This theme focuses on helping students develop the skills for systematic discovery to understand the science of the natural world around them in greater depth by using scientific inquiry.
STRANDS
Strand Connections: Energy is observed through movement, heating, cooling and the needs of living organisms.
Topic: Motion and Materials
This topic focuses on the changes in properties that occur in objects and materials. Changes of position of an object are a result of pushing or pulling.
1.PS.1: Properties of objects and materials can change.
1.PS.2: Objects can be moved in a variety of ways, such as straight, zigzag, circular and back and forth.