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Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 1
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 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.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K, 1, 2