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Grade Level K - 2 Science Standards and Benchmarks
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Standard 1
Students apply the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate such investigations. ES
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
Students know and understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and energy. (Focus: Physics and Chemistry)
Properties of Materials
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)
Position and Motion of Objects
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) ES
Characteristics of Organisms
1. An organism (plant, animal) is a living thing that has physical characteristics that help it to survive ES
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)
Life Cycles of Organisms
4. There are similarities and differences in growth and development of organisms (for example: insect, plant, mammal)
Organisms and Environments
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) ES
Properties of the Earth’s Materials
1. There are different types of Earth’s materials that come in different shapes and sizes (for example: rocks and soil) ES
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
Earth’s Weather
4. Our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons (for example: types of clothing, travel plans, recreational activity) ES
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)
Space
7. Space travel allows us to explore space. ES
Standard 5
Students understand that the nature of science involves a particular way of building knowledge and making meaning of the natural world.
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)
