SCIENCE
Hampton School District
Science Competencies and Learning Targets for Grade 1
Science
WAVES: LIGHT AND SOUND
▪ Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.
▪ Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the
path of a beam of light.
▪ Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can
make materials vibrate.
▪ Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.*
STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
▪ Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly
like, their parents.
▪ Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
▪ Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external
parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.*
SPACE SYSTEMS: PATTERNS AND CYCLES
▪ Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
▪ Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
ENGINEERING DESIGN
▪ Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and
weaknesses of how each performs.
▪ Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a
simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
▪ Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as
needed to solve a given problem.
Hampton School District
Science Competencies and Learning Targets for Grade 1
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