Science

Materials and Motion (A)

• Identify different kinds of materials by their observable properties

• Compare the effects of pushes and pulls on an object

• Explain how a push or pull affects speed or direction of an object

Light and Sound (A)

• Understand the effects of placing different materials in the path of a bean of light

• Understand that vibrating materials can make sounds and that sound can make materials vibrate

• Understand how light or sound can be used to communicate over distance

Insects and Plants (A and B)

• Identify living and nonliving things

• Identify that all organism have in common birth, growth, reproduction and death (e.g. life cycle)

• Identify animals groups and the characteristics of each

• Understand what plants and animals need to grow

• Understand that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents

• Recognize that organisms alive today may resemble extinct organisms

The 5 Senses (B)

• Identify and understand the 5 senses

Planets and Space (B)

• Identify the names and order of the planets

• Understand the idea that earth orbits the sun, and the moon orbits the earth