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MD.1.0.Skills and Processes: Students will demonstrate the thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science.

Skills and Processes: Students will demonstrate the thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science.
1.A.1. Constructing Knowledge: Raise questions about the world around them and be willing to seek answers to some of them by making careful observations and trying things out.
1.A.1.a. Describe what can be learned about things by just observing those things carefully and adding information by sometimes doing something to the things and noting what happens.
 
1.A.1.b. Seek information through reading, observation, exploration, and investigations.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
 
1.A.1.c. Use tools such as thermometers, magnifiers, rulers, or balances to extend their senses and gather data.
Flip Charts Laboratory Tools
Vocabulary Terms What is science?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide What is science?
 
1.A.1.g. Use whole numbers and simple, everyday fractions in ordering, counting, identifying, measuring, and describing things and experiences.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Math in Science - 1st grade level
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Math in Science - 2nd grade level
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Math in Science - 3rd grade
 
1.C.1. Communicating Scientific Information: Ask, 'How do you know?' in appropriate situations and attempt reasonable answers when others ask them the same question.
1.C.1.a. Describe things as accurately as possible and compare observations with those of others.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
 
1.C.1.b. Describe and compare things in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion.
Flip Charts Grouping of Plants
Flip Charts How heavy?
Flip Charts How Things Move
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Flip Charts Ups & Downs
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Describe and measure matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
1.D.1. Technology: Design and make things with simple tools and a variety of materials.
1.D.1.b. Recognize that tools are used to do things better or more easily and to do some things that could not otherwise be done at all.
Flip Charts Laboratory Tools
Vocabulary Terms What is science?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide What is science?
 

MD.2.0.Earth/Space Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the chemical and physical interactions (i.e., natural forces and cycles, transfer of energy) of the environment, Earth, and the universe that occur over time.

Earth/Space Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the chemical and physical interactions (i.e., natural forces and cycles, transfer of energy) of the environment, Earth, and the universe that occur over time.
2.A.1. Materials and Processes That Shape A Planet: Describe and compare properties of a variety of Earth materials.
2.A.1.a. Classify a collection of rocks based on the properties that distinguish one type from another.
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Minerals, and soil
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Minerals, and soil
 
2.A.1.b. Collect soil from different locations and compare the properties of the samples: Color; Texture; Reaction to water; Remains of living things.
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Minerals, and soil
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Soil and water
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Minerals, and soil
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Soil and water
 
2.A.1.c. Use examples of observations from places around the school and neighborhood to describe ways Earth materials can change: Changes caused by humans and other animals; Changes caused by water, wind, etc.
Flip Charts Changes on Earth
Flip Charts Land, Water & Air
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms Changes on earth
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Soil and water
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes on earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Soil and water
 
2.D.1. Astronomy: Observe and describe changes over time in the properties, location, and motion of celestial objects.
2.D.1.a. Identify and record observable properties of the sun, moon, and stars.
Flip Charts Moon & Stars
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Flip Charts The Sky
Flip Charts The Solar System
Vocabulary Terms Earth in space
Vocabulary Terms Moon, star and planets
Vocabulary Terms The Sky
Vocabulary Terms The sun and earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth in space
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Moon, star and planets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Sky
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The sun and earth
 
2.D.1.b. Identify and record the apparent visible changes in the shape of the moon over two months of observations.
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms Earth in space
Vocabulary Terms Moon, star and planets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth in space
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Moon, star and planets
 
2.D.1.c. Observe and record changes in the location of the sun and moon in the sky over time.
Flip Charts Day & Night
Flip Charts Moon & Stars
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Things in the Sky
Vocabulary Terms Earth in space
Vocabulary Terms Moon, star and planets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth in space
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Moon, star and planets
 
2.D.1.d. Describe and compare the patterns of change that occur in the sun and the moon.
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Flip Charts The Sky
Flip Charts The Solar System
Vocabulary Terms Earth in space
Vocabulary Terms Moon, star and planets
Vocabulary Terms The Sky
Vocabulary Terms The sun and earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth in space
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Moon, star and planets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Sky
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The sun and earth
 
2.E.1. Interactions of Hydrosphere and Atmosphere: Recognize and describe that the surface of Earth is more than half covered with water.
2.E.1.a. Identify the many locations where water is found.
Flip Charts Land, Water & Air
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Vocabulary Terms Changes on earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes on earth
 
2.E.1.b. Describe the changes that occur to water found anywhere.
Flip Charts Land, Water & Air
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Weather
Vocabulary Terms Land, water, and air
Vocabulary Terms Water
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's weather and seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Land, water, and air
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Water
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
 

MD.3.0.Life Science: The students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the dynamic nature of living things, their interactions, and the results from the interactions that occur over time.

Life Science: The students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the dynamic nature of living things, their interactions, and the results from the interactions that occur over time.
3.C.1. Genetics: Explain that there are identifiable stages in the life cycles (growth, reproduction, and death) of plants and animals.
3.C.1.a. Investigate and describe that seeds change and grow into plants.
Flip Charts How Seeds Travel
Flip Charts Parts of a Seed
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms All about plants
Vocabulary Terms How do plants grow?
Vocabulary Terms Plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants grow?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plants
 
3.C.1.b. Compare and describe the changes that occur in humans during their life cycle (birth, newborn, child, adolescent, adult, elder).
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
 
3.C.1.c. Given pictures of stages in the life cycle of a plant or an animal, determine the sequence of the stages in the life cycle.
Flip Charts All About Plants
Flip Charts Frog Life Cycle
Flip Charts Life Cycles
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms How do plants grow?
Vocabulary Terms Plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How animals grow and change and live
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants grow?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How living things grow and change?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plants
 
3.C.1.d. Provide examples, using observations and information from readings that life cycles differ from species to species.
Flip Charts All About Plants
Flip Charts Frog Life Cycle
Flip Charts Life Cycles
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms How do plants grow?
Vocabulary Terms Plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How animals grow and change and live
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants grow?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How living things grow and change?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plants
 
3.D.1. Evolution: Observe and describe examples of variation (differences) among individuals of one kind within a population.
3.D.1.a. Observe and describe individuals in familiar animal populations, such as cats or dogs, to identify how they look alike and how they are different.
Flip Charts All About Animals
Flip Charts Farm & Zoo Animals
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Vocabulary Terms Animals
Vocabulary Terms Animals and their needs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animals and their needs
 
3.D.1.b. Examine pictures of organisms that lived long ago, such as dinosaurs, and describe how they resemble organisms that are alive today.
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms Did you know... 2nd Grade
Vocabulary Terms Fossils and dinosaurs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you know... 2nd Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Fossils and dinosaurs
 
3.F.1. Ecology: Explain that organisms can grow and survive in many very different habitats.
3.F.1.a. Investigate a variety of familiar and unfamiliar habitats and describe how animals and plants found there maintain their lives and survive to reproduce.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How animals grow and change and live
 
3.F.1.b. Explain that organisms live in habitats that provide their basic needs: Food; Water; Air; Shelter.
Flip Charts Land Habitats
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Vocabulary Terms Land Habitats
Vocabulary Terms Water Habitats
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Land Habitats
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Water Habitats
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Where plants and animals live
 

MD.4.0.Chemistry: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the composition, structure, and interactions of matter in order to support the predictability of structure and energy transformations.

Chemistry: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the composition, structure, and interactions of matter in order to support the predictability of structure and energy transformations.
4.B.1. Conservation of Matter: Provide evidence from investigations that things can be done to materials to change some of their properties.
4.B.1.a. Based on evidence from investigations describe that materials, such as clay are not changed by certain actions, such as reshaping or breaking into pieces.
Vocabulary Terms Changes in matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes in matter
 
4.B.1.b. Ask and seek answers to questions about what happened to the materials if other things were done to them, such as being placed in a freezer, heated, etc.
Flip Charts Water & Ice
Vocabulary Terms Changes in matter
Vocabulary Terms Comparing matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes in matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Comparing matter
 
4.D.1. Physical and Chemical Changes: Provide evidence from investigations to identify processes that can be used to change physical properties of materials.
4.D.1.a. Based on investigations, describe what changes occur to the observable properties of various materials when they are subjected to the processes of wetting, cutting, bending, and mixing.
Vocabulary Terms Changes in matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes in matter
 
4.D.1.b. Compare the observable properties of objects before and after they have been subjected to various processes.
Vocabulary Terms Changes in matter
Vocabulary Terms Matter and its properties
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes in matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Matter and its properties
 
4.D.1.c. Ask and seek answers to 'What if' questions about what might happen to the materials if different processes, such as heating, freezing, and dissolving were used to change them.
Flip Charts Water & Ice
Vocabulary Terms Changes in matter
Vocabulary Terms Comparing matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes in matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Comparing matter
 

MD.5.0.Physics: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of matter and energy and the energy transformations that occur.

Physics: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of matter and energy and the energy transformations that occur.
5.B.1. Thermodynamics: Identify and describe ways in which heat can be produced.
5.B.1.a. Recognize that things that give off light also give off heat.
Vocabulary Terms Light and sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Light and sound
 
5.C.1. Electricity and Magnetism: Identify and describe the sources and uses of electricity in daily life.
5.C.1.a. Identify sources of electricity: Electrical outlets; Batteries.
Vocabulary Terms Electricity
Vocabulary Terms Energy needs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Electricity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Energy needs
 

MD.6.0.Environmental Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of environmental factors (living and non-living) and analyze their impact from a local to a global perspective.

Environmental Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of environmental factors (living and non-living) and analyze their impact from a local to a global perspective.
6.A.1. Natural Resources and Human Needs: Recognize and explain how Earth's natural resources from the natural environment are used to meet human needs.
6.A.1.a. Describe natural resources as something from the natural environment that is used to meet one's needs.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
 
6.A.1.b. Identify water, air, soil, minerals, animals, and plants as basic natural resources.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
 
6.A.1.c. Explain that food, fuels, and fibers are produced from basic natural resources.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
 
6.A.1.d. Identify ways that humans use Earth's natural resources to meet their needs.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
 
6.A.1.e. Explain that some natural resources are limited and need to be used wisely.
Vocabulary Terms Natural resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Natural resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
 
6.B.1. Environmental Issues: Recognize and describe that the activities of individuals or groups of individuals can affect the environment.
6.B.1.a. Identify and describe that individual and group actions, such as turning off lights, conserving water, recycling, picking up litter, or joining an organization can extend the natural resources of the environment.
Vocabulary Terms Natural resources
Vocabulary Terms Taking Care of Earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Natural resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Taking Care of Earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
 
6.B.1.b. Identify and describe that individual and group actions, such as leaving lights on, wasting water, or throwing away recyclables, can limit the natural resources of the environment.
Vocabulary Terms Natural resources
Vocabulary Terms Taking Care of Earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Natural resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Taking Care of Earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources