| The Nature
of Matter 2 |
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| Knows ways
objects can be grouped according to similarities or differences of
their physical characteristics. |
Theme 1 of
Fixer Uppers, Science Is Doing What If? to Use and Compare Materials,
offers many opportunities for grouping objects according to similarities
or differences of physical characteristics. GEMS: Liquid Explorations
pages 5-13, Liquid Classification. |
| Knows examples
of solids, liquids, and gases. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 1, GEMS: Sifting Through Science, activity 1: Sink or Float,
pages 7-23. GEMS: Involving Dissolving, activity 2: Gelatin Disks,
GEMS: Liquid Explorations, activity 3, Raindrops and Oil Drops pages
25-31 |
| Knows the
observable properties of solids, liquids, and gases. |
Fixer Upper
theme 1, GEMS: Liquid Explorations, activities 1-5, pages 5-49. GEMS:
Sifting Through Science, activities 1-4, pages 7-57. |
| Knows that not all objects or materials
respond to change in the same way (for example, a plastic object
in the freezer compared with water in a freezer). |
Fixer Uppers
theme 1, GEMS: Involving Dissolving, activity 1: Homemade Gel-o, pages
5-13, activity 2: Gelatin Disks, pages 15-23. |
| Knows that common objects are composed
of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification
(for example, hair, cloth, paper). |
Fixer Upper
theme 1, GEMS: Involving Dissolving, Activity3: Starry Night 25-35.
Week 4 Take-Home activity, The Magnifier, T.G. page 19. |
| Knows that a variety of tools can be
used to examine objects at differing degrees of magnification
(for example, a hand lens, layered hand lenses, a microscope). |
Fixer Upper
theme 1, week 4 Take-Home activity, The Magnifier, T.G. page 19. |
| Energy flows
through a system. 2 |
|
| Knows that
a thermometer measures the amount of heat absorbed by an object. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores Heat and Simple
Machines over a 2 month period of time. Several hands-on explorations
make use of thermometers. |
| Understands
that some materials will allow light to pass and others will not. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 1, GEMS: Involving Dissolving, activity 2: Gelatin Disks, pages
15-23. GEMS: Liquid Explorations, activity 1: Liquid Classification
Game, pages 5-13. |
| Understands
that models (for example, terrarium or aquarium) can be used to illustrate
how energy flows through a system. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 1-5, pages 5-58. |
| Knows how model energy systems change
throughout the year (for example, collecting data |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 1-5, pages 5-58. |
| and recording
changes in a terrarium or aquarium that models an energy system). |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 1-5, pages 5-58. |
| Knows different heat sources (for example,
friction, solar, nuclear, electric). |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores Heat and Simple
Machines over a 2 month period of time. |
| Uses graphic
organizers to classify food groups. |
GALAXY Classroom
K-1 program Finders, Seekers, Science Keepers explores classification
of food groups during theme 2, 'Body Works. |
| Understands
the relationship of food to the need for energy for daily activities. |
GALAXY Classroom
K-1 program Finders, Seekers, Science Keepers explores the relationship
between food and energy during theme 2, 'Body Works. |
| Understands
ways energy and matter interact (for example, sunlight to affect plant
growth, heat to boil water). |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, creates an environment where students
are making long term observations of habitats and observing the effects
of sunlight on plant growth. |
| Force and
Motion 2 |
|
| Knows that
objects exhibit different kinds of motion (for example, straight,
circular, back and forth). |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores Force and Motion
over a 2 month period of time. A wide variety of specific motions
are investigated. |
| Knows that the amount and direction of
the force exerted on an object (for example, push, pull, friction,
gravity) determines how much the object will move. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores Force and Motion
over a 2 month period of time. The effects of directional force are
investigated. |
| Knows that objects may be moved by being
pushed and pulled with magnets. |
Fixer Upper
theme 1 GEMS: sifting Through Science, activity 2: Magnets, pages
24-35. |
| Compares the
amount of pushing and pulling required to move objects of various
sizes across the floor. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores Force and Motion
over a 2 month period of time. Data is collected on the force needed
to move objects on a variety of surfaces. |
| Demonstrates
that some vibrations may be heard. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores sound during theme
1, Sound and Light. The relationship between sound and vibration is
explored. |
| Understands
that sound travels differently through different media (for example,
wood, water, air). |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores sound during theme
1, Sound and Light. The ability of sound to travel through different
mediums at different rates is explored. |
| Knows that properties of sound such as
pitch and loudness can be altered by changing the properties
of the sound source. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores sound during theme
1, Sound and Light. The properties of sound are explored. |
| Processes
that Shape the Earth 2 |
|
| Extends and
refines knowledge that the surface of the Earth is composed of different
types of solid materials that come in all sizes. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activity 1: Exploring Soil, pages
5-13. |
| Compares the
characteristics of things that live on land, in the water, and in
the air. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Buzzing A Hive, lessons 1-4: pages 7-53 and GEMS: Ant
Homes Under the Ground, activity 4: pages 41-47. |
| Knows that some organisms have adaptations
that enable them to move from one medium to another (for example,
dragonflies begin life in water, move to land, and then fly
in the air). |
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| Knows that
weather conditions occur in patterns over time. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores weather patterns
during theme 5, Air, Water, and Weather. |
| Knows ways that human activity affects
the environment (for example, land fills for disposal of wastes,
land development for homes and industry, dams to control rivers
or generate electricity). |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores human activity
and the environment during theme 7, Living Things. |
| Earth and
Space 2 |
|
| Knows that
the Moon moves around the Earth, the Earth moves around the Sun, and
the Moon is visible when it reflects the light from the Sun. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores planetary motion
during theme 6, Above the Clouds. |
| Knows that each time the Earth completes
one rotation, one day has passed and that this takes 24 hours. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores planetary motion
during theme 6, Above the Clouds. |
| Knows that stars and planets are always
in the sky. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores objects in the
sky during theme 6, Above the Clouds. |
| Processes
of Life 2 |
|
| Understands
that the amount of food, water, space, and shelter needed is dependent
on the size and kind of living things. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 1-5, pages 5-76 has
ongoing explorations covering the relationship between food, water,
and light and the size of living things. |
| Understands
that living things can reproduce, and nonliving things cannot reproduce. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 1-5, pages 5-76 explore
that living things can reproduce, and nonliving things cannot. |
| Knows some factors that influence the
growth of living things (for example, amount of water, amount
of light, amount and type of food, type of soil). |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 1-5, pages 5-76 has
ongoing explorations covering the relationship between food, water,
space, and shelter on growth in living things. |
| Understands
that structures of living things are adapted to their function in
specific environments. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Buzzing a Hive, lesson 4: What's In A Hive, pages 39-53. |
| Knows some characteristics of the vertebrate
groups (mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, fish). |
GALAXY Classroom
K-1 program Finders, Seekers, Science Keepers explores characteristics
between mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, and fish during theme
5, 'Critters in Action. |
| Knows the main parts of plants (stems,
leaves, roots, flowers). |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Buzzing a Hive, lesson 2: Bees and Flowers, Pollen
and Nectar, pages 15-25. |
| Knows that the structural characteristics
of plants and animals are used to group them. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores structural characteristics
of plants used to group them during theme 5, Living Things. |
| Understands
that plants and animals produce offspring with similar characteristics,
but individual differences (for example, kittens in a litter may be
colored differently). |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, lessons 3-5 offer opportunities
for observation of plant and animal offspring, pages 23-52. |
| Knows that plants and animals are adapted
to different ranges of temperature and moisture. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2, GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, lessons 3-5 offer opportunities
for observation of plant and animal adaptations to changing moisture
and temperatures within individual habitats, pages 23-52. |
| How Living
Things Interact with Their Environments. 2 |
|
| Understands
that there is an interdependency of plants and animals that can be
shown in a food web. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores the interdependency
of plants and animals through a food during theme 5, Living Things.
|
| Understands
that living organisms need to be adapted to their environment to survive. |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2: GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 3-5, explores specific
needs of living organisms in order to survive in specific environments,
pages 23-52. |
| Knows that animals and plants can be
associated with their environment by an examination of their
structural characteristics (for example, physical structures
are adaptations that allow plants and animals to survive, such
as gills in fish, lungs in mammals). |
Fixer Uppers
theme 2: GEMS: Terrarium Habitats, activities 3-5, explores animal
and plant adaptations for survival in specific environments, pages
23-52. |
| Knows selected resources used by people
for water, food, and shelter are limited and necessary for their
survival. |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores resources for
water, food, and shelter and that they are limited and necessary for
survival during theme 5, Living Things. |
| Knows that human beings cause changes
in their environment, and these changes can be positive (for
example, creating refuges, replanting deforested regions, creating
laws to restrict burning) or negative (for example, introducing
exotic organisms, deforestation, littering, contaminating water
and air). |
GALAXY Classroom
3rd and 4th grade Movers & Shakers program explores the effects humans
can have on environments, both positive and negative, during theme
5, Living Things. |
| The Nature
of Science 2 |
|
| Knows the
difference between verified observation and personal interpretation. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 offer a wide number of explorations where verified observation
and personal interpretation are explored and differences noted. This
is an ongoing process extending the entire year. |
| Knows that when tests are repeated under
the same condition, similar results are usually obtained. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 offer a wide number of explorations where specific reinvestigations
are carried out by a large number of student teams so that results
can be compared. |
| Participates
in groups to conduct experiments and solve problems. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 offer a wide number of explorations where students work
in collaborative teams. This is an ongoing process extending the entire
year. |
| Understands
that one can gain confidence in scientific methods by comparing and
verifying scientific results with others. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 offer a wide number of explorations where students use
scientific process again and again to compare and verify. This is
an ongoing process extending the entire year. |
| Understands
that, through the use of science processes, people can solve problems
and make decisions. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 offer a wide number of explorations where students use
scientific processes to solve ongoing mysteries or problems that apply
to real world situations. |
| Analyzes information
to make predictions, makes sketches and diagrams to explain ideas,
draws conclusions using information and prior knowledge. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 offer a wide number of explorations where students are
making predictions, drawings, and diagrams to explain ideas, drawing
conclusions using information gained as well as using prior knowledge.
This is an ongoing process extending the entire year. |
| Keeps science
records. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 have incorporated into the curricula, weekly journal
, data collection in the form of charts and diagrams and antidotal
notes. This is an ongoing process extending the entire year. |
| Uses a variety
of tools to observe, measure, analyze and predict changes in size,
mass, temperature, color, position, quantity, sound, and movement. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 hands-on explorations incorporate a wide number of tools
to observe, measure, analyze and predict changes in size, mass, temperature,
color, position, quantity, sound, and movement. This is an ongoing
process extending through the year. |
| Uses metric
and standard English units to measure distance, volume, mass, and
temperature. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 hands-on explorations use metric and standard English
units to measure distance, volume, mass, and temperature. This is
an ongoing process extending through the year. |
| Knows how
to sort organisms, objects, and events based on patterns. |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 hands-on explorations create many opportunities for sorting
a wide variety of objects, organisms, and events based on patterns.
This is an ongoing process extending through the year. |
| Knows ways
in which tools are used by scientists (for example, to gather information,
to analyze, to calculate). |
Fixer Upper
themes 1 & 2 hands-on explorations encourage students to think like
scientists as they gather information or analyze data collected. This
is an ongoing process extending through the year. |
