Wondering & Testing: The Living World
Objectives
- D06.S1.02.01 Make a prediction, test it by doing, and tell whether the result matched the prediction.
- D06.S1.02.02 Sort and group objects or events by one or more features and explain how they grouped them.
- D06.S2.02.01 Describe the life cycle of a plant or animal (such as seed to plant or egg to adult) in order.
- D06.S2.02.02 Observe and describe a habitat and the living things that call it home.
- D06.S3.02.01 Sort materials by their properties and explain how properties make them useful for different jobs.
- D06.S3.02.02 Describe how sound, light, and heat are forms of energy we can observe.
- D06.S4.02.01 Describe how the Sun warms the Earth and gives light that living things need.
- D06.S4.02.02 Describe rocks, soil, and water and how they make up the land we live on.
Essential questions
- How do I predict, test, and see whether my guess was right?
- What do living things need, and how do the Sun and the land help them?
Big ideas
- Science is predicting, testing, and seeing — I can sort, predict, and check.
- Living things grow and change, and the Sun, rocks, soil, and water shape the world.
Lessons
- 1 Wonder Becomes a Prediction 50 minutes
- 2 Test It and See 50 minutes
- 3 Sort and Group 50 minutes
- 4 A Seed Grows 50 minutes
- 5 A Habitat Is a Home 50 minutes
- 6 Materials and Their Jobs 50 minutes
- 7 Sound, Light, and Heat 50 minutes
- 8 The Sun Warms the Earth 50 minutes
- 9 Rocks, Soil, and Water 50 minutes
- 10 The Living World Wonder Fair 50 minutes
Assessment plan
A prediction-and-test record, a sorting task, and a life-cycle drawing as portfolio artifacts; observation of "why?" questions and close looking.
Unit 6 — Wondering & Testing: The Living World
Overview
This unit turns wonder into prediction and test, building on Grade 1’s five-senses observation and Kindergarten’s “why?” questions. Learners make a prediction, test it by doing, and tell whether the result matched; sort and group objects by features; describe the life cycle of a plant or animal in order; observe and describe a habitat; sort materials by properties and explain how those properties make them useful; notice that sound, light, and heat are forms of energy; describe how the Sun warms the Earth and gives light; and describe rocks, soil, and water as the land we live on. Questions are held as questions, and evidence is distinguished from belief.
Essential questions
- How do I predict, test, and see whether my guess was right?
- What do living things need, and how do the Sun and the land help them?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wonder Becomes a Prediction | D06.S1.02.01 |
| 2 | Test It and See | D06.S1.02.01 |
| 3 | Sort and Group | D06.S1.02.02 |
| 4 | A Seed Grows | D06.S2.02.01 |
| 5 | A Habitat Is a Home | D06.S2.02.02 |
| 6 | Materials and Their Jobs | D06.S3.02.01 |
| 7 | Sound, Light, and Heat | D06.S3.02.02 |
| 8 | The Sun Warms the Earth | D06.S4.02.01 |
| 9 | Rocks, Soil, and Water | D06.S4.02.02 |
| 10 | The Living World Wonder Fair | D06.S1.02.01, D06.S1.02.02, D06.S2.02.01, D06.S2.02.02, D06.S3.02.01, D06.S3.02.02, D06.S4.02.01, D06.S4.02.02 |