1. NATURE OF SCIENCE (NOS) |
By the end of Grade 2, all students will… |
By the end of Grade 4, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS2:2 : 1.1 Recognize that information can be obtained merely by careful observation, but sometimes even more data can be collected by conducting scientific investigations.
S:SPS2:2 : 1.2 Discover that when a scientific investigation is done the way it was done before, we expect to get a very similar result.
S:SPS2:2 : 1.3 Explain that sometimes people aren't sure what will happen because they don't know all the factors that may have an effect on the outcome. |
S:SPS2:4 : 1.1 Recognize that sometimes scientists have different explanations for the same set of observations which usually lead them to make more observations to resolve the differences.
S:SPS2:4 : 1.2 Realize that results of similar scientific investigations seldom turn out exactly the same, but if the differences are large it's important to try to figure out why.
S:SPS2:4 : 1.3 Know when comparisons might not be fair because some conditions are not kept the same.
S:SPS2:4 : 1.4 Explain that scientific investigations may take many different forms, including observing what things are like or what is happening somewhere, collecting specimens for analysis, and doing experiments; and that investigations can focus on physical, biological, and social questions.
S:SPS2:4 : 1.5 Realize that scientists' explanations about what happens in the world come partly from what they observe, and partly from what they think. |
2. SYSTEMS AND ENERGY (SAE) |
By the end of Grade 2, all students will… |
By the end of Grade 4, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS2:2 : 2.1 Show how most things are made of parts.
S:SPS2:2 : 2.2 Observe that when parts are put together, they can do things that they couldn't do by themselves.
S:SPS2:2 : 2.3 Explain that something may not work if some of its parts are missing. |
S:SPS2:4 : 2.1 Demonstrate that if something consists of many parts, the parts usually influence one another.
S:SPS2:4 : 2.2 Provide examples that demonstrate that something may not work well (or at all) if a part of it is missing, broken, worn out, mismatched, or misconnected. |
3. MODELS AND SCALE (MAS) |
By the end of Grade 2, all students will… |
By the end of Grade 4, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS2:2 : 3.1 Describe how a model of something is different from the real thing but can be used to learn something about the real thing.
S:SPS2:2 : 3.2 Explain how one way to describe something is to say how it is like something else.
S:SPS2:2 : 3.3 Provide examples to explain that things in nature and things people make have very different sizes, weights, ages and speeds. |
S:SPS2:4 : 3.1 Know that seeing how a model works after changes are made to it may suggest how the real thing would work if the same changes were done to it.
S:SPS2:4 : 3.2 Use geometric figures, number sequences, graphs, diagrams, and pictures as scientific models.
S:SPS2:4 : 3.3 Recognize that most everything has limits on how big or small it can be. |
4. PATTERNS OF CHANGE (POC) |
By the end of Grade 2, all students will… |
By the end of Grade 4, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS2:2 : 4.1 Discover that things change in some ways and stay the same in some ways.
S:SPS2:2 : 4.2 Understand that people can keep track of some things by seeing where they come from and where they go.
S:SPS2:2 : 4.3 Observe that things can change in different ways, such as in size, weight, color and movement. |
S:SPS2:4 : 4.1 Observe that some small changes can be detected by taking measurements.
S:SPS2:4 : 4.2 Understand that some changes are so slow or so fast that they are hard to see.
S:SPS2:4 : 4.3 Demonstrate that some features of things may stay the same even when other features change (e.g., some patterns look the same when they are shifted over, turned, reflected, or seen from different directions). |
5. FORM AND FUNCTION (FAF) |
By the end of Grade 2, all students will… |
By the end of Grade 4, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS2:2 : 5.1 Identify shape and use of objects.
S:SPS2:2 : 5.2 Draw an object and the object in use. |
S:SPS2:4 : 5.1 Discover the relationship between shape and use.
S:SPS2:4 : 5.2 Explore methods, designs and problems of transporting liquids. |
