Kindergarten

Science

Curricular Competencies

Content

Big Ideas

Questioning and predicting

Planning and conducting

Processing and analyzing data and information

Applying and innovating

Communicating

Students are expected to know the following:

Plants and animals have observable features.

Humans interact with matter every day through familiar materials.

The motion of objects depends on their properties.

Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things.

Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world

Observe objects and events in familiar contexts

Ask simple questions about familiar objects and events

Make exploratory observations using their senses

Safely manipulate materials

Make simple measurements using non-standard units

Experience and interpret the local environment

Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge

Discuss observations

Represent observations and ideas by drawing charts and simple pictographs

Take part in caring for self, family, classroom and school through personal approaches

Transfer and apply learning to new situations

Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving

Share observations and ideas orally

Express and reflect on personal experiences of place

basic needs of plants and animals

adaptations of local plants and animals

local First Peoples uses of plants and animals

properties of familiar materials

effects of pushes/pulls on movement

effects of size, shape, and materials on movement

weather changes

seasonal changes

living things make changes to accommodate daily and seasonal cycles

First Peoples knowledge of seasonal changes