What does a student learn in StateMississippi,GradeGrade 1,SubjectScience?

Living things are sorted into groups within groups. Students learn that animals, plants, and other organisms fit into categories that get more specific the closer you look.

Plants need water, sunlight, and air to survive. Students learn the basic parts of a plant, like roots, stems, and leaves, and what each part does to keep the plant alive.

Students look closely at real plants and name each part: root, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit. Then they draw, write, or build a model to show what they found.

Students read and watch to learn what each part of a plant does. Roots drink up water and hold the plant in place, leaves make food, the stem carries water up to the rest of the plant, and flowers make seeds that grow into new plants.

Students set up an experiment to watch water travel through a real plant, then draw or sketch what they observe.

Students build a simple model of a plant and explain what each part does: how roots drink up water, stems carry it up, leaves catch sunlight, and flowers make seeds.

Scientists are people who watch, question, and run experiments to learn how nature works. Students read or listen to stories about real scientists who made important discoveries about plants.

Students learn that living things produce offspring that look similar to their parents. A dog has puppies, not kittens, and those puppies share many of the same features as their parents.

Living things grow and change over time. Students learn to recognize the stages a plant or animal passes through, from birth or seed to adult, and describe how its shape and features change along the way.

Students watch a seed sprout, grow into a flowering plant, and eventually make new seeds. They track the changes over time and draw or write what they notice.

Students draw and label each stage of a butterfly or bee's life, from egg to larva to pupa to adult. The focus is on how these insects change shape completely before they're fully grown.

Students learn how living things depend on each other and on their surroundings to survive. A plant needs sunlight and water; an animal needs food and shelter.

Plants need a few key things to grow and heal. Students learn to identify what those are, like light, water, and soil, and explain why each one matters.

Students grow plants and change what they give them (water, light, soil) to find out what keeps a plant alive. Then they explain what they found out and compare notes with classmates.

Flowering plants and insects need each other to survive. Students learn how bees and butterflies carry pollen from flower to flower, helping plants make seeds.

Students study the body parts of a bee or butterfly and explain how those parts help the insect collect nectar and spread pollen from flower to flower. They show what they learned through a drawing, a few written sentences, or a model.

Students learn why different animals look and act the way they do. A bird's beak, a bear's thick fur, a fish's gills, each feature helps that animal survive in its home. Wait, no em dashes allowed. Let me fix that. Students learn why different animals look and act the way they do. A bird's beak, a bear's thick fur, and a fish's gills each help that animal survive where it lives. Checking word count and rules... that's a three-part list. Trim it. Students learn why animals look and act the way they do. A bird's beak or a bear's thick fur are examples of features that help animals survive where they live.

Plants grow special features to survive where they live. Students learn how a cactus stores water or how a tree drops its leaves in winter, connecting plant traits to the places plants are found.

Plants react to changes around them. Students explore why leaves turn toward sunlight, change color in fall, or drop from trees, and what those changes tell us about how plants survive in different conditions.

Plants grow features that help them survive where they live. Students describe how a cactus stores water for the desert or how wide leaves help a rain forest plant soak up light.

Students pick a real farming problem, like plants not getting pollinated or seeds stuck in one spot, then design and build a solution. They test it, see what works, and improve it.

Students push, pull, and drop objects to see how forces change the way things move. They learn that a harder push sends something farther and that gravity pulls everything down.

Light makes objects visible. Students learn that when a room is dark, objects disappear from sight, and when light shines on them, they become visible again.

Students learn why we can see objects: light bounces off them and travels to our eyes. They observe everyday objects and explain what happens when light hits a surface and reflects back.

Students watch how a shadow moves and grows as a light source shifts position, then explain what they saw. The key idea: no light reaching a surface means no shadow, and the angle of light controls the shape.

Sound comes from vibrations. Students learn what makes sounds louder or softer, how sound travels, and how we use our ears to hear it.

Students pluck a string, tap a drum, or hold a hand near a speaker to find out that moving objects make sound and sound makes objects move in return.

Students build a simple device, like a flashing light or a noisemaker, that sends a message to someone far away. They plan it, test it, and fix what does not work.

Students learn how Earth works as a system of connected parts: weather, water, soil, and living things all affect one another in repeating cycles through the seasons.

Students observe and record daily weather, like rain or wind, and look for patterns across seasons. They use that data to answer questions about why weather changes throughout the year.

Students look at thermometers, wind, and rain or snow outside and use what they observe to describe the day's weather. They practice reading real data, not just guessing.

Students learn that each season brings its own kind of weather and practice predicting what to expect. They use drawings or simple diagrams to show how temperature, rain, and snow follow a pattern through the year.

Students measure the temperature in the morning and again in the afternoon, then find the difference between the two numbers. This shows that most days warm up as the hours pass.

Students learn what makes weather dangerous (strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, tornadoes) and explain why safety rules like sheltering indoors or moving away from windows exist.

Students look at simple maps and drawings to see where oceans, lakes, and land sit on Earth. They learn that water covers most of the planet's surface.

Students find oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds on a map or globe, then sort and describe each one. They practice reading maps by identifying where different bodies of water appear on Earth's surface.

Students look at maps and globes to find where water on Earth is frozen (like polar ice) or liquid (like oceans and lakes), then ask and answer questions about the patterns they see.

Students plan and run a simple test to see how moving water reshapes the ground, like rain carving a path through soil or sand.

Students learn where everyday materials come from, such as water, soil, wood, and rock, and how people use those materials to meet basic needs.

Students learn why clean water matters and where it comes from. They explore how people use, protect, and depend on fresh water every day.

Students find and read or watch information about where water comes from and how people use clean water every day. They come up with their own questions and look for answers in what they read or watch.

Students think of ways people can use less water or keep it clean, then explain their ideas to others. This standard is about protecting the water in their own neighborhood.

Students build a simple device that catches or collects water for a real use, like watering plants or cleaning. They plan it, build it, test it, and fix what doesn't work.