Highlights Tour Standards

KINDERGARTEN:

• GLE 0007.Inq.1 Observe the world of familiar objects using the senses and tools.
• GLE 0007.2.1 Recognize that some things are living and some are not.
• GLE 0007.11.1 Explore different ways that objects move.

1ST GRADE:

• GLE 0107.Inq.1 Observe the world of familiar objects using the senses and tools.
• GLE 0107.2.1 Distinguish between living and non-living things in an environment.
• GLE 0107.5.2 Recognize that some organisms which formerly lived are no longer found on earth.
• GLE 0107.7.1 Realize that water, rocks, soil, living organisms, and man-made objects make up the earth’s surface.
• GLE 0107.11.1 Investigate how forces (push, pull) can move an object or change its direction.
• GLE 0107.12.1 Investigate materials that are attracted to magnets.

2ND GRADE:

• GLE 0207.Inq.1 Observe the world of familiar objects using the senses and tools.
• GLE 0207.2.1 Investigate the habitats of different kinds of local plants and animals.
• GLE 0207.5.1 Investigate the relationship between an animal’s characteristics and the features of the environment where it lives.
• GLE 0207.5.2 Draw conclusions from fossils about organisms that lived in the past.
• GLE 0207.7.2 Describe rocks according to their origin, size, shape, texture, and color.

THIRD GRADE:

• GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed.
• GLE 0307.1.1 Use magnifiers to make observations of specific plant and animal body parts and describe their functions.
• GLE 0307.2.1 Categorize things as living or non-living.
• GLE 0307.5.2 Classify organisms as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
• GLE 0307.7.2 Recognize that rocks can be composed of one or more minerals.
• GLE 0307.11.1 Explore how the direction of a moving object is affected by unbalanced forces.
• GLE 0307.11.3 Investigate how the pitch and volume of a sound can be changed.

FOURTH GRADE:

• GLE 0407.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed.
• GLE 0407.5.1 Analyze physical and behavioral adaptations that enable organisms to survive in their environment.
• GLE 0407.10.1 Distinguish among heat, radiant, and chemical forms of energy.
• GLE 0407.11.2 Design a simple investigation to demonstrate how friction affects the movement of an object.
• GLE 0407.11.3 Investigate the relationship between the speed of an object and the distance traveled during a certain time period.
• GLE 0407.12.2 Observe that electrically charged objects exert a pull on other materials.
• GLE 0407.12.3 Explain how electricity in a simple circuit requires a complete loop through which current can pass.

FIFTH GRADE:

• GLE 0507.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems.
• GLE 0507.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed.
• GLE 0507.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem.
• GLE 0507.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, and the availability of new tools and technologies.
• GLE 0507.5.2 Analyze fossils to demonstrate the connection between organisms and environments that existed in the past and those that currently exist.
• GLE 0507.10.1 Design an experiment to illustrate the difference between potential and kinetic energy.
• GLE 0507.12.1 Recognize that the earth attracts objects without directly touching them.