Okla. Admin. Code § 210:15-3-5.6

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 210:15-3-5.6 - Science

(a)Pre-Kindergarten. Science knowledge is developed through experiences with real animals, plants and objects in the classroom and the environment.

(1)Science Processes and Inquiry. The child will investigate and experiment with objects to discover information.

(A) Develops increasing abilities to classify, compare, and contrast objects, events and experiences.

(B) Explores and becomes familiar with simple scientific tools (e.g., magnifying glass, magnet).

(C) Participate in simple experiments to discover information (e.g., bottles of water or homemade telephone to explore vibration and sound, simple scale to determine heavy and light).

(D) Ask questions, make predictions, and communicates observations orally and/or in drawings.

(E) Explores cause and effect (e.g., temperature determines clothing choices).

(2)Physical Science Standard. The child will investigate and describe objects that can be sorted in terms of their physical properties.

(A) Develops an awareness of the sensory attributes of objects according to taste, smell, hearing, touch, and sight.

(B) Develops an awareness of the properties of some objects (e.g., float-sink, heavy-light, rough-smooth, hard-soft, magnetic-nonmagnetic, solid-liquid, wet-dry).

(C) Observes and describes how objects move (e.g., slide, turn, twirl, roll).

(3)Life Science Standard. The child will observe and investigate plants and animals.

(A) Develops an awareness of what various plants and animals need for growth.

(B) Demonstrates a beginning awareness of the changes that plants and animals go through during their life (e.g., seed/plant, egg/chicken).

(C) Demonstrates a beginning awareness for the care of the plant and animal life around them.

(4)Earth Science Standard. The child will investigate and observe the basic concepts of the Earth.

(A) Develops an awareness of the properties of common earth materials (e.g., soil, rocks, water).

(B) Develops an awareness of daily weather (e.g., sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, hot, warm, cold).

(C) Develops an awareness of the four seasons (e.g., temperature, weather, appropriate clothing, changing leaves).

(D) Observes and participates in a variety of activities related to preserving the environment.

(b)Kindergarten. Science knowledge is developed through experiences with real animals, plants, and objects in the classroom and the environment.

(1)Process Standards. The student will investigate and experiment with objects to discover information.

(A) Observes, describes, sorts, and classifies objects according to their common properties (e.g., animals, plants, shells, rocks, buttons).

(B) Participate in simple experiments to discover information (e.g., bottles of water or homemade telephone to explore vibration and sound, simple scale to determine heavy light).

(C) Asks questions, makes predictions, and communicates observations orally and/or in drawings.

(D) Selects and describes simple science tools (e.g., simple magnet, magnifying glass, thermometer.

(E) Explores cause and effect (e.g., temperature determines clothing choices).

(2)Physical Science Standard. The student will investigate and describe objects that can be sorted in terms of physical properties.

(A) Observes, describes, sorts, and classifies the sensory attributes of objects according to taste, smell, hearing, touch, and light.

(B) Describes and compares the properties of some objects (e.g., magnetic-nonmagnetic, float-sink, heavy-light, rough-smooth, hard-soft, solid-liquid, wet-dry).

(C) Observes and describes how objects move (e.g., slide, turn, twirl, roll).

(3)Life Science Standard. The student will observe and investigate plants and animals.

(A) Observes and describes what various plants and animals need for growth.

(B) Observes and describes the changes that plants and animals go through during their life (e.g., seed/plant, egg/chicken).

(4)Earth Science Standard. The student will investigate and observe the basic concepts of the Earth and sky.

(A) Explores and describes the properties of common earth materials (e.g., soil, rocks, water).

(B) Observes and describes daily weather (e.g., sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, hot, warm, cold).

(C) Observes and describes characteristics of the four seasons (e.g., temperature, weather, appropriate clothing, changing leaves).

(D) Describes simple conservation measures used to protect the environment (e.g., recycling, careful use of water).

(E) Observes and describes characteristics of shadows (e.g, shadow at different times of day).

Okla. Admin. Code § 210:15-3-5.6

Added at 20 Ok Reg 159, eff 10-10-02 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 821, eff 5-15-03; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2264, eff 7-25-11