First Grade Science Rubrics

Areas of Assessment:

Demonstrates understanding of key concepts

Accurately collects, records, and analyzes data

Topics by Trimester:

Trimester 1

• Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.

• Make observations (firsthand or from media) to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.

• Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.

• Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.*

Trimester 2

• Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

• Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

• Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that some young plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents.

Trimester 3

• Use observations of the Sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

• Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.