Grade 1 Science Alabama standards Standards

Patterns

Sun, Moon, and Stars

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Patterns

Inherited Traits and Environmental Impact

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Patterns

Growth and Development

Structure and Function

External Structures

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Cause and Effect

Wave Properties

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Design Thinking

Innovative Designer

Systems

Data

Computing Analyst

Collaborative Research

Digital Tools

Communication

Global Collaborator

Impact of Computing

Digital Identity

Legal and Ethical Behavior

Safety, Privacy, and Security

Citizen of a Digital Culture

Programming and Development

Algorithms

Abstraction

Computational Thinker

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information

Carry out investigations to provide evidence that the vibrations of matter can make sound and sound can make matter vibrate.

Classify and sort information into logical order with and without a computer. Examples: Sort by shape, color, or other attribute; sort A-Z.

Identify an appropriate tool to complete a task when given guidance and support. Examples: Choosing a word processing tool to write a story, choosing a spreadsheet for a budget.

Type five words per minute minimum with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Identify keywords in a search and discuss how they may be used to gather information.

Create a research-based product collaboratively using online digital tools. Examples: Find simple facts about a specific topic, create a slide that contains facts located in trade books or other sources

Discuss the purpose of collecting and organizing data.

Interpret data displayed in a chart. Example: Using charts which depict data students interpret the data either verbally or in written form (which has more, less, are equal).

Demonstrate how digital devices can save information as data that can be stored, searched, retrieved, and deleted.

Use digital devices with a variety of operating systems. Examples: Interactive boards, tablets, laptops, other handheld devices

Label visible components of digital devices. Examples: Visible input and output components such as USB, touch screen, keyboard, audio and video connectors, speakers.

Identify and revise problem-solving strategies to solve a simple problem. Examples: Scientific method, visual images or mind pictures, look for patterns, systematic list.

Use evidence from observations to explain that light is necessary in order for an object to be seen.

Order events into a logical sequence or algorithm. Examples: Unplugged coding activities, sequence of instruction.

Plan and carry out investigations to determine how light is affected when it interacts with various types of materials.

Construct elements of a simple computer program in collaboration with others. Examples: Block programming, basic robotics, unplugged programming.

Design and construct a device that uses light or sound waves to send a communication signal over a distance.

Demonstrate age-appropriate methods for keeping personal information private. Example: Keep passwords confidential, use anonymous profile picture or avatar, develop user names that are non-identifying or do not include actual name.

Use information from observations to explain how various external features help living things survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Differentiate between prior knowledge and ideas or thoughts gained from others.

Obtain information from text and other media to provide evidence that parents and their offspring engage in patterns of behavior that help the offspring survive.

Identify appropriate and inappropriate behaviors for communicating in a digital environment. Examples: Cyberbullying, online etiquette.

Make observations to identify the similarities and differences between offspring and their parents.

Recognize that a person has a digital identity.

Observe, describe, and predict patterns of the sun, moon, and stars as they appear in the sky.

Identify ways in which computing devices have impacted people’s lives. Example: Location services, instantaneous access to information.

Use observations of seasonal sunrise and sunset patterns to describe the relationship between the number of hours of daylight and the time of year.

Use a variety of digital tools collaboratively to connect with other learners. Examples: Video calling, blogs, collaborative documents.

Recognize that light is needed in order for an object to be seen.

Identify objects that are see-through (transparent) and objects that are not see-through (opaque).

Participate in the construction of a device and/or activities that use light or sound.

Identify external features that help living things survive, grow, and meet their needs (e.g., animals grow thick fur in the winter to stay warm, turtles have a shell to protect their body).

Identify ways parents and their babies communicate to help babies survive and grow.

Identify similarities and differences between parents and offspring in animals.

Identify the moon, sun, and other stars and when they appear in the sky.

Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs)

Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)

Patterns: Patterns in the natural and human-designed world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.

Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Prediction: Events have causes that generate observable patterns. Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute students’ ideas about causes.

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Relative scales allow objects and events to be compared and described (e.g., bigger and smaller; hotter and colder; faster and slower). Standard units are used to measure length.

Systems and System Models: Objects and organisms can be described in terms of their parts. Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together.

Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation: Objects may break into smaller pieces, be put together into larger pieces, or change shapes.

Structure and Function: The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function(s).

Stability and Change: Some things stay the same while other things change. Things may change slowly or rapidly.

Asking Questions and Defining Problems: s Formulating simple descriptive questions that can be tested.

Developing and Using Models: Using and developing models that represent concrete events or design solutions, including diagrams, drawings, physical replicas, dioramas, dramatizations, or storyboards.

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations: Designing and conducting simple investigations, based on fair tests, which provide data to support explanations or design solutions.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Collecting, recording, and sharing observations.

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking: Recognizing ways that mathematics can be used to describe the natural and designed world(s).

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions: Using evidence and ideas in constructing evidence-based accounts of natural phenomena and designing solutions.

Engaging in Argument from Evidence: Comparing ideas and representations about the natural and designed world(s).

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information: Using observations and texts to gather and communicate new information