Kindergarten Science Alabama standards Standards

Cause and Effect

Human Impact

Earth and Human Activity

Patterns

Weather

Cause and Effect

Energy Transfer

Earth’s Systems

Systems and System Models

Interdependent Relationships

Patterns

Structures and Processes

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Cause and Effect

Changes in Motion

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Plan and carry out investigations to determine the effects of forces of different strengths and directions on the motion of an object, including speed, direction, and distance traveled.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about using weather forecasts to make plans and prepare for severe weather.

Identify a problem and design possible solutions that lessen the human impact on the local environment.

Analyze data from investigations to determine whether a design solution provides sufficient force to change the speed or direction of an object.

Use data from observations to distinguish characteristics of living and nonliving things.

Use observations to determine patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive, including light, water, and nutrients.

Gather information from observations and media to explain how plants and animals can provide for their needs by changing their environment.

Use models of natural habitats to represent the interdependence among plants and animals native to their community.

Make observations and describe the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.

Design, construct, and test a device to reduce the effects of sunlight.

Observe, record, and communicate local weather patterns over a period of time.

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

Earth’s Systems

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Investigate ways to move different objects to include pushing, pulling, and colliding objects.

Associate seasons of the year with various weather conditions and identify how to prepare for certain conditions (e.g., tornados, floods, snow).

Observe the movement of objects in a variety of real-world environments.

Recognize living and nonliving things.

Recognize that plants and animals need water and light to survive.

Identify ways plants and animals alter their environment to live.

Participate in the construction and/or care of a model habitat of plants and animals native to Alabama.

Give examples of the sun’s effects on Earth (limited to heat and light).

Participate in the construction of a device to reduce the effects of sunlight.

Participate in daily weather activities with common symbols (e.g., sun, cloud, rain, wind, snowflake).

Design Thinking

Innovative Designer

Systems

Data

Computing Analyst

Collaborative Research

Digital Tools

Global Collaborator

Impact of Computing

Legal and Ethical Behavior

Safety, Privacy, and Security

Citizen of a Digital Culture

Programming and Development

Algorithms

Computational Thinker

Collect data and organize it in a chart or graph collaboratively.

Describe how digital devices save information.

Use a variety of digital devices, in both independent and collaborative settings. Examples: Interactive boards, tablets, laptops, other handheld devices.

Use a design process in a guided setting to create an artifact or solve a problem. Example: Problem - understanding locations on the school campus. Solution - draw paper or digital maps of the school.

Distinguish between private and public information. Example: Your birth date is private; your shirt color is public.

Identify age-appropriate methods for keeping personal information private. Example: Keeping passwords, name, address, and phone number confidential.

Demonstrate appropriate behaviors for working with others responsibly and kindly. Examples: Face-to-face collaborative groups or interactions, online interactions, role play.

Recognize ways in which computing devices make certain tasks easier. Examples: Communication, doctor’s visits/medical records, maps and directions.

Locate letters and numbers on the keyboard.

Present information from a variety of digital resources.

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

List the sequence of events required to solve problems. Examples: Tying shoes, making a sandwich, brushing teeth.

Demonstrate use of input devices. Examples: Mouse, touch screen, keyboard.