Science: Scientific Reasoning and the Physical World

Scientific Reasoning and the Physical World

GOAL: DEMONSTRATE AN INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIVING WORLD 

GOAL: DEMONSTRATE AN INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE MATERIAL WORLD 

GOAL: SELECT AND USE TOOLS

GOAL: DEMONSTRATE USE OF THE SCIENTIFIC REASONING CYCLE

Humans learn through the five senses

Human bodies are made of many different parts

Humans need to do certain things to grow and stay healthy

Humans need to protect themselves in different ways

Humans go through different stages as they grow

Animals are living things

Animals live in many kinds of homes

Plants are living things

Water

Air

Light

Seasons and weather 

Conservation

Magnets

Identify and describe objects on the basis of specific properties discerned through the five senses.

Name body parts: arm, ear, eye, face, finger, foot, hair, hand, head, leg, mouth, neck, nose, stomach, toe (Same objective as 3LD-LA-D1B and 3SD-AS-A3).

Identify the following organs and their function: heart, lungs.

Identify the sense and body part associated with the experience of certain sensations.

Identify and describe basic needs: food, drink.

Identify and describe basic needs: shelter, protection from temperature and weather.

Describe key physical characteristics (body parts and senses), development, needs and life cycle of humans.

Sequence photos and/or drawings of a baby, school-aged child, young adult and elderly adult to represent the life cycle.

Care for, observe and record observations of an animal, noting key physical characteristics, development, needs and life cycle.

Classify images of animals according to habitat or environment in which they generally live: lake/ river, ocean, farm, forest (woods), jungle.

Plant, care for and record observations of a plant, noting the parts of the plant, needs, development and life cycle.

Observe, describe and record some basic properties of water, its presence and its effects in the physical world. 

Observe, describe and record some basic properties of air, its presence and its effects in the physical world.

Observe, describe and record some basic properties of light, its presence and its effects in the physical world.

Observe, describe and record some characteristics of weather.

Observe, describe and record some characteristics of seasons.

Identify and describe objects that can be recycled.

Identify and describe some ways that resources and energy can be conserved (e.g., recycling, turning off the lights, turning off the water, etc.).

Observe, describe and record the effects of magnets on various objects and other magnets.

Cooking: spoon, rolling pin, etc.: Select and use appropriate tool to complete a task.

Select and use scissors to cut straight lines.

Cut: Scissors: Select and use appropriate tool to complete a task.

Join Paper: Stapler: Select and use appropriate tool to complete a task.

Join Fabric: Needle and thread: Select and use appropriate tool to complete a task. 

Nail, join wood: hammer: Select and use appropriate tool to complete a task.

Dig a hole: Trowel, shovel: Select and use appropriate tool to complete a task.

Water a plant: Watering can, hose: Select and use appropriate tool to complete a task.

Demonstrate use of the scientific reasoning cycle.