Grade 1 Science Alabama Standards

Carry out investigations to provide evidence that the vibrations of matter can make sound and sound can make matter vibrate.

Use evidence from observations to explain that light is necessary in order for an object to be seen.

Plan and carry out investigations to determine how light is affected when it interacts with various types of materials.

Design and construct a device that uses light or sound waves to send a communication signal over a distance.

Use information from observations to explain how various external features help living things survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Obtain information from text and other media to provide evidence that parents and their offspring engage in patterns of behavior that help the offspring survive.

Make observations to identify the similarities and differences between offspring and their parents.

Observe, describe, and predict patterns of the sun, moon, and stars as they appear in the sky.

Use observations of seasonal sunrise and sunset patterns to describe the relationship between the number of hours of daylight and the time of year.

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Wave Properties

Patterns

External Structures

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Sun, Moon, and Stars

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Patterns

Inherited Traits and Environmental Impact

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information

Growth and Development

Structure and Function

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Cause and Effect

Patterns

Recognize that light is needed in order for an object to be seen.

Identify objects that are see-through (transparent) and objects that are not see-through (opaque).

Participate in the construction of a device and/or activities that use light or sound.

Identify external features that help living things survive, grow, and meet their needs (e.g., animals grow thick fur in the winter to stay warm, turtles have a shell to protect their body).

Identify ways parents and their babies communicate to help babies survive and grow.

Identify similarities and differences between parents and offspring in animals.

Identify the moon, sun, and other stars and when they appear in the sky.

Patterns: Patterns in the natural and human-designed world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.

Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Prediction: Events have causes that generate observable patterns. Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute students’ ideas about causes.

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Relative scales allow objects and events to be compared and described (e.g., bigger and smaller; hotter and colder; faster and slower). Standard units are used to measure length.

Systems and System Models: Objects and organisms can be described in terms of their parts. Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together.

Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation: Objects may break into smaller pieces, be put together into larger pieces, or change shapes.

Structure and Function: The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function(s).

Stability and Change: Some things stay the same while other things change. Things may change slowly or rapidly.

Asking Questions and Defining Problems: s Formulating simple descriptive questions that can be tested.

Developing and Using Models: Using and developing models that represent concrete events or design solutions, including diagrams, drawings, physical replicas, dioramas, dramatizations, or storyboards.

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations: Designing and conducting simple investigations, based on fair tests, which provide data to support explanations or design solutions.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Collecting, recording, and sharing observations.

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking: Recognizing ways that mathematics can be used to describe the natural and designed world(s).

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions: Using evidence and ideas in constructing evidence-based accounts of natural phenomena and designing solutions.

Engaging in Argument from Evidence: Comparing ideas and representations about the natural and designed world(s).

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information: Using observations and texts to gather and communicate new information

Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)

Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs)