Kindergarten
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PASS Standards
Oklahoma Academic Standards
Science Processes
Science and Engineering Practices
Observe and Classify
Experiment
Ask questions, Interpret, and Communicate
Use appropriate equipment
Explores cause and effect
Standard 1: The student will investigate and describe objects
that can be sorted in terms of physical properties.
1. Observes, describes, sorts, and classifies the sensory attributes
of objects according to taste, smell, hearing, touch, and light.
2. Compares and describes the properties of some objects (e.g.,
magnetic-nonmagnetic, float-sink, heavy-light, rough-smooth,
hard-soft, solid-liquid, wet-dry.
3. Observes and describes how objects move (e.g., slide, turn,
twirl, and roll).
Standard 2: The student will observe and investigate plants and
animals.
1. Observes and describes what various plants and animals need
for growth.
2. Observes and describes the changes that plants and animals go
through during their life (e.g., seed/plant, egg/chicken).
3. Observes and describes how animals move (e.g., walk, crawl,
hop, fly).
Standard 3: The student will investigate and observe the basic
concepts of the Earth and sky.
1. Explores and describes the properties of common earth
materials (e.g., soil, rocks, water).
2. Observes and describes daily weather (e.g., sunny, cloudy,
rainy, snowy, windy, hot, warm, cold).
3. Observes and describes characteristics of the four seasons (e.g.,
temperature, weather, appropriate clothing, and changing
leaves).
4. Describes simple conservation measures used to protect the
environment (e.g., recycling, careful use of water).
5. Observes and describes characteristics of shadows (e.g.,
shadows at different times of day).
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Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Developing and Using Models
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Evidence
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
KPS2-1: 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.
KPS2-2: 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.
Energy
KPS3-1: Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on
Earth’s surface.
KPS3-2: Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will
reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
KLS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and
animals (including humans) need to survive.
Earth’s Systems
K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to
describe patterns over time.
K-ESS2-2: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants
and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet
their needs.
Earth and Human Activity
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.
K-ESS3-2: Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of
weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Oklahoma Academic Standards
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
 Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or
refute student ideas about causes. (K-PS2-1, K-PS2-2)
 Events have causes that generate observable patterns. (K-PS3-1,
K-PS3-2, K-ESS3-2)
Patterns
 Patterns in the natural and human designated world can be
observed and used as evidence. (K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-1)
Systems and Systems Models
 Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work
together. (K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1,)