K-5 Vertical Alignment of Science Kits

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K-5 Vertical Alignment of Science Kits
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Physical Science

• 5th Grade Objectives
• Kindergarten Comparing Measuring,
  Investigating Properties
• 1st Grade Balance Motion, Solids Liquids
• 2nd Grade Sound, Changes
• 3rd Grade The Human Body
• 4th Grade Food Chemistry, Magnetism
  Electricity
• 5th Grade Motion Design

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Life Science

• Kindergarten Animals 2 X 2
• 1st Grade Organisms
• 2nd Grade The Life Cycle of the Butterfly
• 3rd Grade Plant Growth Development, Soils
• 4th Grade Animal Studies
• 5th Grade Ecosystems

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Organisms In Each Kit
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Long Term Animal Care

• Aquariums Rotten Log Boxes
• -frogs -pill bugs/ sow bugs
• -fish -millipedes
• -snails -Bess beetles
• -crabs

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Earth Science

• Kindergarten Weather, Investigating Properties
• 1st Grade Pebbles, Sand, Silt
• 2nd Grade Air Weather
• 3rd Grade Soils, Objects in the Sky
• 4th Grade Earth Materials
• 5th Grade Landforms, Investigating Weather
  Systems

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A sample question from the 5th grade EOG

• A students school is located in a valley, and
  her house is on a nearby mountain. She wonders
  whether the average amount of rainfall at her
  school is different from the average amount at
  her house. She investigates by measuring the
  rainfall in each location.

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• What tool will the student need to collect the
  information she needs?
• A. a thermometer
• B. a barometer
• C. a hygrometer
• D. a rain gauge

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• What do students learn in earlier grades to
  support this?

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In Kindergarten

• Students make rain gauges and use thermometers in
  the Weather unit.

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In Second Grade

• Students record daily weather, using tools such
  as thermometers and anemometers.

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Three Vital Behaviors for learning and growing in
science
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Vital Behaviors for Science

• If we focus on
• Scaffolding instruction for all students
• (Scaffold Guided Inquiry in grades 4-5)
• Making meaning of the investigations
• Using science notebooks as a tool
• we will improve our students understanding of
  science concepts

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Word Banks and Realia Walls
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MAKING MEANING of CONTENT

• You have to be close to something when you blow
  to make it move.
• Air is invisible.
• You can feel air.
• Air can do all different things.

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3 Using Science NotebooksKindergarten
5th grade