What does a student learn in StateNorth Carolina,GradeKindergarten,SubjectScience?

Students sort and describe everyday objects by how they look, feel, and move. A rock is hard; a cotton ball is soft. Physical properties like color, shape, size, and texture tell us what something is made of and what it can do.

Students sort everyday objects by what they can see, feel, and lift: how big or small something is, what color and shape it has, whether it feels rough or smooth, and whether it bends or stays stiff.

Students look at everyday materials like clay, wood, and cloth, then explain why each one is useful for certain jobs based on what it feels, looks, or acts like.

Students describe where things are (near, far, above, below) and how they move (fast, slow, rolling, spinning). They practice this with everyday objects and living things they can see around them.

Students use toys, drawings, or real objects to practice position words like "above," "below," "beside," and "in front of." They describe where things are in the classroom and outside.

Students watch and test how things move: a ball rolling straight, a toy swinging back and forth, or a leaf spinning as it falls. They try moving objects different ways and notice the difference between fast and slow.

Living things grow, eat, and move on their own. Students sort animals, plants, rocks, and water into groups based on what living things do and what they don't.

Students sort living things from nonliving things by looking at how they grow, move, and what they need to survive. A dog grows and needs food; a rock does not.

Animals use their body parts in different ways: sharp claws to catch food, thick shells to stay safe, strong legs to run. Students show how each body part helps the animal survive, using drawings or simple models.

Students sort living things by features they share and features that set them apart, like how a dog and a cat both have fur but one barks and the other meows.

Students look at pictures or real examples of the same kind of animal and notice what is alike and what is different, such as two dogs that share four legs but have different colors or ear shapes.

Students look at pictures or real plants of the same type and notice what is alike and what is different, such as leaf shape or color. Not every plant looks exactly the same, even when they belong to the same family.

Students learn to notice how weather changes from day to day and across seasons. They describe what they see outside: sunny or cloudy, warm or cold, rainy or snowy.

Students look at simple weather data, like temperature or rainfall records, and describe how the environment changes from sunny days to rainy ones. They learn to spot patterns in what weather does to the world around them.

Students track the weather each day, noting whether it is sunny, rainy, or cold, and look for patterns in how the weather shifts from one day to the next and across the seasons.

Students look at weather across the four seasons and describe what changes, like why winter feels colder than summer or why spring brings more rain.