Grade Level Performance Indicator Progression for Science
	Correlation of Kids Invent curriculum to benchmarks
Benchmarks Grades K-3	Fast&Furious	Spin&Soar	Chase&Challg	Swing&Swish	Push&Paddle	Rotate&Run	Examples of class activities
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Generate ideas, questions about objects, organisms, events, places	●	●	●	●	●	●	Inventing generates ideas and questions
Conduct simple investigation using systematic observations	●	●	●	●	●	●	Experiments lead to invention idea
Collect data using simple tools, equipment, techniques	●	●	●	●	●	●	Building and testing inventions
Analyze data to construct a reasonable explanation	●	●	●	●	●	●	Science concepts discussed
Appropriately communicate investigations to an audience	●	●	●	●	●	●	Presentations to class, if time allows
Defend or revise ideas based on evidence	●	●	●	●	●	●	Interaction with instructors
LIVING THE VALUES, ATTITUDES, COMMITMENTS OF INQUIRING MIND
Report observations accurately (HONESTY)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Determining if inventions work properly
Ask questions starting with What, Where, Why, Whom, How (CRITICAL-MINDEDNESS)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Inventing based on asking questions
Examine perspectives of a question, situation or problem (OBJECTIVITY)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Figuring out how inventions work
Examine ideas presented by others (OPEN-MINDEDNESS)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Evaluating results of others' inventions
Ask wondering questions (QUESTIONING)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Developed in inventing process
Share new experiences and knowledge from investigations (SELF-DIRECTED)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Both individual and team inventions
Ask questions and describe the wonder about the world around us (VALUE SCIENCE)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Science concepts discussed
USING UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Identify components of a system that performs a function (SYSTEM)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Invention is a system of created parts
Observe and describe changes that occur in nature (CHANGE)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Testing inventions
Describe changes (or lack of change) in size, weight, color or movement of things (SCALE)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Used in designing/building inventions
Uses a model, such as a toy or picture, to describe features of an original (MODEL)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Models are shown as examples
SAFETY
Apply school, classroom, laboratory, field trip rules for safe learning environment	●	●	●	●	●	●	Applied in the classroom
Identify potentially unsafe conditions prior to activity to prevent accidents	●	●	●	●	●	●	Applied in the classroom
Follow prescribed scientific procedures under teacher supervision	●	●	●	●	●	●	Applied in the classroom
Handle live organisms under proper supervision
Apply appropriate safety protocols when conduction scientific activities	●	●	●	●	●	●	Applied in the classroom, not documented
RELATING NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY TO SCIENCE
Identify a simple problem dealing with people changing the environment	●	●	●	●	●	●	Inventing starts with a problem to solve
Gather information to solve that problem	●	●	●	●	●	●	Considering ways to make invention
Draw conclusions about information and arrive at alternative solutions	●	●	●	●	●	●	Testing inventions
Make judgments about solutions based on information	●	●	●	●	●	●	Testing and modifying inventions
State solution as a recommendation	●	●	●	●	●	●	Interaction with instructors
UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND CHARACTER OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Identify skills of asking questions and comparing answers (SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Discussion about science/inventions
Give examples where scientists use tools for accurate observation (SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY)							Tools used to test inventions
Describe how scientists prove conclusions (SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Testing used to prove concepts work
Describe events/people making contributions to science/technology  (SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE)							Work of some scientists discussed
INTERDEPENDENCE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
Identify new and old technologies							Occassionally discussed
Describe how technology has improved lives							Not explicit but inventions improve life
Tell how sanitary practices and medicines keep people healthy
"MALAMA I KA'AINA" SUSTAINABILITY
Trace food technology from planting to human consumption
Identify ways natural resources can be conserved
UNITY AND DIVERSITY
Describe the similarities and differences of plants and animals in their appearances, behaviors and habitats.
Identify the different structures and functions of organisms that allow them to survive in the environment.
INTERDEPENDENCE
Identify and give examples of the various interactions within a local environment.
Explain interdependence in the environment by using photosynthesis as an example.
CYCLE OF MATTER AND ENERGY FLOW
Compare and contrast the biological needs of plants and animals.
Give examples of matter or energy being recycled in the environment.
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
Give examples of organisms that lived on earth and are no longer present.
HEREDITY
Identify ways in which some offspring are very much like their parents, although not exactly.
CELLS, TISSUES, AND ORGANS
(No Benchmarks for this cluster.)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(No Benchmarks for this cluster.)
WELLNESS
HUMAN BODY FUNCTIONS - Identify the sensory organs that enable the human body to respond.
PHYSICAL HEALTH - Identify elements that will lead to maintaining a healthy body.
PHYSICAL HEALTH - Describe how tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, toxic materials can harm human beings.
MENTAL HEALTH - Give examples of how different people handle their feelings or behave differently.
LEARNING AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
LEARNING - Identify factors that affect learning such as different interests, motivation, skills, and talents.
LEARNING - Explain how people learn from each other by telling/listening, showing/watching, imitating.
BEHAVIOR - Explain how people are grouped by common behavior such as culture and learning style.
BEHAVIOR - Explain how families, classrooms, societies have different roles and patterns of behavior.
NATURE OF MATTER
Identify the properties of matter from which objects are made.			●				Properties of chemicals
ENERGY, ITS TRANSFORMATION AND MATTER
Illustrate that the sun warms the land, air, and water.
FORCES, MOTION, SOUND, AND LIGHT
MOTION - Describe the ways or paths things can move such as back and forth, zigzag, and circular.	●	●			●		Concepts of spin, turning, rotating.
MOTION - Describe a method to change how something is moving, such as applying more or less force.	●	●		●	●	●	Concepts of force, action, reaction, etc.
SOUND - Describe how things make sound.
UNIVERSE
Observe and describe the properties, locations, and movements of celestial objects in the sky.
FORCES OF THE UNIVERSE
Describe how things near the Earth fall to the ground unless something holds them up.	●	●		●	●	●	Concept of gravity
Describe how magnets can make some things move without being touched.		●					Magnets used to create games
EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Describe the movements of the sun, moon and stars throughout the day.
Describe how weather changes from day to day and over the seasons.
FORCES THAT SHAPE THE EARTH
Give examples of different Earth materials and how they are used.
Classify chunks of rocks by size and shape.