demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations (1.1A)
learn how to use and conserve resources and materials (1.1B)

ask questions about organisms, objects and events (1.2A)
plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations (1.2B)
gather information using simple equipment and tools to extend the senses (1.2C)
construct reasonable explanations and draw conclusions (1.2D)
communicate explanations about investigations (1.2E)

make decisions using information (1.3A)
discuss and justify the merits of decisions (1.3B)
explain a problem in his/her own words and identify a task and solution related to the problem (1.3C)

collect information using tools including hand lenses, clocks, computers, thermometers, and balances (1.4A)
record and compare collected information (1.4B)
measure organisms and objects and parts of organisms and objects, using non-standard units such as paper clips, hand, and pencils (1.4C)

sort objects and events based on properties and patterns (1.5A)
identify, predict, and create patterns including those seen in charts, graphs, and numbers (1.5B)

sort organisms and objects according to their parts and characteristics (1.6A)
observe and describe the parts of plants and animals (1.6B)
manipulate objects such as toys, vehicles, or construction sets so that the parts are separated from the whole which may result in the part or the whole not working (1.6C)
identify parts that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves, such as a working camera with film, a car moving with a motor, and an airplane flying with fuel (1.6D)

observe, measure, and record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, sound, and movement (1.7A)
identify and test ways that heat may cause change such as when ice melts (1.7B)
observe and record changes in weather from day to day and over seasons (1.7C)
observe and record changes in the life cycle of organisms (1.7D)

Science Concepts. The student distinguishes between living organisms and nonliving objects. The student is expected to: (1.8):

group living organisms and objects and nonliving objects (1.8A)
compare living organisms and nonliving objects (1.8B)

identify characteristics of living organisms that allow their basic needs to be met (1.9A)
compare and give examples of the ways organisms depend on each other for their basic needs (1.9B)

identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water including streams, lakes, and oceans (1.10A)
observe and describe differences in rocks and soil samples (1.10B)
identify how rocks, soil, and water are used and how they can be recycled (1.10C)

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