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Learning Standards Standards

What does a student learn in ?

This is the year science becomes about noticing the world on purpose. Students watch the weather day after day and start to see patterns, like cooler mornings or rainy afternoons. They push and pull objects to see what makes them move faster, slower, or in a new direction. By spring, students can describe what plants and animals need to live, and explain how a hat or an umbrella protects them from the sun or rain.

  • Pushes and pulls
  • Weather patterns
  • Plants and animals
  • Sunlight
  • Caring for the environment
Source: Michigan Michigan K-12 Standards
Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Kindergarten.
Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls

  • Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths…

    K-PS2-1

    Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

  • Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the…

    K-PS2-2

    Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment

  • Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals

    K-LS1-1

    Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

  • Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals

    K-ESS2-2

    Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

  • Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants…

    K-ESS3-1

    Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

  • Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water…

    K-ESS3-3

    Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

Weather and Climate

  • Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface

    K-PS3-1

    Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.

  • Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the…

    K-PS3-2

    Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.

  • Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns…

    K-ESS2-1

    Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

  • Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to…

    K-ESS3-2

    Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.