What does a student learn in StateDelaware,GradeKindergarten,SubjectScience?

Students ask simple questions about the world around them, like why leaves fall or how a ramp works, then figure out whether testing or building something could actually answer it.

Students draw pictures or use objects to show how something in the world works. A model might be a diagram of the sky, a drawing of an animal, or a simple structure built to solve a problem.

Students gather information by trying things out, like watching what happens when they mix materials or drop different objects. They plan a simple test and pay attention to what they observe.

Students look at information gathered from science activities and find what it shows. They notice when something happens more than once or when a result looks the same across tests.

Students use counting, sorting, and simple patterns to back up what they observe in science. A number or a picture of how many helps explain why something happened.

Students look at what they observed or tested, then explain why they think something happened. The explanation connects to what they actually saw, not just a guess.

Students look at two ideas and decide which one has better proof behind it. They explain why one answer makes more sense using what they saw or tested.

Students share what they observe and learn about the world around them. They look at pictures, listen to explanations, and tell or draw what they found out.

Students sort and describe everyday objects by what they look, feel, or sound like. This builds the first ideas about why materials behave the way they do.

Students push, pull, and roll objects to see how things start moving, stop, or stay still. They learn that a harder push moves something farther and that things don't move on their own.

Students explore how light, sound, and heat move from one place to another. They notice that energy changes form but doesn't disappear.

Students explore how waves move, like sound traveling from a drum to your ear or light from a lamp across a room. They learn that waves carry energy and can even carry information from one place to another.

Students look at plants and animals up close to notice the parts that help them eat, move, and grow. Even simple creatures have pieces that work together to keep them alive.

Students learn that plants need sunlight and water to grow, and that animals eat plants or other animals to get energy. Living things depend on each other and on their surroundings to survive.

Students look at plants or animals and notice which features get passed from parents to offspring, like leaf shape or eye color, and which ones vary. Not every parent and child look exactly the same.

Students look at different plants and animals to see how living things can be alike in some ways and very different in others. This is the start of understanding why so many kinds of life exist.

Students learn where Earth sits in space and how the Sun, Moon, and stars follow regular patterns across the sky each day and season.

Students look at how land, water, air, and living things work together on Earth. They notice what happens when these parts of the world meet and affect each other.

Students look at ways people change the land, water, and air around them, and at how events like floods or storms affect where and how people live.

Students look at something that isn't working, think up ways to fix it, and try out their best idea. Then they see what works and make it better.

Students look at everyday tools and structures, like bridges or water faucets, to see how people's needs shape inventions and how those inventions change the way people live.