Science Topics Covered
Scientific Investigation and Reasoning
- Conduct classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures.
- Develop abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in classroom and outdoor investigations.
- Realize that critical thinking, scientific problem solving and scientists are used in making decisions.
- Use age appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural world.
Plant
- identify the basic needs of plants and animals.
- identify factors in the environment, including temperature and precipitation, that affect growth and behavior such as migration, hibernation, and dormancy of living things.
- compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments such as food chains within a garden, park, beach, lake, and wooded area.
- observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics of plants help them meet their basic needs such as stems carry water
throughout the plant.
Bodies of Water
- Collect, record, and compare information using tools, including computers, hand lenses, rulers, primary balances, plastic beakers, magnets,
collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles.
- Timing devices, including clocks and stopwatches.
- Weather instruments such as thermometers, wind vanes, and rain gauges.
- Materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums.
Rocks and Minerals
- Observe and describe rocks by size, texture and color.
- Distinguish between natural and manmade resources.
Force, Motion and Energy
- Investigate the effects on an object by increasing or decreasing amounts of light, heat, and sound energy.
- Trace the changes in the position of an object over time such as a cup rolling on the floor and a car rolling down a ramp.
- Compare patterns of movement of objects such as sliding, rolling, and spinning.
Matter and Energy
- Classify matter by physical properties, including shape, mass, temperature, texture and flexibility.
- Compare changes in materials caused by heating and cooling.
- Demonstrate that things can be done to materials to change their physical properties.
- Combine materials that when put together can do things that they cannot do by themselves.
Magnets
- Some objects will stick to magnets, especially objects made with iron.
- Magnets are used in many ways such as holding small objects to a refrigerator or lifting objects.
- Magnets are also used in common everyday objects like doorbells, phones, speakers, compasses, and devices with electric motors.
- What is the physical property that allows an object to be attracted to a magnet?
- How are magnets used in everyday life?
- In what everyday objects can magnets be found?
Weather
- Measure, record and graph weather information, including temperature, wind conditions, precipitation and cloud coverage.
- Identify the importance of weather and seasonal information to make choices in clothing, activities and transportation.
Water Cycle
- Explore the processes in the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
Earth and Space
- Observe and describe rocks by size
- Observe, describe, and record patterns in the sky, including the appearance of the Moon
Scientific Investigation and Reasoning
- Conduct classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures.
- Develop abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in classroom and outdoor investigations.
- Realize that critical thinking, scientific problem solving and scientists are used in making decisions.
- Use age appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural world.
Plant
- identify the basic needs of plants and animals.
- identify factors in the environment, including temperature and precipitation, that affect growth and behavior such as migration, hibernation, and dormancy of living things.
- compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments such as food chains within a garden, park, beach, lake, and wooded area.
- observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics of plants help them meet their basic needs such as stems carry water
throughout the plant.
Bodies of Water
- Collect, record, and compare information using tools, including computers, hand lenses, rulers, primary balances, plastic beakers, magnets,
collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles.
- Timing devices, including clocks and stopwatches.
- Weather instruments such as thermometers, wind vanes, and rain gauges.
- Materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums.
Rocks and Minerals
- Observe and describe rocks by size, texture and color.
- Distinguish between natural and manmade resources.
Force, Motion and Energy
- Investigate the effects on an object by increasing or decreasing amounts of light, heat, and sound energy.
- Trace the changes in the position of an object over time such as a cup rolling on the floor and a car rolling down a ramp.
- Compare patterns of movement of objects such as sliding, rolling, and spinning.
Matter and Energy
- Classify matter by physical properties, including shape, mass, temperature, texture and flexibility.
- Compare changes in materials caused by heating and cooling.
- Demonstrate that things can be done to materials to change their physical properties.
- Combine materials that when put together can do things that they cannot do by themselves.
Magnets
- Some objects will stick to magnets, especially objects made with iron.
- Magnets are used in many ways such as holding small objects to a refrigerator or lifting objects.
- Magnets are also used in common everyday objects like doorbells, phones, speakers, compasses, and devices with electric motors.
- What is the physical property that allows an object to be attracted to a magnet?
- How are magnets used in everyday life?
- In what everyday objects can magnets be found?
Weather
- Measure, record and graph weather information, including temperature, wind conditions, precipitation and cloud coverage.
- Identify the importance of weather and seasonal information to make choices in clothing, activities and transportation.
Water Cycle
- Explore the processes in the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
Earth and Space
- Observe and describe rocks by size
- Observe, describe, and record patterns in the sky, including the appearance of the Moon