AISL Kindergarten 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.KG.01 Explore and describe different forms of matter.
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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.KG.01 Investigate the sources of energy
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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.KG.01 Identify living and nonliving things
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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.KG.01 Observe how people are similar to their parents.
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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.KG.01 Identify the interdependency of living and nonliving things in an 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.KG.01 Understand that animals and plants grow and change over time.
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• AISL.SCI.07.KG.02 Understand that plants and animals depend on each other to survive.
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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.KG.01 Identify different body parts.
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• AISL.SCI.08.KG.02 Identify the sense organs.
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• AISL.SCI.08.KG.03 Follow healthy habits.
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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.KG.01 Investigate different types of land (soil, rock)
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• AISL.SCI.09.KG.02 Explore how objects react in water
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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.KG.01 Describe the characteristics of day and night.
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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.KG.01 Observe how the sun, moon, and earth interact.