Kindergarten– Science
Third Quarter
Physical Science
Criteria / Performance Indicators
/ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4SKP1 Students will describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of and their physical properties.
a. Compare and sort materials of different composition (common materials include clay, cloth, paper, plastic, etc.).
Prior Learning: This is new learning.
· Sort materials of different compositions.
· Compare materials composed of different materials.
b. Use senses to classify common materials, such as buttons or swatches of cloth, according to their physical attributes (color, size, shape, weight, texture, buoyancy, flexibility).
Prior Learning: This is new learning.
· Identify the five senses.
· Use sense of sight to classify common materials.
· Use sense of touch to classify common materials.
· Use sense of hearing to classify common materials.
· Use sense of smell to classify common materials.
· Use sense of taste to classify common materials.
· Classify common materials by using all senses.
SKP2 Students will investigate different types of motion.
a. Sort objects into categories according to their motion (straight, zigzag, round and round, back and forth, fast and slow, and motionless).
Prior Learning: This is new learning.
· Identify different types of motion (straight, zigzag, round and round, back and forth, fast and slow, and motionless).
· Sort objects into categories according to their motion.
b. Push, pull, and roll common objects and describe their motions.
Prior Learning: This is new learning.
· Push, pull, and roll common objects.
· Describe the motion of objects.
SKP3 Students will observe and communicate effects of gravity on objects.
a. Recognize that some things, such as airplanes and birds, are in the sky, but return to earth.
Prior Learning: This is new learning.
· Identify things that can be in the sky but return to earth.
· Investigate to determine other objects that can be in the sky but return to earth (ball thrown in air, paper airplane, etc).
· Discuss why these objects return to earth.
b. Recognize that the sun, moon, and stars are in the sky, but don’t come down.
Prior Learning: This is new learning.
· Identify things in the sky that do not come down to earth.
· Compare and contrast things that stay in the sky and those that go in the sky but return to earth.
c. Explain why a book does not fall down if it is placed on a table, but will fall down if it is dropped.
Prior Learning: This is new learning.
· Observe the effects of gravity on objects.
· Explain the effect of gravity on a book or other common object that is dropped.
Remember to teach the standard until you have dispelled common misconceptions.
Misconceptions for P1:
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Credit for Templates:
From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K-8
Written by Kay Burke and published by Corwin Press
http://www.corwinpress.com
Troup County Schools 2014
Teacher Checklist Science
3rd Quarter
MISCONCEPTIONS:
1. Objects of like color have like composition
2. Objects of like size have the same weight
PROPER CONCEPTIONS:
1. An object’s composition may or may not be determined by physical attributes
2. The weight of an object is determined by its composition as well as its size
1
Credit for Templates:
From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K-8
Written by Kay Burke and published by Corwin Press
http://www.corwinpress.com
Troup County Schools 2014
Teacher Checklist Science
3rd Quarter
Misconceptions for P2:
3
Credit for Templates:
From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K-8
Written by Kay Burke and published by Corwin Press
http://www.corwinpress.com
Troup County Schools 2012
Teacher Checklist Science
3rd Quarter
MISCONCEPTIONS:
1. Students often think of motion as a property of an object.
PROPER CONCEPTIONS:
1. Objects move in many different ways when pushed or pulled.
3
Credit for Templates:
From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K-8
Written by Kay Burke and published by Corwin Press
http://www.corwinpress.com
Troup County Schools 2012
Teacher Checklist Science
3rd Quarter
Misconceptions for P3:
3
Credit for Templates:
From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K-8
Written by Kay Burke and published by Corwin Press
http://www.corwinpress.com
Troup County Schools 2012
Teacher Checklist Science
3rd Quarter
MISCONCEPTIONS:
1. Students often believe that gravity exists in certain places and situations and not in others or that it goes “on” and “off”
PROPER CONCEPTIONS:
1. Gravity exists equally everywhere on Earth.
3
Credit for Templates:
From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K-8
Written by Kay Burke and published by Corwin Press
http://www.corwinpress.com
Troup County Schools 2012
Teacher Checklist Science
3rd Quarter
3
Credit for Templates:
From Standards to Rubrics in 6 Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K-8
Written by Kay Burke and published by Corwin Press
http://www.corwinpress.com
Troup County Schools 2012
Teacher Checklist Science
3rd Quarter