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Hawaii Standards

GALAXY Classroom K - 5
Science Curricula Correlation

Galaxy Classroom

y = can be taught at this grade level

DOING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

Generate ideas, question, and/or predictions about objects, organisms, events, places, and/or relationships in the environment.

Design and conduct simple investigations using systematic observations.

Collect and organize data using simple tools, equipment, and techniques.

Analyze data to construct a reasonable explanation.

Appropriately communicate their investigations and explanations to an audience.

Defend explanations based on evidence and revise explanations when they are faulty or inadequate.

Explain how the question or problem arose. Develop a hypothesis or prediction based on the question.

Design and conduct simple investigations using systematic observations to answer their questions or to test their ideas about the environment.

Use appropriate models to summarize data and construct conclusion based on observations and findings.

Communicate investigations and results appropriately to an audience.

Defend conclusions based on evidence; reflect and revise conclusion based on recommendations from other points of view.

LIVING THE VALUES, ATTITUDES AND COMMITMENTS OF THE INQUIRING MIND

Report observations accurately.

Ask many questions starting with What, Where, Why, Whom, and How, to gather information about their "wonderings".

Examine many perspectives of a question, situation or problem.

Examine ideas presented by others.

Ask "wondering" questions.

Share new experiences and knowledge learned from individual investigations.

Ask questions and describe the wonderings about the world around us.

Report all observations accurately and precisely.

Acknowledge work done by others.

Validate and evaluate multiple sources of information (texts, periodicals, web sites, and people) to support research.

Examine many perspectives of a question, situation, or problem and consider many possible solutions.

Acknowledge that ideas, conclusions, and expectations may change.

Ask questions to clarify and expand an idea or statement.

Plan and carry out tasks as an individual and as a member of a group.

Ask questions and give examples of how science explains what is happening in the world around us.

USING UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND THEMES

Identify the components of a system that interact to perform a function (examples of systems are human body, clock, solar system, or automobile).

Observe and describe changes that occur in nature.

Describe changes in the size, weight, color, or movement of things, and note which of their other qualities remains the same.

Use a model, such as a toy or a picture, to describe the feature or function of the original object, device, thing, etc.

Observe and describe how parts influence one another in a system.

Identify patterns of change in things (such as steady, repetitive, or irregular change) using data as evidence.

Measure things that are difficult to measure because they are very large or very small (e.g., buildings, trees, seeds, pinhead).

Use geometric figures, number sequences, graphs, diagrams, sketches, number lines, maps, or stories to represent corresponding features of objects, events, and processes in the real world. Identify ways in which the representations do not match their original counterparts.

DOING SAFETY

Apply school, classroom, laboratory, and field trip rules, as appropriate, to maintain a safe learning environment.

Identify potentially unsafe conditions prior to the activity and explain how accidents can be prevented.

Follow prescribed procedures of science activity under teacher supervision.

Handle live organisms only under proper supervision.

Apply appropriate safely protocols when conducting scientific activities in and out of the classroom.

Conduct authorized science activities with teacher present.

Use supplies, chemicals, and equipment, as instructed.

Document and apply appropriate safety protocols when conducting scientific activities in and out of the classroom.

RELATING THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY TO SCIENCE

Identify a simple problem.

Gather information needed to solve the problem.

Determine relevant information, draw conclusions and arrive at alternative solutions.

Make inferences for each alternative solution and select a solution based on information collected.

State solution as a recommendation and give reason for the decision made.

Collect, organize, and analyze information from various sources and identify possible alternatives based on the information.

Make inferences for each alternative solution and select a tentative solution.

Test the solution and document the results.

Analyze the results and propose recommendations/modifications to the solution.

UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND THE CHARACTER OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

Identify and describe the skills of inquiry including asking questions, doing a scientific investigation, and comparing the answers with what is already know.

Give examples where scientists use technology to increase their ability to observe, measure, and compare things more accurately.

Describe how scientists prove that their conclusions are valid.

Describe scientific inquiry including the asking of questions, conducting investigations, answering the questions, and presenting the results to others.

Explain how scientific methods for understanding are not perfect and results are not "magic."

Explain how knowledge is acquired through scientific investigations.

Describe the events/people that made major contributions to science and technology throughout history.

INTERDEPENDENCE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

Identify new and old technologies and the impact they have/had on society and the environment.

Give examples of how various technologies such as agriculture, information, manufacturing, and communication have affected the students' lives.

Explain how sanitary practices, vaccinations, medicines, and other scientific treatments keep people healthy.

Examine how technology influenced the economy, demography, and environment of the state and nation.

Analyze how the various technologies have changed the nature of work and affected the economy, demography, and environment.

Explain how technology provides clues about what is happening inside the body and improves the medical treatment of people.

SUSTAINABILITY

Trace food technology from planting to human consumption