K-5 Vertical Alignment of Science Kits

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

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

Organism/ Grade Kindergarten 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Goldfi sh

Guppies

Ramshorn Snails

Pond Snails

Pill Bugs

Sow Bugs

Red Worms

Night Crawlers

Millipedes

Painted Lady Butterfly

Dwarf Af rican Frogs

Fiddler Crabs

Crickets

Mosquito Fish

Elodea

Pine Seedling

Cabomba

Organisms In Each Kit

Long Term Animal Care Aquariums Rotten Log Boxes

-frogs -pill bugs/ sow bugs

-fish -millipedes

-snails -Bess beetles

-crabs

Earth Science

Kindergarten: Weather, Investigating Properties

1st Grade: Pebbles, Sand, & Silt2nd Grade: Air & Weather3rd Grade: Soils, Objects in the Sky

4th Grade: Earth Materials5th Grade: Landforms, Investigating Weather

Systems

A sample question from the 5th grade EOG…

A student’s 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.

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

What do students learn in earlier grades to support this?

In Kindergarten…

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

In Second Grade…

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

Three Vital Behaviors for learning and growing in science

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

Word Banks and Realia Walls

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.”

#3: Using Science NotebooksKindergarten 5th grade