Kindergarten Science Rubrics

Areas of Assessment:

Demonstrates understanding of key concepts

Accurately collects, records, and analyzes data

Topics by Trimester:

Trimester 1

• Plan and conduct an investigation to test the claim that different kinds of matter exist as either solid or liquid, depending on temperature.

• Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. [

• Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.*

• Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface

• Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.*

Trimester 2

• Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

• Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.*

Trimester 3

• Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

• Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs

• Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

• Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on living organisms and non-living things in the local environment. *