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Science Content Standards, Kindergarten (use of the Aims book)

3.a
3.b
3.c

Characteristics of major landforms
Changes in weather affects Earth
Identify Earth resources used in everyday life

Science Content Standards, First Grade (use of the Aims book)

3.b
3.c

Weather changes day to day, trends are predictable in seasons
Sun warms land, air, water

Science Content Standards, Second Grade (use of the Aims book)

3.a
3.b
3.c
3.e

Compare physical properties of rocks; rocks are composed of different minerals
Smaller rocks come from breakage or weathering of larger rocks
Soil comes from weathered rock and organic materials
Rocks provide many resources

Science Content Standards, Third Grade

5.b

Differentiate evidence from opinion; observations must be confirmed

Science Content Standards, Fourth Grade

4.a
4.b
5.a
5.b
5.c

Differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, & metamorphic rocks, rock cycle
Identify common rock-forming minerals by using a table of diagnostic properties
Earth changes: slow & rapid processes
Natural processes: freezing & thawing, root growth, cause rocks to erode
Moving water erodes landforms

Science Content Standards, Fifth Grade

4

Changing weather patterns contribute to erosion

Science Content Standards, Sixth Grade

1
2

Plate tectonics accounts for major geologic events
Topography is reshaped by rock weathering & soil deposition

Science Content Standards, Seventh Grade

4.a
4.b
4.c

4.d

Geologic processes have large cumulative effects over long periods of time
Life on earth has been disrupted by huge geologic events
Rock cycle includes formation of new rocks; rocks often found in layers, lowest layer often the oldest
Evidence from rock layers allows approximate dating of Earth