AISL Grade 1 Benchmarks in Science

(Revised June, 2010)

• AISL.SCI.01. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and properties of matter
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• AISL.SCI.01.G1.01 Know that materials come in different forms (states) including solids, liquids and gases and these forms have different properties.
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• AISL.SCI.01.G1.02 Know the properties of substances can change when the substances are mixed, cooled or heated.
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• AISL.SCI.02. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the sources and properties of energy.
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• AISL.SCI.02.G1.01 Understand energy sources
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• AISL.SCI.03. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of forces and motion.
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• AISL.SCI.03.G1.01 Observe and understand how objects move in different ways if they are pushed or pulled.
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• AISL.SCI.03.G1.02 Observe and understand how gravity and magnets make things move.
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• AISL.SCI.04. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of living systems.
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• AISL.SCI.04.G1.01 Understand that plants and animals meet their needs in different ways.
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• AISL.SCI.04.G1.02 Identify the parts of a plant and the purpose of each part.
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• AISL.SCI.05. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of reproduction and heredity
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• AISL.SCI.05.G1.01 Learn the life cycle of frogs and butterflies.
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• AISL.SCI.05.G1.02 Identify ways animals change as they grow and mature.
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• AISL.SCI.06. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit them.
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• AISL.SCI.06.G1.01 Understand that different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places
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• AISL.SCI.06.G1.02 Explain ways that people can protect natural resources and the environment.
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• AISL.SCI.07. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the diversity and adaptations of organisms
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• AISL.SCI.07.G1.01 Communicate information about an animal's environment.
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• AISL.SCI.07.G1.02 Describe plant and animal adaptation and their functions.
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• AISL.SCI.08. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of human body systems and healthy physical growth.
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• AISL.SCI.08.G1.01 Identify the five senses and the body part associated with each sense.
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• AISL.SCI.09. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the earth's composition and structure.
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• AISL.SCI.09.G1.01 Identify, classify and describe different landforms.
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• AISL.SCI.10. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will understand the processes that shape the earth.
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• AISL.SCI.10.G1.01 Explain how water changes the Earth's surface.
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• AISL.SCI.11. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the composition and structure of the universe and the earth's place in it.
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• AISL.SCI.11.G1.01 Identify what makes up the solar system
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• AISL.SCI.12. SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Students will demonstrate the use of the scientific method.
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• AISL.SCI.12.G1.01 Collect data, make observations and draw conclusions.
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• AISL.SCI.13. SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Students will be able to demonstrate scientific thinking
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• AISL.SCI.13.G1.01 Use scientific methods in conducting experiments and draw conclusions from observations to prove or disprove hypothesis