What does a student learn in StateConnecticut,GradeKindergarten,SubjectScience?

Students notice something curious and turn it into a question worth testing. This is the first step in science: figuring out what to investigate and what counts as a real, answerable question.

Students draw or build simple models, like a picture of the sky or a structure made of blocks, to show how something in the world works.

Students plan simple tests and gather information to answer a question, like checking whether a block floats or sinks. The investigation is the way they find out if their idea holds up.

Students sort and compare information they collect, like counting how many cloudy days versus sunny days, to spot a pattern or draw a simple conclusion.

Students use counting, sorting, or simple patterns to help explain what they observe in the world around them.

Students look at what they observed or tested, then explain why they think something happened. The explanation has to connect back to what they actually saw or found.

Students look at two possible answers to a question and decide which one the evidence supports better. They practice saying why one idea makes more sense than another.

Students share what they observe and learn about the world around them. They describe findings using pictures, words, or models so others can understand their thinking.

Students sort everyday objects by what they can observe: color, shape, size, and whether something feels rough or smooth. That hands-on sorting is the first step toward understanding why things look and behave the way they do.

Students push, pull, and roll objects to see how things start moving, stop, or stay still. They learn that a harder push moves something farther, and that objects don't move on their own.

Students explore how energy shows up in everyday life, like light from a lamp or sound from a drum, and notice what happens when energy moves from one place to another.

Students explore how waves move energy from place to place. They look at everyday examples like sound, light, and water ripples to see how waves carry information from one spot to another.

Students look at living things up close and notice the parts that help them survive, like leaves, roots, or legs. They learn that every living thing has pieces that work together to keep it alive.

Students learn that plants, animals, and other living things depend on each other to survive. They explore how energy from the sun moves through an ecosystem and how living things get what they need from their surroundings.

Students look at plants, animals, and people to see which features pass from parents to offspring and which ones turn out different.

Students look closely at living things to notice what makes them alike and what makes them different. A dog and a fish both need food and water, but they look and move in very different ways.

Students learn that Earth is a planet in space, that the Sun and Moon follow patterns in the sky, and that Earth itself has a long history. They observe how day and night, seasons, and the movement of objects in the sky repeat in predictable ways.

Students explore how land, water, air, and living things connect to each other. They look at what happens when one changes, like rain soaking into soil or wind bending a tree.

Students look at how people change the land, water, and air around them, and how storms, floods, or other natural events can affect where and how people live.

Students look at something that does not work well, think of a way to fix it, then try their idea and adjust it until it works better.

Students explore how the tools people build change everyday life, and how everyday needs push inventors to make new tools.