| HighScope COR | Preschool Academic Standards | Teaching Strategies GOLD | Colorado Building Blocks | Head Start Child Development & Early Learning Framework |
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FF - Identifying natural and living things 0 - Child watches, picks up, examines, or uses a natural object or material. |
Science Physical Science 1 - Objects have properties and characteristics a - Use senses to gather information about objects Science Life Science 1 - Living things have characteristics and basic needs a - Use senses to gather information about living things Science Life Science 1 - Living things have characteristics and basic needs b - Observe and explore the natural processes of growing, changing, and adapting to the environment Science Earth Systems Science 1 - Earth’s materials have properties and characteristics that affect how we use those materials a - Use senses to gather information about Earth’s materials |
Science and Technology 24 - Uses scientific inquiry skills - - Science and Technology 25 - Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things - - Science and Technology 25 - Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things - - Science and Technology 27 - Demonstrates knowledge of Earth’s environment - - |
Science 2 - Scientific Knowledge Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. b - Use tools and their senses to make observations, gather and record information and make predictions about what might happen. Science 2 - Scientific Knowledge Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. b - Use tools and their senses to make observations, gather and record information and make predictions about what might happen. Science 2 - Scientific Knowledge Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. b - Use tools and their senses to make observations, gather and record information and make predictions about what might happen. Science 3 - Scientific Skills and Methods Children begin to use scientific tools and methods to learn about their world. a - Explore the natural processes of growing, changing and adapting to the environment. |
Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Uses senses and tools, including technology, to gather information, investigate materials, and observe processes and relationships. Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Uses senses and tools, including technology, to gather information, investigate materials, and observe processes and relationships. Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Uses senses and tools, including technology, to gather information, investigate materials, and observe processes and relationships. Science Knowledge & Skills Conceptual Knowledge of the Natural & Physical World: The acquisition of concepts and facts related to the natural and physical world and the understanding of naturally-occurring relationships. Observes, describes, and discusses living things and natural processes. |
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FF - Identifying natural and living things 1 - Child names a natural object or material. |
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FF - Identifying natural and living things 2 - Child performs an action helpful to plants or animals. |
Science Life Science 2 - Living things develop in predictable patterns a - a. Identify the common needs such as food, air, and water of familiar living things |
Science and Technology 25 - Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things - - |
Science 3 - Scientific Skills and Methods Children begin to use scientific tools and methods to learn about their world. a - Explore the natural processes of growing, changing and adapting to the environment. |
Science Knowledge & Skills Conceptual Knowledge of the Natural & Physical World: The acquisition of concepts and facts related to the natural and physical world and the understanding of naturally-occurring relationships. Observes, describes, and discusses living things and natural processes. |
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FF - Identifying natural and living things 3 - Child characterizes something as living or not living. |
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FF - Identifying natural and living things 4 - Child identifies a change (in a material or the environment) and a possible cause. |
Science Physical Science 2 - There are cause-and-effect relationships in everyday experiences a - Recognize and investigate cause-and-effect relationships in everyday experiences – pushing, pulling, kicking, rolling, or blowing objects Science Life Science 2 - Living things develop in predictable patterns b - Predict, explain, and infer patterns based on observations and representations of living things, their needs, and life cycles Science Life Science 2 - Living things develop in predictable patterns c - Make and record by drawing, acting out, or describing observations of living things and how they change over time Science Earth Systems Science 1 - Earth’s materials have properties and characteristics that affect how we use those materials b - Make simple observations, explanations, and generalizations about Earth’s materials based on real-life experiences |
Cognitive 12 - Remembers and connects experiences b - Makes connections 6 - Draws on everyday experiences and applies this knowledge to a similar situation Cognitive 14 - Uses symbols and images to represent something not present a - Thinks symbolically 6 - Plans and then uses drawings, constructions, movements, and dramatizations to represent ideas Mathematics 23 - Demonstrates knowledge of patterns - 6 - Extends and creates simple repeating patterns Science and Technology 26 - Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials - - |
Science 2 - Scientific Knowledge Children learn about the development of the natural and physical world. c - Investigate changes in materials and cause-effect relationships. Science 3 - Scientific Skills and Methods Children begin to use scientific tools and methods to learn about their world. a - Explore the natural processes of growing, changing and adapting to the environment. Science 3 - Scientific Skills and Methods Children begin to use scientific tools and methods to learn about their world. b - Make simple observations, predictions, explanations and generalizations based on real life experiences. Science 3 - Scientific Skills and Methods Children begin to use scientific tools and methods to learn about their world. b - Make simple observations, predictions, explanations and generalizations based on real life experiences. Science 3 - Scientific Skills and Methods Children begin to use scientific tools and methods to learn about their world. b - Make simple observations, predictions, explanations and generalizations based on real life experiences. |
Logic & Reasoning Reasoning & Problem Solving: The ability to recognize, understand, and analyze a problem and draw on knowledge or experience to seek solutions to a problem. Recognizes cause and effect relationships. Logic & Reasoning Reasoning & Problem Solving: The ability to recognize, understand, and analyze a problem and draw on knowledge or experience to seek solutions to a problem. Uses past knowledge to build new knowledge. Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Collects, describes, and records information through discussions, drawings, maps, and charts. Science Knowledge & Skills Scientific Skills & Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. Describes and discusses predictions, explanations, and generalizations based on past experience. Science Knowledge & Skills Conceptual Knowledge of the Natural & Physical World: The acquisition of concepts and facts related to the natural and physical world and the understanding of naturally-occurring relationships. Observes, describes, and discusses living things and natural processes. |
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FF - Identifying natural and living things 5 - Child identifies where a natural object or material comes from. |
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