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Kindergarten:
Overview of the Year
Overview
Kindergarteners will explore science concepts by working with
experiments in Earth, and Physical Science.
Topics kindergarteners will explore include instructional
units on Life on land, Color, Shape, Texture, Odor,
and Life in the Water, Site, Sound, Quantity, and Position.
As students learn about the world around them, they will
discover basic science concepts that they will continue to explore at deeper
levels in future grades. These unifying concepts include Interdependence,
Constancy and Change, and Order and Organization of Systems.
Building Successful Foundations in Science - Elementary science
integrates and organizes student scientific knowledge through a foundation
made up of 'Bricks" of Big Ideas put together with the "Mortar" of Unifying
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Enduring Understandings
- important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the
instruction received this year.
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Interdependence – Living things have needs that they obtain from the
environment.
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Constancy and Change – Earth materials vary according to color, shape,
texture, size, odor, sound, and quantity.
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Order and Organizations of Systems – Components of a system have
specific physical properties and positions in relationship to one
another.
Essential Questions
- most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer
after completing learning activities.
- How are plants
and animals alike? How are they different?
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What do living
organisms need to survive?
Standards
Highest
Frequency Standards
 High
Frequency Standards
 Other
Standards & E-skills
Standard 1: Students
understand the process of scientific investigation and design, conduct,
communicate about, and evaluate such investigations. (1.a.,
1.b.,1.c.,1.d.)
Standard 3: 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. (3.1.a, 3.1.b, 3.1.c., 3.1.d, 3.2.a., 3.3.c,.
,3.4.a, 3.4.b., 3.4.c.,
Standard 5: Students
know and understand relationships among science, technology, and human
activity and how they can affect the world. (5.a, 5.d.)
Other
E-Skills: Students are expected to:
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observe and describe the characteristics of seeds
and plants.
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plant seeds and observe and record their growth.
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observe and describe the characteristics of a
variety of plants and animals in woodland and freshwater
environments.
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record observations in words and drawings.
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make comparisons among a variety of plants and
animals.
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communicate ideas through writing and drawing,
and discussion.
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read to enhance the understanding of the basic
needs of organisms and the diversity of life.
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apply what they know about plants and animals to
what they know about themselves.
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maintain plants and animals outside their natural
environments.
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