Standards+for+Learning

[|Indiana State Standards]
 * STANDARDS FOR LEARNING: **


 * 1st Grade Indiana State Science Standards: **

1.1.1 - Observe, describe, draw, and sort objects carefully to learn about them. 1.1.2 - Investigate and make observations to seek answers to questions about the world, such as "In what ways do animals move?" 1.2.6 - Describe and compare objects in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion. 1.2.7 - Write brief informational descriptions of a real object, person, place, or event using information from observations. 1.6.1 - Observe and describe that models, such as toys, are like the real things in some ways but different in others.


 * 3rd Grade Indiana State Science Standards: **

3.1.3 - Keep and report records of investigations and observations using tools, such as journals, charts, graphs, and computers. 3.1.4 - Discuss the results of investigations and consider the explanations of others. 3.1.5 - Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively while respecting the ideas of others and communicating one's own conclusions about findings. 3.3.1 - Observe and describe the apparent motion of the sun and moon over a time span of one day. 3.3.4 - Observe and describe that the moon looks a little different every day, but looks the same again about every four weeks. 3.6.3 - Explain how a model of something is different from the real thing but can be used to learn something about the real thing.

3.6.4 - Take, record, and display counts and simple measurements of things over time. 3.6.5 - Observe that and describe how some changes are very slow and some are very fast and that some of these changes may be hard to see and/or record.

[|Library Information Literacy Standards]


 * Standards for the 21st-Century Learner: **

Standard 1: Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge

Standard 2: Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge

Standard 3: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.