Kindergarten Science

Kindergarten

Inquiry

Conceptual Strand Understandings about scientific inquiry and the ability to conduct inquiry are essential for living in the 21st century.

Guiding Question What tools, skills, knowledge, and dispositions are needed to conduct scientific inquiry?

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0007.Inq.1 Observe the world of familiar objects using the senses and tools.

GLE 0007.Inq.2 Ask questions, make logical predictions, plan investigations, and represent data. GLE 0007.Inq.3 Explain the data from an investigation.

Checks for Understanding 

	0007.Inq.1 Use senses and simple tools to make observations.
	0007.Inq.2 Communicate interest in simple phenomena and plan for simple investigations. 90007.Inq.3 Communicate understanding of simple data using age-appropriate vocabulary. 90007.Inq.4 Collect, discuss, and communicate findings from a variety of  investigations.

Technology & Engineering

GLE 0007.T/E.K-2.1 Recognize that both natural materials and human-made tools have specific characteristics that determine their use.

GLE 0007.T/E.2 Apply engineering design and creative thinking to solve practical problems.

Checks for Understanding 

	0007.T/E.1 Explain how simple tools are used to extend the senses, make life easier, and solve everyday problems.
	0007.T/E.2 Invent designs for simple products.

                        Build a Better Pencil

                        Dynamo Make and Do

0007.T/E.3 Use tools to measure materials and construct simple products.

Life Science Standard 1 –Cells

GLE 0007.1.1 Recognize that many things are made of parts

Checks for Understanding 

	0007.1.1 Use puzzles to determine that there are many parts that make up a whole.
	0007.1.2 Use building blocks to create a whole from the parts.
	0007.1.3 Take apart an object and describe how the parts work together.

Standard 2 –Interdependence

GLE 0007.2.1 Recognize that some things are living and some are not.  

GLE 0007.2.2 Know that people interact with their environment through their senses.

 Checks for Understanding 

0007.2.1 Categorize objects or images of objects as living or non-living according to their characteristics.

                         Ourselves

0007.2.2 Use the senses to investigate and describe an object.

Standard 3 -Flow of Matter and Energy

NewGLE 0007.3.1 Recognize that living things require water, food, and air.

Checks for Understanding 

	0007.3.1 Observe plants and animals and make records of their similarities and differences.
	0007.3.2 Record information about the care, feeding, and maintenance of a living thing.

NewStandard 4-Heredity

 GLE 0007.4.1 Observe how plants and animals change as they grow.

                        Watch it Grow

GLE 0007.4.2 Observe that offspring resemble their parents

Checks for Understanding 

0007.4.1 Observe a plant to identify how it changes as it grows from a seed to the adult plant and record data using non-standard measurement devices.

                        Watch it Grow

                       Growing Plants

0007.4.2 Match pictures of seedlings to adult plants and a juvenile to the adult animal.

                        Animals Two by Two

                        Match the baby animals with their parents

Standard 5 -Biodiversity and Change

GLE 0007.5.1 Compare the basic features of plants and animals. 

Checks for Understanding 

	0007.5.1 Use a variety of representations to describe similarities and differences among plants and animals.
	0007.5.2 Create a mural of an ecosystem and compare the characteristics of animals and plants within that environment.
	0007.5.3 Match pictures of animal and plant characteristics needed for survival to appropriate environments.

                       Where do I live?

Earth and Space Science

Standard 6 -The Universe

GLE 0007.6.1 Know the different objects that are visible in the day and night sky.

Checks for Understanding 

0007.6.1 Create a Venn diagram to compare the objects that can be seen in the day and night sky.

                      Assessment venn diagram

0007.6.2 Observe, discuss, and draw objects found in the day and night sky.

                      Objects in the sky       

                            Daytime Sky student sheet

                           Nighttime Sky student sheet

                           What Objects Do You See in the Sky? assessment sheet

Standard 7 – The Earth

 GLE 0007.7.1 Identify non-living materials found on the surface of the earth.

GLE 0007.7.2 Recognize that some objects are manmade and that some occur naturally

 Checks for Understanding 

New90007.7.1 Identify non-living materials found on the school site and discuss how these materials are similar and different.

	0007.7.2 Investigate and compare a variety of non-living materials using simple tools.
	0007.7.3 Observe familiar environments and make lists of natural and manmade objects.

Standard 8 -The Atmosphere

GLE 0007.8.2 Collect daily weather data at different times of the year.  

Checks for Understanding 

	0007.8.1 Collect, compare, and record daily weather data during different seasons.
	0007.8.2 Infer the relationship between temperature and seasonal change by maintaining a paper chain on which dates are recorded and temperature described according to different colors.

Physical Science

Standard 9 –Matter

GLE 0007.9.1 Describe an object by its observable properties.

GLE 0007.9.2 Identify objects and materials as solids or liquids

Checks for Understanding 

0007.9.1 Observe, identify, and compare the properties of various objects such as color, shape, and size.

                         Weave a Pattern

                         Sorting and Using materials

New0007.9.2 Observe, discuss, and compare characteristics of various solids and liquids.

                         Solids and Liquids

Standard 10 –Energy

GLE 0007.10.1 Identify the sun as the source of heat and light.

                         The Warmth of the Sun

 GLE 0007.10.2 Investigate the effect of the sun on a variety of materials. 

Checks for Understanding 

0007.10.1 Place a thermometer in a sunny window and one in a shady area of the classroom and record the temperatures over time.  Compare, discuss, and record any temperature differences.

                       Make a thermometer

	0007.10.2 Investigate the temperature differences in various locations around the school. Discuss and record the results.
	0007.10.3 Place a thermometer under pieces of different colored paper on a sunny window.  Compare results and discuss possible causes.

Standard 11 –Motion

GLE 0007.11.1 Explore different ways that objects move. 

Checks for Understanding 

0007.11.1 Use a variety of objects to demonstrate different types of movement. (e.g., straight line/zigzag, backwards/ forward, side to side, in circles, fast/slow).

Standard 12 -Forces in Nature

None for this grade level

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