Forces, living ecosystems and weather through hands-on investigation
Kindergarten Science ignites natural curiosity about the world. Children investigate pushes and pulls, explore plants and animals in their habitats, and observe daily weather patterns — developing scientific thinking skills through discovery, experimentation and wonder.
Explore the three strands of Kindergarten Science with complete Essential Learning Outcomes and Specific Curriculum Outcomes drawn from the OHPC canonical spine. Science SCOs are embedded in the Weather and Plants & Animals Integrated Units.
Grade K · Science
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
3 specific outcomesConstruct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
9 specific outcomesUse a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
3 specific outcomesCommunicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
3 specific outcomesGrade K · Science
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Analyse data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
2 specific outcomesGrade K · Science
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.
4 specific outcomesUse tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
6 specific outcomesUse and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
6 specific outcomesAsk questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
6 specific outcomes