Kindergarten Science Florida standards Standards

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Organization and Development of Living Organisms

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Forces and Changes in Motion

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Motion of Objects

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Forms of Energy

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Changes in Matter

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Properties of Matter

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Earth in Space and Time

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

The Practice of Science

Explore the Law of Gravity by investigating how objects are pulled toward the ground unless something holds them up.

Recognize the repeating pattern of day and night.

Recognize that the Sun can only be seen in the daytime.

Observe that sometimes the Moon can be seen at night and sometimes during the day.

Observe that things can be big and things can be small as seen from Earth.

Observe that some objects are far away and some are nearby as seen from Earth.

Identify that objects can fall to the ground unless something stops them.

Identify daily activities in a 24-hour period, such as eating breakfast and going to bed, and associate activities with morning and night.

Identify the Sun in the daytime.

Identify the Moon in the sky at night.

Observe big and small things in the sky.

Identify an item that is far away and an item that is nearby.

Track a falling object.

Recognize one common activity that occurs during the day.

Associate the Sun with daytime.

Associate the Moon with night.

Recognize items that are big.

Recognize items as nearby.

Recognize that objects fall to the ground.

Identify one common activity that occurs in the day and one that occurs in the night.

Recognize the Sun in the daytime.

Recognize the Moon in the sky at night.

Recognize the size of items as either big or small.

Recognize familiar objects that are far away or nearby.

Recognize the five senses and related body parts.

Recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants with characteristics and behaviors they do not have in real life.

Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.

Recognize the senses of sight, hearing, and smell and related body parts.

Identify a behavior of an animal or plant in a book or other media that is not real.

Identify differences in characteristics of plants and animals.

Recognize and respond to one type of sensory stimuli.

Distinguish between a plant and animal.

Recognize the senses of sight and hearing and related body parts.

Distinguish a real animal and an animal that is not a living thing, such as a toy animal.

Match identical animals and plants.

Collaborate with a partner to collect information.

Make observations of the natural world and know that they are descriptors collected using the five senses.

Keep records as appropriate -- such as pictorial records -- of investigations conducted.

Observe and create a visual representation of an object which includes its major features.

Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.

Identify a partner to obtain information.

Identify information about objects and actions in the natural world through observation.

Observe, explore, and create a visual representation of real objects.

Share objects with a partner.

Recognize common objects in the natural world through observation.

Collect a designated item with a partner.

Identify information about objects in the natural world through observation.

Observe, explore, and match pictures to real objects.

Observe that things that make sound vibrate.

Identify objects that create specific sounds.

Recognize and respond to common sounds.

Match sounds to specific objects.

Investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc.

Identify ways that things move, such as fast or slow.

Track objects in motion.

Recognize that things move.

Observe that a push or a pull can change the way an object is moving.

Demonstrate pushing or pulling of an object to make it move.

Track the movement of objects that are pushed or pulled.

Recognize that pushing or pulling an object makes it move.

Sort objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light) and texture.

Sort objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, or color.

Recognize two common objects that are identical to each other.

Match objects by an observable property, such as size or color.

Recognize that the shape of materials such as paper and clay can be changed by cutting, tearing, crumpling, smashing, or rolling.

Recognize that the shape of objects, such as paper, changes when cut, torn, or crumpled.

Recognize a change in an object.

Recognize that the shape of objects, such as paper, changes when cut or torn.

Technological Impact Strand

Programming and Software Engineering Strand

Computing Components Strand

Personal Health and Safety Strand

Communication and Collaboration Strand

Develop an understanding of collaborative conversations.

Provide positive feedback.

Identify computer components.

Recognize components of computing devices.

Identify what types of computer components can be used with senses.

Identify tools used for creative expression.

Create a project that expresses thoughts and ideas.

Explore the keyboard of a computer through Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) words.

Recognize that universal icons represent tools or information.

Discuss proper care for electronic devices.

Determine safe Internet practices.

Determine the risks of Internet usage.

Explore the need for adult permission before using a network-capable device.

Discuss that a password helps protect the privacy of information.

Explain that some information is private and should not be shared online or in person.

Explore how the use of digital devices can affect your health.

Explore the impact that technology has on the senses.

Explore how to create a healthy balance between physical activity and time spent on a digital device.

Recognize that tasks are completed in a sequential order.

Discuss how a computer program is a set of instructions made by people to show a computer how to complete a task.

Develop a series of steps to complete a task. Example: Students brainstorm how to make a sandwich.

Identify data.

Recognize different types of data.

Use different data representations to make comparisons.

Introduce problem-solving.

Arrange or sort information.

Solve problems involving logical order thinking or sequencing with or without technology.

Observe patterns of daily life and routines.

Create and use repeating patterns using letters, numbers or symbols.

Introduce the technological progress.

Explore the use of technology in daily life.

Explain the importance of rules.

Introduce and state the importance of rules.

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Changes in Matter

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Properties of Matter

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Forces and Changes in Motion

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Motion of Objects

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Forms of Energy

Physical Science

Participatory

Supported

Independent

The Practice of Science

Nature of Science

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Organization and Development of Living Organisms

Life Science

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Earth in Space and Time

Earth and Space Science

Identify that objects can fall to the ground unless something stops them.

Identify daily activities in a 24-hour period, such as eating breakfast and going to bed, and associate activities with morning and night.

Identify the Sun in the daytime.

Identify the Moon in the sky at night.

Observe big and small things in the sky.

Identify an item that is far away and an item that is nearby.

Track a falling object.

Recognize one common activity that occurs during the day.

Associate the Sun with daytime.

Associate the Moon with night.

Recognize items that are big.

Recognize items as nearby.

Recognize that objects fall to the ground.

Identify one common activity that occurs in the day and one that occurs in the night.

Recognize the Sun in the daytime.

Recognize the Moon in the sky at night.

Recognize the size of items as either big or small.

Recognize familiar objects that are far away or nearby.

Identify differences in characteristics of plants and animals.

Recognize the senses of sight, hearing, and smell and related body parts.

Identify a behavior of an animal or plant in a book or other media that is not real.

Distinguish between a plant and animal.

Recognize and respond to one type of sensory stimuli.

Recognize the senses of sight and hearing and related body parts.

Distinguish a real animal and an animal that is not a living thing, such as a toy animal.

Match identical animals and plants.

Identify a partner to obtain information.

Identify information about objects and actions in the natural world through observation.

Observe, explore, and create a visual representation of real objects.

Share objects with a partner.

Recognize common objects in the natural world through observation.

Collect a designated item with a partner.

Identify information about objects in the natural world through observation.

Observe, explore, and match pictures to real objects.

Identify objects that create specific sounds.

Recognize and respond to common sounds.

Match sounds to specific objects.

Identify ways that things move, such as fast or slow.

Track objects in motion.

Recognize that things move.

Demonstrate pushing or pulling of an object to make it move.

Track the movement of objects that are pushed or pulled.

Recognize that pushing or pulling an object makes it move.

Sort objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, or color.

Recognize two common objects that are identical to each other.

Match objects by an observable property, such as size or color.

Recognize that the shape of objects, such as paper, changes when cut, torn, or crumpled.

Recognize a change in an object.

Recognize that the shape of objects, such as paper, changes when cut or torn.