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Force, Motion, and Energy

• K.2 The student will investigate and understand that pushes and pulls affect the motion of objects. Key ideas include:

  • K.2.a pushes and pulls can cause an object to move

    • Push and pull (K-F.1)

  • K.2.b pushes and pulls can change the direction of an object

    • Investigate pushes and pulls (K-F.2)
    • The ways things move (K-F.3)
    • Design a race car track (K-O.1)

  • K.2.c changes in motion are related to the strength of the push or pull

    • Investigate pushes and pulls (K-F.2)
    • Design a race car track (K-O.1)

Matter

• K.3 The student will investigate and understand that physical properties of an object can be described. Properties include:

  • K.3.a colors

    • Classify objects by color (K-A.5)
    • Sort objects by color (K-A.6)

  • K.3.b shapes and forms

    • Classify objects by two-dimensional shape (K-A.1)
    • Sort objects by two-dimensional shape (K-A.2)
    • Classify objects by three-dimensional shape (K-A.3)
    • Sort objects by three-dimensional shape (K-A.4)

  • K.3.c textures and feel

    • Classify objects by texture (K-B.1)
    • Classify objects by shape, color, material, and texture (K-B.5)
    • Describe objects (K-B.6)

  • K.3.d relative sizes and weights of objects

    • Long and short (K-C.1)
    • Light and heavy (K-C.2)

• K.4 The student will investigate and understand that water is important in our daily lives and has properties. Key ideas include:

  • K.4.a water has many uses

  • K.4.b water can be found in many places

  • K.4.c water occurs in different phases

    • Classify solids and liquids (K-D.1)
    • Identify solids and liquids (K-D.2)

  • K.4.d water flows downhill

Living Systems and Processes

• K.5 The students will investigate and understand that senses allow humans to seek, find, take in, and react or respond to different information. Key ideas include:

  • K.5.a the five basic senses correspond to specific human body structures

    • The five senses (K-G.7)

  • K.5.b senses are used in our daily lives

• K.6 The student will investigate and understand that there are differences between living organisms and nonliving objects. Key ideas include:

  • K.6.a all things can be classified as living or nonliving

    • Identify living and nonliving things (K-I.1)

  • K.6.b living organisms have certain characteristics that distinguish them from nonliving objects

    • Identify living and nonliving things (K-I.1)

• K.7 The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals have basic needs and life processes. Key ideas include:

  • K.7.a living things need adequate food, water, shelter, air, and space to survive

    • What do animals need to survive? (K-G.1)
    • What do plants need to survive? (K-H.1)

  • K.7.b plants and animals have life cycles

  • K.7.c offspring of plants and animals are similar but not identical to their parents or to one another

    • Match animals to their parents (K-G.3)
    • Match plants to their parents (K-H.4)
    • Compare young living things to their parents (K-I.4)

Earth and Space Systems

• K.8 The student will investigate and understand that light influences temperature on Earth's surfaces and can cause shadows. Key ideas include:

  • K.8.a the sun provides light and warms Earth's surface

    • Investigate sunlight and shade (K-M.2)
    • Design a sunshade (K-O.2)

  • K.8.b shadows can be produced when sunlight or artificial light is blocked by an object

    • Investigate shadows (K-E.2)
    • Which lets light go through? (K-E.3)
    • Design a sunshade (K-O.2)

  • K.8.c objects in shadows and objects in sunlight have different temperatures

    • Investigate sunlight and shade (K-M.2)
    • Design a sunshade (K-O.2)

• K.9 The student will investigate and understand that there are patterns in nature. Key patterns include:

  • K.9.a daily weather

    • Describe the weather (K-M.1)
    • Weather patterns (K-M.4)
    • Severe weather: blizzards (K-M.5)
    • Severe weather: tornadoes (K-M.6)
    • Severe weather: hurricanes (K-M.7)

  • K.9.b seasonal changes

    • Weather patterns (K-M.4)

  • K.9.c day and night

    • The daytime sky (K-N.1)
    • The night sky (K-N.2)

• K.10 The student will investigate and understand that change occurs over time. Key ideas include:

  • K.10.a natural and human-made things change over time

  • K.10.b living and nonliving things change over time

  • K.10.c changes can be observed and measured

  • K.10.d changes may be fast or slow

Earth Resources

• K.11 The student will investigate and understand that humans use resources. Key ideas include:

  • K.11.a some materials and objects can be used over and over again

    • Reduce, reuse, recycle (K-L.1)

  • K.11.b materials can be recycled

    • Reduce, reuse, recycle (K-L.1)

  • K.11.c choices we make impact the air, water, land and living things