Science

• Categorize objects based on properties.
• Understand matter exist in different states.
• Observe, predict, and describe how objects move.
• Observe, predict, and describe how objects can be arranged to create new objects.

States of Matter for Kids

• Identify common attributes of familiar living things.
• Recognize differences between living and non-living things.
• Recognize and describe the function of the five sense of humans.

The Five Sense: The Dr. Binocs Show

• Investigate and identify a variety of Earth materials by their observable properties (e.g. soil, rocks, sand, water).
• Observe and discuss changes in weather and seasons using common weather-related vocabulary.

Seasons Song

• Observe, describe, and compare the habitats of plants and animals.
• Observe and discuss how humans and animals respond to changes in weather.
• Explore ways that humans use water and materials/resources from the Earth.

Discovery Education: Habitats: What Is a Habitat?

• Use senses to gather, explore, and interpret information.
• With support, organize data using graphs, charts, science journals to communicate conclusions.
• Make predictions based on observations and prior explorations.

What's an Engineer?

The Engineering Process

• Recognize that tools have specific characteristics that determine their use.
• Explore familiar environment through the use of simple tools.

Lab Safety

• Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials including wood, plastic, metal, cloth, and paper by their observable properties (color, texture, hardness, and flexibility) and whether they are natural or human-made.
• Conduct investigations to understand that matter can exist in different states (solid and liquid) and has properties that can be observed and tested.
• Construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces (blocks, snap cubes) can be disassembled and made into a new object.

States of Matter

• Use information from observations to identify differences between plants and animals (locomotion, obtainment of food, and take in air/gasses).
• Recognize differences between living organisms and non-living materials and sort them into groups by observable physical attributes.
• Explain how humans use their five sense in making scientific findings.
• Make observations to describe that young plants and animals resemble their parents.

• Analyze and interpret weather data (precipitation, wind, temperature, cloud cover) to describe weather patterns that occur over time (hourly, daily) using simple graphs, pictorial weather symbol and tools (thermometer, rain gauge).
• Develop and use models to predict weather and identify patterns in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

• Use a model to represent the relationship between the basic needs (shelter, food, water) of different plants and animals (including humans and the places they live.
• Explain the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather in Tennessee.
• Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact from humans on land, water, air, and other living things in the local environment.

• Ask and answer questions about the scientific world and gather information using the senses.
• Describe objects accurately by drawing and/or labeling pictures.

• Use appropriate tools (magnifying glass, rain gauge, basic balance scale) to make observations and answer testable scientific questions.