Grade 1 Science Washington standards Standards

Environmental and Sustainability Education

How do we engineer solutions to a problem?

K–2 Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

How do the sun, moon, and stars cause patterns in what we see on Earth?

Earth and Space Sciences

How are living things similar and different from their parents?

How do the structures and behaviors of living things help them survive?

Life Science

What can light and sound do?

Physical Science

Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

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. [Engineering] [ESE]

Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

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.

Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. [Engineering]

Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.

Design an investigation to explore how money, society, and the environment are connected to environmental problems and sustainability solutions in local and tribal communities.

Explore school grounds to engage in inquiry and explain scientific phenomena related to how natural settings and human-built structures influence each other.

Apply the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate about and act on personal and collective solutions for sustainable communities.

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.

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.

Use evidence, data, and observation to notice and describe patterns in daylight and in the movement of the sun, moon, and stars.

Use modeling, investigation, and data to design, test, and improve solutions to simple problems that can be solved through engineering.

Use research and investigation to show and explain how plants and animals use parts and behaviors to survive: use learned understandings to engineer a solution to a human problem.

Use observational evidence to show and explain similarities and differences between plant and animal parents and their offspring.

Apply project-based learning to communicate about and act upon solutions for environmental problems in partnership with local communities, including tribes.

Use evidence, data, and investigation to show and explain how light and sound behave; use learned understandings to design a solution to a communication problem.

Networks and the Internet

Impacts of Computing

Data and Analysis

Computing Systems

Algorithms and Programming

Decompose (break down) a larger problem into smaller sub-problems with teacher guidance or independently.

Categorize a group of items based on the attributes or actions of each item, with or without a computing device.

Construct and execute algorithms (sets of step-by-step instructions) that include sequencing and simple loops to accomplish a task, both independently and collaboratively, with or without a computing device.

Use numbers or other symbols to represent data (e.g., thumbs up/down for yes/no, color by number, arrows for direction, encoding/decoding a word using numbers or pictographs).

Construct programs, to accomplish a task or as a means of creative expression, which include sequencing, events, and simple loops, using a block-based visual programming language, both independently and collaboratively (e.g., pair programming).

Plan and create a design document to illustrate thoughts, ideas, and stories in a sequential (step-by-step) manner (e.g., story map, storyboard, sequential graphic organizer).

Analyze and debug (fix) an algorithm that includes sequencing and simple loops, with or without a computing device.

Give credit when using code, music, or pictures (for example) that were created by others.

Identify, using accurate terminology, simple hardware and software problems that may occur during use (e.g., app or program not working as expected, no sound, device won't turn on).

Use appropriate terminology in naming and describing the function of common computing devices and components (e.g., desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet device, monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer).

Identify and use software that controls computational devices (e.g., use an app to draw on the screen, use software to write a story or control robots).

Use a computing device to store, search, retrieve, modify, and delete information and define the information stored as data.

Create a model of an object or process in order to identify patterns and essential elements (e.g., water cycle, butterfly life cycle, seasonal weather patterns).

Collect data over time and organize it in a chart or graph in order to make a prediction.

Compare and contrast examples of how computing technology has changed and improved the way people live, work, and interact.

Use computers or other computing devices to connect with people using a network (e.g., the Internet) to communicate, access, and share information as a class.

Use passwords to protect private information and discuss the effects of password misuse