demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations (K.1A)
learn how to use and conserve resources and materials (K.1B)

ask questions about organisms, objects and events (K.2A)
plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations (K.2B)
gather information using simple equipment and tools to extend the senses (K.2C)
construct reasonable explanations using information (K.2D)
communicate findings about simple investigations (K.2E)

make decisions using information (K.3A)
discuss and justify the merits of decisions (K.3B)
explain a problem in his/her own words and propose a solution (K.3C)

identify and use senses as tools of observation (K.4A)
make observations using tools including hand lenses, balances, cups, bowls and computers (K.4B)

describe properties of objects and characteristics of organisms (K.5A)
observe and identify patterns including seasons, growth, and day and night and predict what happens next (K.5B)
recognize and copy patterns seen in charts and graphs (K.5C)

sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed (K.6A)
record observations about parts of plants including leaves, roots, stems, and flowers (K.6B)
record observations about parts of animals including wings, feet, heads and tails (K.6C)
identify parts that, when separated from the whole, may result in the part or the whole not working, such as cars without wheels and plants without roots (K.6D)
manipulate parts of objects such as toys, vehicles, or construction sets that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves (K.6E)

observe, describe, and record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, time, temperature, sound and movement (K.7A)
identify that heat causes change, such as ice melting or the Sun warming the air and compare objects according to temperature (K.7B)
observe and record weather changes from day to day and over seasons (K.7C)
observe and record stages in the life cycle of organisms in their natural environment (K.7D)

Science Concepts. The student knows the difference between living organisms and nonliving objects. The student is expected to (K.8):

identify a particular organism or object as living or nonliving (K.8A)
group organisms and objects as living or nonliving (K.8B)

identify basic needs of living organisms (K.9A)
give examples of how living organisms depend on each other (K.9B)
identify ways that the Earth can provide resources for life (K.9C)

observe and describe properties of rocks, soil, and water (K.10A)
give examples of ways that rocks, soil, and water are useful (K.10B)

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