Next Generation Science Standards

• ETS1-1 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.

• ETS1-2 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.

• ETS1-3 Analyze data from tests of two objects design to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.

• ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem - Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.

• ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions - Designs can be conveyed through sketches, drawings, or physical models. These representations are useful in communicating ideas for a problem’s solutions to other people.

• ETS1.c: Optimizing the Design Solution – Because there is always more than one possible solution to a problem, it is useful to compare and test designs.

• Cross Cutting Concept – Structure and Function – The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function(s).

• Cross Cutting Concept – Systems and System Models – Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together.

• Science and Engineering Practice – Asking Questions and Defining Problems – Asking questions and defining problems in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to simple descriptive questions that can be tested.

• Science and Engineering Practice – Developing and Using Models – Modeling in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to include using and developing models (i.e., diagram, drawing, physical replica, diorama, dramatization, or storyboard) that represent concrete events or design solutions.

• Science and Engineering Practice – Planning and Carrying Out Investigations – Planning and carrying out investigations to answer questions or test solutions to problems in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to simple investigations, based on fair tests, which provide data to support explanations or design solutions.

• Science and Engineering Practice – Analyzing and Interpreting Data – Analyzing data in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to collecting, recording, and sharing observations.

• Science and Engineering Practice – Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking – Mathematical and computational thinking in K-2 builds on prior experience and progresses to recognizing that mathematics can be used to describe the natural and designed world(s).

• Science and Engineering Practice – Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions – Constructing explanations and designing solutions in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to the use of evidence and ideas in constructing evidence-based accounts of natural phenomena and designing solutions.

• Science and Engineering Practice – Engaging in Argument from Evidence – Engaging in argument from evidence in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to comparing ideas and representation about the natural and designed world(s).

• Science and Engineering Practice – Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information – Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information in K-2 builds on prior experiences and uses observations and texts to communicate new information.

Common Core State Standards: Mathematics

• K.CC.A.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens.

• K.CC.A.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

• K.CC.B.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

• MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

• MP.4 Model with mathematics.

• MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.

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Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts

• RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

• RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

• RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

• RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

• SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

• SL.K.1a Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).

• SL.K.1b Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.