K-5 Vertical Alignment of Science Kits
Physical Science
5th Grade Objectives
Kindergarten: Comparing & Measuring, Investigating Properties
1st Grade: Balance & Motion, Solids & Liquids
2nd Grade: Sound, Changes
3rd Grade: The Human Body
4th Grade: Food Chemistry, Magnetism & Electricity
5th Grade: Motion & Design
Life Science
• Kindergarten: Animals 2 X 2
• 1st Grade: Organisms
• 2nd Grade: The Life Cycle of the Butterfly• 3rd Grade: Plant Growth & Development, Soils
• 4th Grade: Animal Studies
• 5th Grade: Ecosystems
Organism/ Grade Kindergarten 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Goldfi sh
Guppies
Ramshorn Snails
Pond Snails
Pill Bugs
Sow Bugs
Red Worms
Night Crawlers
Millipedes
Painted Lady Butterfly
Dwarf Af rican Frogs
Fiddler Crabs
Crickets
Mosquito Fish
Elodea
Pine Seedling
Cabomba
Organisms In Each Kit
Long Term Animal Care Aquariums Rotten Log Boxes
-frogs -pill bugs/ sow bugs
-fish -millipedes
-snails -Bess beetles
-crabs
Earth Science
Kindergarten: Weather, Investigating Properties
1st Grade: Pebbles, Sand, & Silt2nd Grade: Air & Weather3rd Grade: Soils, Objects in the Sky
4th Grade: Earth Materials5th Grade: Landforms, Investigating Weather
Systems
A sample question from the 5th grade EOG…
A student’s school is located in a valley, and her house is on a nearby mountain. She wonders whether the average amount of rainfall at her school is different from the average amount at her house. She investigates by measuring the rainfall in each location.
What tool will the student need to collect the information she needs?
A. a thermometer
B. a barometer
C. a hygrometer
D. a rain gauge
What do students learn in earlier grades to support this?
In Kindergarten…
Students make rain gauges and use thermometers in the Weather unit.
In Second Grade…
Students record daily weather, using tools such as thermometers and anemometers.
Three Vital Behaviors for learning and growing in science
Vital Behaviors for Science
• If we focus on
– Scaffolding instruction for all students
(Scaffold Guided Inquiry in grades 4-5)
– Making meaning of the investigations
– Using science notebooks as a tool
we will improve our students understanding of science concepts
Word Banks and Realia Walls
MAKING MEANING of CONTENT
• “You have to be close to something when you blow to make it move.”
• “Air is invisible.”• “You can feel air.”• “Air can do all
different things.”
#3: Using Science NotebooksKindergarten 5th grade
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