Essential question: What does water do?

We are reading... 📖

• Water Can Be... by Laura Purdie Salas and Violeta Dabija

• Water Rolls, Water Rises by Pat Mora and Meilo So

Standards

PK.SCI.1. [P-PS1-1.] Asks questions and uses observations to test the claim that different kinds of matter exist as either solid or liquid

PK.SCI.4. [P-LS1-1.] Observes familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describes what they need to survive

PK.SCI.5. [P-LS1-2.] Plans and conducts investigations to determine how familiar plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive in the environment

PK.SCI.8. [P-ESS2-1.] Asks questions, makes observations, and collects and records data using simple instruments to recognize patterns about how local weather conditions change daily and seasonally

Ask about... ❓💬

• Where can we find water?

• What happens to water when it changes temperature?

• What happens when we put things in water?

• How does water help us?

Essential question: How can we describe solids and liquids?

We are reading... 📖

• Explore Solids and Liquids! by Kathleen M. Reilly and Bryan Stone

• Joe-Joe the Wizard Brews Up Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Eric Braun and Robin Boyden

• Change It!: Solids, Liquids, Gases and You by Adrienne Mason and Claudia Dávila

• Billy Bloo is Stuck in Goo by Jennifer Hamburg and Ross Burach

Science Practices

Planning and carrying out investigations • Analyzing and interpreting data • Scientific investigations use a variety of methods

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS1.A: Structure and properties of matter

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and effect • Energy and matter

Ask about... ❓💬

• What is matter? What are solid and liquid states of matter?

• What are some different ways of sorting solids? (By shape, color, hard/soft, magnetism, solids that stack/solids that roll/solids that stack AND roll)

• What are some different ways of sorting liquids? (By color, viscosity, density)

• What do you notice and wonder about solids and liquids?

Essential question: How can you design a mixture for a certain purpose?

Science Practices

Planning and carrying out investigations • Analyzing and interpreting data • Constructing explanations and designing solutions • Engaging in argument from evidence

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter • PS1.B: Chemical Reactions

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns • Cause and effect • Energy and matter

Ask about... ❓💬

• Materials have properties that make them good for some uses and NOT so good for others. What are some examples?

• How can you tell if substances are the same or different from one another?

• As glue engineers, what design goals are we using to guide our work?

• How are we using sticky tests to collect evidence for our investigation?

Essential question: How does the electrical system work?

We are reading... 📖

• Blackout by John Rocco

• When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins and Mike Lester

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

Science Practices

Asking questions and defining problems • Planning and carrying out investigations • Constructing explanations and designing solutions • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS3.A: Definitions of energy • PS3.B: Conservation of energy and energy transfer • PS3.C: Relationship between energy and forces • PS3.D: Energy in chemical processes and everyday life • ESS3.A: Natural resources • ETS1.A: Defining engineering problems

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and effect • Energy and matter • Interdependence of science, engineering, and technology • Influence of engineering, technology, and science on society and the natural world

Ask about... ❓💬

• A system is a collection of interacting parts that work together. Each part in the system plays a role to perform an overall function. What are some examples of systems and their parts in the world around us?

• Energy is the ability to make things move or change. Some different forms of energy are light, sound, motion, electrical, thermal, and chemical. What are some examples of energy input and output in systems you use?

• What did you notice and wonder while building a simple electrical system?