What does a student learn in StateNew Jersey,GradeGrade 1,SubjectScience?

Students come up with questions about the world around them that can be tested or explored. They also describe simple problems that could be solved by building or designing something.

Students draw or build simple models, like a picture of the sun and clouds, to show how something in nature works or how a design solves a problem.

Students plan simple tests and collect information to find out if their ideas are right. They learn that trying something out is how scientists check what they think they know.

Students look at data from experiments or observations to find patterns and explain what the information means.

Students use counting, measuring, or simple patterns to help explain what they observe in science. A ruler, a tally chart, or a number line becomes a tool for answering a question, not just a math exercise.

Students look at what they observed or tested, then put together a simple explanation for why something happened. The explanation has to be backed by what they actually saw or found out.

Students look at two possible explanations for something they observed and decide which one the evidence better supports. They practice saying why one idea makes more sense than another.

Students gather facts about a science topic, decide if the information makes sense, and share what they learned with others.

Students learn that everything around them is made of tiny pieces too small to see. They explore how those pieces connect and interact to explain why things look, feel, or behave the way they do.

Students push, pull, and observe how objects start moving, stop, or change direction. They learn that harder pushes make bigger changes and that objects stay put until something moves them.

Students explore how energy moves and changes form. They observe everyday examples, like how heat from the sun warms a surface or how a rolling ball slows down as it transfers energy to the ground.

Students learn how waves carry sound, light, and signals from one place to another. They explore how we use waves to share information, like how a phone call travels or how a flashlight beam crosses a room.

Students look closely at living things to learn how their parts work. A leaf, a root, or a fin each has a job that helps the organism survive.

Students explore how plants, animals, and other living things in a neighborhood of nature depend on each other for food and survival. They look at how water, air, and nutrients move through that community and keep it running.

Students look at how parents and their offspring share some traits (like fur color or leaf shape) but not others. They notice that living things pass traits to their young, and that those young still have small differences.

Students look at different plants and animals to see what they have in common and how they differ. Over time, living things change in ways that help them survive.

Students learn where Earth sits in space and how the sun, moon, and stars follow predictable patterns across the sky. They also explore how Earth itself has changed over a very long time.

Students explore how Earth's land, water, air, and living things work together. They look at how rain fills rivers, how wind shapes soil, and how plants and animals depend on all of it.

Students explore how people affect the land, water, and air around them, and how storms, floods, and other natural events can disrupt daily life.

Students look at a problem, come up with ideas to fix it, and then test those ideas to see what works best. If something doesn't work, they adjust and try again.

Students look at how inventions like phones or bridges change everyday life, and how everyday needs push people to build new things.