What does a student learn in StateMissouri,GradeKindergarten,SubjectScience?

Make qualitative observations of the physical properties of objects (i.e., size, shape, color, mass).

Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

Describe ways to change the motion of an object (i.e., how to cause an object to go slower, go faster, go farther, change direction, stop).

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.

With prompting and support, use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Make observations during different seasons to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Biogeology

With prompting and support, construct an argument using evidence for how plants and animals (including but not limited to humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.