
Describe that smaller rocks come from the breakdown of larger rocks through the actions of plants and weather. Rocks
Observe and describe the composition of soil (e.g., small pieces of rock & decomposed pieces of plants and animals, and products of plants and animals). Soil
Investigate the properties of soil (e.g., color, texture, capacity to retain water, ability to support plant growth). Soil
Investigate that soils are often found in layers and can be different from place to place. Soil
Life Science
Compare the life cyclesof different animals including birth to adulthood, reproduction and death (e.g., egg-tadpole-frog, egg-caterpillar-chrysalis-butterfly). Llife cycles
Relate animal structures to their specific survival functions (e.g., obtaining food, escaping or hiding from enemies).
Classify animals according to their characteristics (e.g., body coverings and body structure). Animals
Use examples to explain that extinct organisms may resemble organisms that are alive today.
Observe and explore how fossils provide evidence about animals that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time. Fossils
Describe how changes in an organism's habitat are sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful.
Physical Science
Describe an objects position by locating it relative to another object or the background. Forces and Motion
Describe an objects motion by tracing and measuring its position over time. Forces and Motion
Identify contact/noncontact forces that affect motion of an object (e.g., gravity, magnetism, collision). Forces and Motion
Predict the changes when an object experiences a force (e.g., a push or pull, weight, friction). Forces and Motion
Science and Technology
Describe how technology can extend human abilities (e.g., to move things, to extend senses).
Describe ways that using technology can have helpful and/or harmful results.
Investigate ways that the results of technology may affect the individual, family and community.
Use a simple design process to solve a problem (e.g., identify a problem, identify possible solutions, design a solution).
Describe possible solutions to a design problem (e.g., how to hold down paper in the wind).
Scientific Inquiry
Select the appropriate tools and use relevant safety procedures to measure and record length and weight in metric and English units.
Discuss observations and measurements made by other people.
Read and interpret simple tables and graphs produced by self/others.
Identify and apply science safety procedures.
Record and organize observations (e.g., journals, charts, tables).
Communicate scientific findings to others through a variety of methods (e.g., pictures, written, oral and recorded observations). Scientific Method
Scientific Ways of Knowing
Describe different kinds of investigations that scientists use depending on the questions they are trying to answer. Scientific Method
Keep records of investigations and observations and do not change the records that are different from someone elses.
Explore through stories how men and women have contributed to the development of science. Scientist
Identify various careers in science. Science Careers
Discuss how both men and women find science rewarding as a career and in their everyday lives Scientist