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Our Place in Space
Grades 1 - 2
Solve a crossword puzzle about where we live in space. Learn about stars, planets, gravity, and how the Earth’s rotation causes day and night.
CT - Grades PreK-2 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
A INQ. 4 - Read, write, listen and speak about observations of the natural world.
1.1 - The sun appears to move across the sky in the same way every day, but its path changes gradually over the seasons.
A11. Describe the apparent movement of the sun across the sky and the changes in the length and direction of shadows during the day.
1.4 - The properties of materials and organisms can be described more accurately through the use of standard measuring units.
A17. Estimate, measure and compare the sizes and weights of different objects and organisms using standard and nonstandard measuring tools.
MA - Earth & Space Science, Grades PreK – 2
Earth’s Materials
1. Recognize that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms are found on the earth’s surface.
The Sun as a Source of Light and Heat
4. Recognize that the sun supplies heat and light to the earth and is necessary for life.
Periodic Phenomena
5. Identify some events around us that have repeating patterns, including the seasons of the year, day and night.
MA – Life Science (Biology) – Grades PreK – 2
Characteristics of Living Things
1. Recognize that animals (including humans) and plants are living things that grow, reproduce, and need food, air, and water.
Living Things and their Environment
6. Recognize that people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.
MA – Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics), Grades PreK – 2
Position and Motion of Objects
4. Demonstrate that the way to change the motion of an object is to apply a force (give it a push or a pull). The greater the force, the greater the change in the motion of the object.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Elementary)
Physical Setting
1. The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective.
Students:
- describe patterns of daily, monthly, and seasonal changes in their environment.
5. Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.
Students:
- describe the effects of common forces (pushes and pulls) on objects, such as those caused by gravity, magnetism, and mechanical forces.
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