1. Generate reasonable questions

1. Generate scientific questions

1. Develop questions or problems

for investigation that can be

2. Develop solutions to unfamiliar

problems through reasoning,

2. Design and conduct simple

2. Suggest empirical tests of

3. Design and conduct scientific

4. Use simple measurement

4. Use measurement devices to

6. Recognize and explain the

5. Develop strategies and skills for

information gathering and problem

5. Use sources of information to

7. Gather and synthesize information from books and other sources

6. Construct charts and graphs

6. Write and follow procedures in

the form of step-by-step instructions, recipes, formulas, flow

8. Discuss topics in groups by

being able to restate or summarize

what others have said, ask for

clarification or elaboration, and

1. Develop an awareness of the

need for evidence in making

1. Evaluate the strengths and

weaknesses of claims, arguments,

1. Justify plans or explanations on

2. Describe limitations in personal

2. Describe some general limitations

2. Show how science concepts can

be interpreted through creative

expression such as language arts

3. Show how common themes of

3. Show how common themes of

2. Explain common patterns of

1. Describe common patterns of

1. Describe common ecological

5. Describe positive and negative

6. Describe ways in which humans

6. Explain the effects of agriculture

and other human activities on

1. Describe major features of the

1. Describe and identify surface

1. Explain the surface features of

the Great Lakes region using Ice

2. Recognize and describe different

4. Describe natural changes in the

4. Explain how rocks are broken

down, how soil is formed and how

1. Describe how water exists on

1. Describe various forms that

water takes on the earth’s surface

and conditions under which they

1. Describe the composition and

2. Describe weather conditions

2. Describe patterns of changing

3. Describe seasonal changes in

2. Describe the motions of the

2. Describe, compare, and explain

the motions of planets, moons,

3. Describe the position and

motion of our solar system in the

3. Describe and explain common

observations of the day and night

4. Explain why seasons occur on

1. Classify common objects and

substances according to observable attributes: color, size, shape,

smell, hardness, texture, flexibility,

length, weight, buoyancy, states of

1. Measure physical properties of

objects or substances (mass,

1. Describe and compare objects

in terms of mass, volume, and

2. Measure weight, dimensions,

and temperature of appropriate

2. Describe when length, mass,

weight, area, or volume are

appropriate to describe the size of

an object or the amount of a

2. Explain how families of elements

3. Analyze properties of common

household and agricultural materials

in terms of risk/benefit balance.