Kindergarten Science A

Students in Kindergarten Science explore concepts of both visible and invisible pushes and pulls, and contact and non-contact forces. They recognize that motion is affected by the strength and direction of pushes and pulls, the characteristics of objects, and the surface on which objects are moved. Students learn how motion changes and develop an understanding that pushes and pulls of different types are the cause of all changes in movement. Students learn that all animals need food to live and grow and that they obtain their food from plants or other animals. Students also learn that plants need air, water, mineral nutrients, and light to live and grow. Students learn that all living things need resources from their environment and that they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do. Students describe the needs of plants and animals and their relationship with the local habitat as well as identify ways landscapes can be transformed into a habitat for plants and animals. Engineers and engineering designers use this knowledge as they use materials in design solutions to make things that are useful to people. These lessons incorporate learning goals that support the principles and practices of engineering design, such as defining problems, testing materials, and evaluating possible solutions.