1. Create and use categories to organize a set of objects, organisms or phenomena.

2. Select instruments, make observations, and /or organize observations of an event, object or organism.

3. Identify and/or compare the mass, dimensions, and volume of familiar objects in standard and/or nonstandard units.

4. Use a simple key to distinguish between objects.

5. Analyze a series of events and/or simple daily or seasonal cycles and predict the next likely occurrence in the sequence.

6. Evaluate a simple procedure to carry out an exploration.

7. Identify and/or discuss the selection of resources and tools used for exploring scientific phenomena.

8. Evaluate observations and measurements made by other persons.

9. Demonstrate an understanding of safe use of materials and /or devices in science activities.

10. Explain the operation of a simple mechanical device.

11. Identify characteristics of a simple physical change.

12. Explain and/or predict the motion of objects and/or describe the effects of some objects on other objects.

13. Make predictions about the weather from observed conditions and weather maps.

14. Identify and/or describe the relationship between human activity and the environment.

15. Identify evidence and show examples of changes in the earth's surface.

16. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic needs of living things.

17. Identify ways in which organisms react to changing environment.

18. Distinguish between living and nonliving things and provide justification for these distinctions.

19. Analyze and/or evaluate various nutritional plan for humans.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

1. The learner will use his/her sense to collect information and describe objects.

2. The learner will observe and describe a familiar physical change (e.g. melting ice, breaking a stick) using terms such as before and after.

3. Given a set of familiar objects (e.g. buttons, shoes, leaves), the learner will sort the objects into groups and describer what is common in the groups.

4. The learner will observe a living organism and discuss what the organism needs to live.

5. The learner will listen to a story about a science concept and accurately report the story to another person.

6. The learner will ask "What if ..." questions given a discrete physical circumstance (e.g. a stack of blocks, a ball and ramp).

The learner will:

1. Describe and group objects by similarities and differences.

2. Make predictions about what comes next in a sequence of objects and events.

3. Focus on and report observable changes.

4. Make sustained observations of changes.

5. Offer explanations for observed events and evidence of events.

6. Ask "What if..." questions and explore possible explanations.

7. Ask "Why..." questions about observed events.

8. Pursue their sense of wonder.

The learner will be:

1. Sharing ideas and impressions while observing events and manipulating materials.

2. Participating in the choice of topics to be explored.

3. Asking questions of peers and others about events and proposing explanations for them when they occur in the learning situation (e.g. falling objects, storms).

4. Caring for living organisms in the learning setting and at home (with adult assistance when necessary).

5. Manipulating physical objects to test ideas or models (e.g. blocks, beans, sand).

6. Repeating experiences several times to detect patterns in events.

7. Listening to, creating, and retelling stories about the natural world.

The learner will be:

1. Constructing puzzles, models, and other entities.

2. Assisting and observing adults in preparing food and common household task (e.g. snacks, meals, cleaning, gardening, washing dishes).

3. Observing and experiencing the durability of and care for objects and organisms (e.g. toys, pets, devices, common household objects).

4. Using resources efficiently.