First grade science overview
The
performance expectations in first grade help students formulate answers to
questions such as: “What happens when materials vibrate? What happens when
there is no light? What are some ways plants and animals meet their needs so
that they can survive and grow? How are parents and their children similar and
different? What objects are in the sky and how do they seem to move?” First
grade performance expectations include PS4,
LS1, LS3, and ESS1 Disciplinary Core Ideas from the NRC Framework. Students
are expected to develop understanding of the relationship between sound and
vibrating materials as well as between the availability of light and ability to
see objects. The idea that light travels from place to place can be understood
by students at this level through determining the effect of placing objects
made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. Students are also
expected to develop understanding of how plants and animals use their external
parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs as well as how behaviors
of parents and offspring help the offspring survive. The understanding is
developed that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly the same as,
their parents. Students are able to observe, describe, and predict some
patterns of the movement of objects in the sky. The crosscutting concepts of
patterns; cause and effect; structure and function; and influence of
engineering, technology, and science on society and the natural world are
called out as organizing concepts for these disciplinary core ideas. In the
first grade performance expectations, students are expected to demonstrate
grade-appropriate proficiency in planning and carrying out investigations,
analyzing and interpreting data, constructing explanations and designing
solutions, and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. Students
are expected to use these practices to demonstrate understanding of the core
ideas.
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First Grade Curriculum
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