Section 389.24245 - First grade: ScienceBy the beginning of the first grade, pupils must know and be able to do everything required in kindergarten for science offered in public schools. Instruction in the first grade in science must be designed so that pupils meet the following performance standards by the completion of the first grade:
1. For the area of physical science, understand waves and their application in technology for the transfer of information, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to: (a) Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound waves and that sound waves can make materials vibrate.(b) Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated by light waves.(c) Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.(d) Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound waves to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.2. For the area of life science, understand: (a) The structures and processes from molecules to organisms, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to: (1) Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow and meet their needs.(2) Read texts and use media to determine patterns in the behavior of parents and their offspring that help the offspring survive.(b) The inheritance and variation of traits of heredity, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals, including humans, are similar to, but not exactly the same as, their parents.3. For the area of earth science, understand the earth's place in the universe, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to: (a) Use observations of the sun, moon and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.(b) Make observations at different times of the year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.4. For the area of engineering technology, understand design, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to: (a) Ask questions, make observations and gather information about a situation which persons have a desire to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of new or improved objects or tools.(b) 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.(c) Analyze data from testing two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses displayed by each object.Nev. Admin. Code § 389.24245
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R084-13, eff. 6-23-2014; A by R141-14, eff. 10/27/2015NRS 385.080, 385.110, 389.0185, 389.520