Science

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Science Process Skills

SPS3– Personal, Social, and Technological Perspectives Grade K-4
1. COLLABORATION IN SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS

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:SPS3:2:1.1 Work with a partner to accomplish a specific task.

S:SPS3:2:1.2 Take turns.

S:SPS3:2:1.3 Ask questions of others about their work.

S:SPS3:4:1.1 Be able to complete an assigned task when given a specific role in a group.

S:SPS3:4:1.2 Communicate ideas to others.

S:SPS3:4:1.3 Give specific feedback about work of others.

2. COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION

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:SPS3:2:2.1 Use observation skills to describe the area around their homes and school.

S:SPS3:4:2.1 Demonstrate a basic conservation action such as recycling or a schoolyard habitat project.

S:SPS3:4:2.2 Develop questions based upon their observations about the natural world and design a simple investigation.

S:SPS3:4:2.3 Develop questions that help them learn about the environment; and design and conduct simple investigations.

S:SPS3:4:2.4 Locate and collect information about the environment and environmental and natural resources topics.

S:SPS3:4:2.5 Use reliable information to answer questions.

S:SPS3:4:2.6 Organize information to search for relationships and patterns concerning the environment and environmental topics.

S:SPS3:4:2.7 Identify and investigate issues in their local environments and communities.

3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN AND APPLICATION

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:SPS3:2:3.1 Demonstrate that all tools have a special purpose (e.g., to measure, to help in observations, to make things or to make things better).

S:SPS3:2:3.2 Provide examples that highlight the importance of the planning phase of any project.

S:SPS3:2:3.3 Identify multiple ways to solve a design problem.

S:SPS3:2:3.4 Describe how most things are made up of multiple parts and explain that things may not work if some parts are missing.

S:SPS3:2:3.5 Provide examples of how people throughout history have used legends and stories to explain how the world works.

S:SPS3:4:3.1 Describe the design process as a logical progression for transforming ideas into reality.

S:SPS3:4:3.2 Describe how people have designed and used tools throughout history; and provide examples of how many of these tools, while improved, are still in use today.

S:SPS3:4:3.3 Provide examples illustrating that throughout history, people of all ages and from all walks of life have made significant contributions to the fields of science and technology.