Kindergarten Science GSE Standards

Life Science

Physical Science

Earth and Space Science

Digital Awareness

Reflective Researcher

Global Collaborator

Creative Communicator

Computational Thinker

Innovative Designer and Creator

Digital Citizen

Knowledge Constructor

Empowered Learner

Use digital tools to creatively share and express ideas.

Create a variety of artifacts.

Exchange information or ideas clearly and creatively using digital tools while considering audience and intended purpose.

Develop and employ Computational Thinking strategies (break-down, find patterns, and create algorithms) to identify and solve problems.

Identify patterns.

Use Algorithms (a set of step-by-step instructions) to construct programs (using a block-based programming language or unplugged activities) that accomplish a task as a means of creative expression.

Identify multiple ways solutions can be applied to solve problems. Vocabulary Term: Abstraction

Understand how people can use technology.

Understand that technology is everywhere and changes our lives.

Understand that there is a connection between people and devices.

Practice using and identifying basic hardware and software using accurate terminology.

Create simple artifacts using a computing device.

Identify the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected society and model behaviors that are safe, legal, and ethical.

Identify personal information, understand the need to keep it private, and engage in activities keeping personal information private.

Participate in systems for keeping personal information private and protected (for example: passwords, biometric sensors).

Recognize that technology provides the opportunity to enhance relevance, increase confidence, offer authentic choice, and produce positive impacts in learning.

Use digital tools to collaborate with others both locally and globally.

Identify technology (hardware and software) that allows collaboration with others.

Use digital tools to connect with individuals from different backgrounds and cultures.

Use the Design Process (use, modify, create) with a variety of tools to identify and solve problems by creating new, modified, or imaginative solutions.

Understand that a model is used for developing and testing ideas for a diverse range of users.

Use digital tools (e.g. computers, tablets, cameras, software, 3D printers, etc.…) to build knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

Recognize the letters, numbers, and basic functions of a keyboard, touchpad/trackpad, mouse, and other input devices.

Select appropriate sources to conduct authentic research to produce a relevant and credible product.

Understand that answers to questions can be found through research from a variety of sources.

Understand that resources on the Internet vary in quality and are found in a variety of places so care is needed in selection.

Understand there is an appropriate place to find information to research the answer to a question.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate observations about time patterns (day to night and night to day) and objects (sun, moon, stars) in the day and night sky.

Ask questions to classify objects according to those seen in the day sky, the night sky, and both.

Develop a model to communicate the changes that occur in the sky during the day, as day turns into night, during the night, and as night turns into day using pictures and words.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to describe the physical attributes of earth materials (soil, rocks, water, and air).

Ask questions to identify and describe earth materials—soil, rocks, water, and air.

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how rocks can be grouped by physical attributes (size, weight, texture, color).

Use tools to observe and record physical attributes of soil such as texture and color.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms (alive and not alive) and non-living objects are grouped.

Construct an explanation based on observations to recognize the differences between organisms and non-living objects.

Develop a model to represent how a set of organisms and non-living objects are sorted into groups based on their attributes.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms.

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how animals can be grouped according to their features.

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants can be grouped according to their features.

Ask questions and make observations to identify the similarities and differences of offspring to their parents and to other members of the same species.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of and their physical attributes.

Ask questions to compare and sort objects made of different materials. (Common materials include clay, cloth, plastic, wood, paper, and metal.)

Use senses and science tools to classify common objects, such as buttons or swatches of cloth, according to their physical attributes (color, size, shape, weight, and texture).

Plan and carry out an investigation to predict and observe whether objects, based on their physical attributes, will sink or float.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare and describe different types of motion.

Plan and carry out an investigation to determine the relationship between an object's physical attributes and its resulting motion (straight, circular, back and forth, fast and slow, and motionless) when a force is applied.

Construct an argument as to the best way to move an object based on its physical attributes.