SCIENCE STANDARDS
STANDARDS
SCIENCE STANDARDS
MEETS EXPECTATIONS AT THE
BEGINNING LEVEL
MAINLY MEETS EXPECTATIONS
MEETS EXPECTATIONS FULLY
Students are beginning to be able to: Students are mainly able to:
Students are able to:
•Understand human choices and
actions can impact the living and
physical environment
•Describe objects or events based
on observations and experiences
•Make comparisons among objects
•Demonstrate an understanding of
daily and seasonal weather
conditions
•Illustrate the weather conditions of
different seasons
•Know how electricity, as a form of
energy, can be transformed into
other forms of energy (including
light, heat, and sound)
•Identify renewable and nonrenewable energy sources
•Know that energy can be found in
different sources – light, heat, sound
and motion
•Identify and describe different
forms of energy
•Name renewable energy sources
•Understand human choices and
actions can impact the living and
physical environment
•Describe objects or events based
on observations and experiences
•Make comparisons among objects
•Demonstrate an understanding of
daily and seasonal weather
conditions
•Illustrate the weather conditions of
different seasons
•Know how electricity, as a form of
energy, can be transformed into
other forms of energy (including
light, heat, and sound)
•Identify renewable and nonrenewable energy sources
•Know that energy can be found in
different sources – light, heat, sound
and motion
•Identify and describe different
forms of energy
•Name renewable energy sources
•Understand human choices and
actions can impact the living and
physical environment
•Describe objects or events based
on observations and experiences
•Make comparisons among objects
•Demonstrate an understanding of
daily and seasonal weather
conditions
•Illustrate the weather conditions of
different seasons
•Know how electricity, as a form of
energy, can be transformed into
other forms of energy (including
light, heat, and sound)
•Identify renewable and nonrenewable energy sources
•Know that energy can be found in
different sources – light, heat, sound
and motion
•Identify and describe different
forms of energy
•Name renewable energy sources
most commonly used – hydropower,
solar, wind, geothermal and
biomass.
•Investigate and explain how
humans use technology to survive
and explore
•Know that new technologies build
on models from the past
•Know that energy is never made or
destroyed it simply changes from
one form to another or is moved
from one place to another
•Demonstrate an understanding of
the special characteristics
and needs of plants that allow them
to survive in their own distinct
environments
•Recall the basic needs of plants
(including air, water, nutrients,
space, and light) for energy and
growth
•Illustrate the major structures of
plants (including stems, roots,
leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds)
•Summarize the life cycle of plants
(including germination, growth, and
the production of flowers and
seeds).
•Identify characteristics of plants
(including types of stems, roots,
leaves, flowers, and seeds) that help
most commonly used – hydropower,
solar, wind, geothermal and
biomass.
•Investigate and explain how
humans use technology to survive
and explore
•Know that new technologies build
on models from the past
•Know that energy is never made or
destroyed it simply changes from
one form to another or is moved
from one place to another
•Demonstrate an understanding of
the special characteristics
and needs of plants that allow them
to survive in their own distinct
environments
•Recall the basic needs of plants
(including air, water, nutrients,
space, and light) for energy and
growth
•Illustrate the major structures of
plants (including stems, roots,
leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds)
•Summarize the life cycle of plants
(including germination, growth, and
the production of flowers and
seeds).
•Identify characteristics of plants
(including types of stems, roots,
leaves, flowers, and seeds) that help
most commonly used – hydropower,
solar, wind, geothermal and
biomass.
•Investigate and explain how
humans use technology to survive
and explore
•Know that new technologies build
on models from the past
•Know that energy is never made or
destroyed it simply changes from
one form to another or is moved
from one place to another
•Demonstrate an understanding of
the special characteristics
and needs of plants that allow them
to survive in their own distinct
environments
•Recall the basic needs of plants
(including air, water, nutrients,
space, and light) for energy and
growth
•Illustrate the major structures of
plants (including stems, roots,
leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds)
•Summarize the life cycle of plants
(including germination, growth, and
the production of flowers and
seeds).
•Identify characteristics of plants
(including types of stems, roots,
leaves, flowers, and seeds) that help
them survive in their own
environments
•Describes objects by observable
properties (including size, color,
shape, texture, weight,
temperature)
•Group objects by which they are
made (wood, plastic, metal, cloth,
and paper)
•Investigate the construction of a
building or structure and identify the
materials used
them survive in their own
environments
•Describes objects by observable
properties (including size, color,
shape, texture, weight,
temperature)
•Group objects by which they are
made (wood, plastic, metal, cloth,
and paper)
•Investigate the construction of a
building or structure and identify the
materials used
them survive in their own
environments
•Describes objects by observable
properties (including size, color,
shape, texture, weight,
temperature)
•Group objects by which they are
made (wood, plastic, metal, cloth,
and paper)
•Investigate the construction of a
building or structure and identify the
materials used