Indiana State Standards for Science: Kindergarten

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IN.K.1. The Nature of Science and Technology: Students are actively engaged in beginning to explore how their world works. They explore, observe, ask questions, discuss observations, and seek answers.

K.1.1. Scientific Inquiry: Raise questions about the natural world. 10
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K.1.2. The Scientific Enterprise: Begin to demonstrate that everybody can do science. 15
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IN.K.2. Scientific Thinking: Students use numbers, pictures, and words when observing and communicating to help them begin to answer their questions about the world.

K.2.1. Computation and Estimation: Use whole numbers, up to 10, in counting, identifying, sorting, and describing objects and experiences. 29
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K.2.2. Communication: Draw pictures and write words to describe objects and experiences. 26
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IN.K.3. The Physical Setting: Students investigate, describe, and discuss their natural surroundings. They begin to question why things move.

K.3.1. Matter and Energy: Describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of such as clay, cloth, paper, etc. 8
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K.3.2. Forces of Nature: Investigate that things move in different ways such as fast, slow, etc. 6
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IN.K.4. The Living Environment: Students ask questions about a variety of living things and everyday events that can be answered through shared observations.

K.4.1. Diversity of Life: Give examples of plants and animals. 31
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K.4.2. Diversity of Life: Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do. 27
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IN.K.5. The Mathematical World: Students use shapes to compare objects and they begin to recognize patterns.

K.5.1. Shapes and Symbolic Relationships: Use shapes, such as circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles, to describe different objects. 36
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IN.K.6. Common Themes: Students begin to understand how things are similar and how they are different. They look for ways to distinguish between different objects by observation.

K.6.1. Models and Scale: Describe an object by saying how it is similar to or different from another object. 3
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