Science Standards

Students will use hands on manipulation and written text to best teach these skills.

1. Describe life needs of green plants and classify plants according to the plants parts and characteristics. (minerals, air, water, light, and place to grow.)  (seeds, roots, stems, fruit.)
2. Describe life needs of animals and classify them according to physical characteristics.  This includes people. ( food, air, water, and place to live.)
3. Observe and care for plants and animals. 
4. Trace and compare the life cycle of various organisms. (frog, grasshoppers, dogs.)
5. Describe physical similarities and differences between traits of parents and their offspring. 
6. Describe various forms of information left by prehistoric animals and their habitats. 
7. Explore how organisms are dependant upon each other for survival. 
8. Describe how night and day are caused by the rotation of the Earth.
9. Explain that the sun is the sources of heat and light that warms the land, air, and water.
10. Describe the relationship of seasonal changes and weather to the activities and life processes of plants and animals.
11. Describe the effects of weather on the Earth.  (erosion, floods, tornadoes.)
12. Record position and apparent shape of the moon over a period of time.
13. Describe what can be observed in the sky by the unaided eye in the day and at night. (sun, moon, stars.)
14. Observe and identify the basic components of the solar system.
15. Investigate and understand how that natural resources are limited. 
16. Describe how technology contributes to solving problems. 
17. Investigate and describe factors that affect air and water quality.
18. Investigate how to recycle and reuse natural resources.
19.  Identify how science contributes to solving problems.
20. Describe scientific solutions for preventing hazardous situations.  (fires, pollution.)
21. Develop personal habits that display concern for the environment.
22. Describe how energy is transferred through a system or cycle.  (aquarium, terrarium, water cycle.)
23. Investigate sources of energy. 
24. Associate sounds of energy.  (moving water, food.)
25. Explore heat sources and the effect on matter.
26. Explain how pushed and pulls can change the motion of an object. 
27. Describe motion as a change in position.
28. Experiment with water to determine how common materials interact with it.  (floating, sinking, dissolving.)
29. Create Mixtures and separate them based on differences in properties. 
30. Compare relative mass of objects.  (which object is heavier.)
31. Properties of hot versus cold water.
32. Observe physical changes in matter.
33. Describe motions of common objects in terms of speed and direction.
34. Explore how the movement of other objects influence other objects. (collision of marbles.)

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