Goal P-SCI 5. Child plans and conducts investigations and experiments. 36-48 Months: With adult 48-60 Months: With increasing 60 Months: Articulates steps to support engages in simple independence engages in some be taken and lists materials investigations and experiments parts of conducting complex needed for investigation or such as building a “bridge” out investigations or experiments. experiment. Implements steps of classroom materials and Increasingly able to articulate and uses materials to explore seeing how many dolls it will the steps that need to be taken testable questions such as “Do hold before it collapses. to conduct an investigation. plants need water to grow?” By Records data with teacher Uses more complex ways to planting seeds and giving water assistance mostly using pictures gather and record data such as to some but not to others. Uses and marks on a page. with adult support makes a senses and simple tools to graph that shows children’s observe, gather and record data favorite snacks. such as gathering data on where children’s families are from and creating a graph that shows the number of children from different countries. Goal P-SCI 6 Child analyzes results, draws conclusions and communicates results. 36-48 Months: With adult 48-60 Months: With increasing 60 Months: Analyzes and assistance analyzes and independence, analyzes and interprets data and summarizes interprets data. Draws interprets data and draws results of investigation. Draws conclusions and provides simple conclusions. With adult support conclusions, constructs descriptions of results. For compares results to initial explanations and verbalizes example, an adult suggests prediction and generates new cause and effect relationships. counting how may dolls can be questions or designs. For With adult support compares supported by a bridge before it example, after putting multiple results to initial prediction and breaks and along with the magnets together to create one offers evidence as to why they children counts, “One, two magnet that is not strong do or do not work. Generates three dolls. What happened enough to lift 10 paper clips, new testable questions based when we put on the next doll?” builds another and tries again. on results. Communicates A child says, “The bridge Communicates results, solutions results solutions and broke!” and conclusions in increasingly conclusions through a variety of complex ways through multiple methods, such as telling an methods. adult that plants need water to grow or putting dots on a map that show the number of children from each country.
Goal P-SCI 5. Child plans and conducts investigations and experiments. 36-48 Months: With adult support engages in simple investigations and experiments such as building a “bridge” out of classroom materials and seeing how many dolls it will hold before it collapses. Records data with teacher assistance mostly using pictures and marks on a page. 48-60 Months: With increasing independence engages in some parts of conducting complex investigations or experiments. Increasingly able to articulate the steps that need to be taken to conduct an investigation. Uses more complex ways to gather and record data such as with adult support makes a graph that shows children’s favorite snacks. 60 Months: Articulates steps to be taken and lists materials needed for investigation or experiment. Implements steps and uses materials to explore testable questions such as “Do plants need water to grow?” By planting seeds and giving water to some but not to others. Uses senses and simple tools to observe, gather and record data such as gathering data on where children’s families are from and creating a graph that shows the number of children from different countries. Goal P-SCI 6 Child analyzes results, draws conclusions and communicates results. 36-48 Months: With adult assistance analyzes and interprets data. Draws conclusions and provides simple descriptions of results. For example, an adult suggests counting how may dolls can be supported by a bridge before it breaks and along with the children counts, “One, two three dolls. What happened when we put on the next doll?” A child says, “The bridge broke!” 48-60 Months: With increasing independence, analyzes and interprets data and draws conclusions. With adult support compares results to initial prediction and generates new questions or designs. For example, after putting multiple magnets together to create one magnet that is not strong enough to lift 10 paper clips, builds another and tries again. Communicates results, solutions and conclusions in increasingly complex ways through multiple methods. 60 Months: Analyzes and interprets data and summarizes results of investigation. Draws conclusions, constructs explanations and verbalizes cause and effect relationships. With adult support compares results to initial prediction and offers evidence as to why they do or do not work. Generates new testable questions based on results. Communicates results solutions and conclusions through a variety of methods, such as telling an adult that plants need water to grow or putting dots on a map that show the number of children from each country.