Invention Convention TEKS ALIGNMENT

• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures and uses environmentally appropriate and responsible practices. The student is expected to:
  • Demonstrate how to use, conserve, and dispose of natural resources and materials such as conserving water and reusing or recycling paper, plastic, and metal
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student develops abilities to ask questions and seek answers in classroom and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
  • Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events observed in the natural world
  • Plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations such as ways objects move
  • Collect data and make observations using simple equipment such as hand lenses, primary balances, and non-standard measurement tools
  • Communicate observations with others about simple descriptive investigations
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows that information and critical thinking are used in scientific problem solving. The student is expected to:
  • Identify and explain a problem such as the impact of littering on the playground and propose a solution in his/her own words
  • Make predictions based on observable patterns in nature such as the shapes of leaves
  • Explore that scientists investigate different things in the natural world and use tools to help in their investigations
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses age-appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural world. The student is expected to:
  • Use senses as a tool of observation to identify properties and patterns of organisms, objects, and events in the environment
• Matter and energy. The student knows that objects have properties and patterns. The student is expected to:
  • Observe and record properties of objects, including relative size and mass, such as bigger or smaller and heavier or lighter, shape, color, and texture
•  Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that energy, force, and motion are related and are a part of their everyday life. The student is expected to:
  • Use the five senses to explore different forms of energy such as light, heat, and sound
  • Explore interactions between magnets and various materials
  • Observe and describe the location of an object in relation to another such as above, below, behind, in front of, and beside
  • Observe and describe the ways that objects can move such as in a straight line, zigzag, up and down, back and forth, round and round, and fast and slow

• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures and uses environmentally appropriate and responsible practices. The student is expected to:
  • Identify and learn how to use natural resources and materials, including conservation and reuse or recycling of paper, plastic, and metals
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student develops abilities to ask questions and seek answers in classroom and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
  • Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events observed in the natural world
  • Plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations such as ways objects move
  • Collect data and make observations using simple equipment such as hand lenses, primary balances, and non-standard measurement tools
  • Communicate observations and provide reasons for explanations using student-generated data from simple descriptive investigations
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows that information and critical thinking are used in scientific problem solving. The student is expected to:
  • Identify and explain a problem such as finding a home for a classroom pet and propose a solution in his/her own words
  • Make predictions based on observable patterns
  • Describe what scientists do
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses age-appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural world. The student is expected to:
  • Collect, record, and compare information using tools, including computers, hand lenses, primary balances, cups, bowls, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles; timing devices, including clocks and timers; non-standard measuring items such as paper clips and clothespins; weather instruments such as classroom demonstration thermometers and wind socks; and materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as aquariums and terrariums
  • Measure and compare organisms and objects using non-standard units
• Matter and energy. The student knows that objects have properties and patterns. The student is expected to:
  • Classify objects by observable properties of the materials from which they are made such as larger and smaller, heavier and lighter, shape, color, and texture
•  Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that force, motion, and energy are related and are a part of everyday life. The student is expected to:
  • Identify and discuss how different forms of energy such as light, heat, and sound are important to everyday life
  • Predict and describe how a magnet can be used to push or pull an object
  • Describe the change in the location of an object such as closer to, nearer to, and farther from
  • Demonstrate and record the ways that objects can move such as in a straight line, zig zag, up and down, back and forth, round and round, and fast and slow

•  Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures. The student is expected to:
  • Identify and demonstrate how to use, conserve, and dispose of natural resources and materials such as conserving water and reuse or recycling of paper, plastic, and metal
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student develops abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in classroom and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
  • Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events during observations and investigations
  • Plan and conduct descriptive investigations such as how organisms grow
  • Collect data from observations using simple equipment such as hand lenses, primary balances, thermometers, and non-standard measurement tools
  • Communicate observations and justify explanations using student-generated data from simple descriptive investigations
  • Compare results of investigations with what students and scientists know about the world
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows that information and critical thinking, scientific problem solving, and the contributions of scientists are used in making decisions. The student is expected to:
  • Identify and explain a problem in his/her own words and propose a task and solution for the problem such as lack of water in a habitat
  • Make predictions based on observable patterns
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses age-appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural world. The student is expected to:
  • Collect, record, and compare information using tools, including computers, hand lenses, rulers, primary balances, plastic beakers, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles; timing devices, including clocks and stopwatches; weather instruments such as thermometers, wind vanes, and rain gauges; and materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums
  • Measure and compare organisms and objects using non-standard units that approximate metric units
• Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has physical properties and those properties determine how it is described, classified, changed, and used. The student is expected to:
  • Classify matter by physical properties, including shape, relative mass, relative temperature, texture, flexibility, and whether material is a solid or liquid
  • Demonstrate that things can be done to materials to change their physical properties such as cutting, folding, sanding, and melting
  • Combine materials that when put together can do things that they cannot do by themselves such as building a tower or a bridge and justify the selection of those materials based on their physical properties
• Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that forces cause change and energy exists in many forms. The student is expected to:
  • Investigate the effects on an object by increasing or decreasing amounts of light, heat, and sound energy such as how the color of an object appears different in dimmer light or how heat melts butter
  • Observe and identify how magnets are used in everyday life
  • Trace the changes in the position of an object over time such as a cup rolling on the floor and a car rolling down a ramp
  • Compare patterns of movement of objects such as sliding, rolling, and spinning

• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations following school and home safety procedures and environmentally appropriate practices. The student is expected to:
  • Demonstrate safe practices as described in the Texas Safety Standards during classroom and outdoor investigations, including observing a schoolyard habitat
  • Make informed choices in the use and conservation of natural resources by recycling or reusing materials such as paper, aluminum cans, and plastics
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during laboratory and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
  • Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed, to solve a specific problem in the natural world
  • Collect data by observing and measuring using the metric system and recognize differences between observed and measured data
  • Analyze and interpret patterns in data to construct reasonable explanations based on evidence from investigations
  • Demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results
  • Communicate valid conclusions supported by data in writing, by drawing pictures, and through verbal discussion
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows that information, critical thinking, scientific problem solving, and the contributions of scientists are used in making decisions. The student is expected to:
  • In all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student
  • Represent the natural world using models such as volcanoes or Sun, Earth, and Moon system and identify their limitations, including size, properties, and materials
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows how to use a variety of tools and methods to conduct science inquiry. The student is expected to:
  • Collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including microscopes, cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, pan balances, graduated cylinders, beakers, spring scales, hot plates, meter sticks, compasses, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, sound recorders, and Sun, Earth, and Moon system models; timing devices, including clocks and stopwatches; and materials to support observation of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums
  • Use safety equipment as appropriate, including safety goggles and gloves
• Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. The student is expected to:
  • Measure, test, and record physical properties of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float
• Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that forces cause change and that energy exists in many forms. The student is expected to:
  • Explore different forms of energy, including mechanical, light, sound, and heat/thermal in everyday life
  • Demonstrate and observe how position and motion can be changed by pushing and pulling objects to show work being done such as swings, balls, pulleys, and wagons
  • Observe forces such as magnetism and gravity acting on objects

• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations, following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices. The student is expected to:
  • Demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment as described in the Texas Safety Standards during classroom and outdoor investigations
  • Make informed choices in the use and conservation of natural resources and reusing and recycling of materials such as paper, aluminum, glass, cans, and plastic
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during laboratory and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
  • Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking well-defined questions, making inferences, and selecting and using appropriate equipment or technology to answer his/her questions
  • Collect and record data by observing and measuring, using the metric system, and using descriptive words and numerals such as labeled drawings, writing, and concept maps
  • Analyze data and interpret patterns to construct reasonable explanations from data that can be observed and measured
  • Perform repeated investigations to increase the reliability of results
  • Communicate valid, oral, and written results supported by data
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses critical thinking and scientific problem solving to make informed decisions. The student is expected to:
  • In all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student
  • Represent the natural world using models such as rivers, stream tables, or fossils and identify their limitations, including accuracy and size
•  Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows how to use a variety of tools, materials, equipment, and models to conduct science inquiry. The student is expected to:
  • Collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including calculators, microscopes, cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, mirrors, spring scales, pan balances, triple beam balances, graduated cylinders, beakers, hot plates, meter sticks, compasses, magnets, collecting nets, and notebooks; timing devices, including clocks and stopwatches; and materials to support observation of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums
  • Use safety equipment as appropriate, including safety goggles and gloves
• Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. The student is expected to:
  • Measure, compare, and contrast physical properties of matter, including size, mass, volume, states (solid, liquid, gas), temperature, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float
• Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that energy exists in many forms and can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems. The student is expected to:
  • Differentiate among forms of energy, including mechanical, sound, electrical, light, and heat/thermal
  • Differentiate between conductors and insulators
  • Demonstrate that electricity travels in a closed path, creating an electrical circuit, and explore an electromagnetic field
  • Design an experiment to test the effect of force on an object such as a push or a pull, gravity, friction, or magnetism

• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices. The student is expected to:
  • Demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment as described in the Texas Safety Standards during classroom and outdoor investigations
  • Make informed choices in the conservation, disposal, and recycling of materials
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses scientific methods during laboratory and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
  • Describe, plan, and implement simple experimental investigations testing one variable
  • Ask well-defined questions, formulate testable hypotheses, and select and use appropriate equipment and technology
  • Collect information by detailed observations and accurate measuring
  • Analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct (observable) and indirect (inferred) evidence
  • Demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results
  • Communicate valid conclusions in both written and verbal forms
•  Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses critical thinking and scientific problem solving to make informed decisions. The student is expected to:
  • In all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student
• Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows how to use a variety of tools and methods to conduct science inquiry. The student is expected to:
  • Collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including calculators, microscopes, cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, prisms, mirrors, pan balances, triple beam balances, spring scales, graduated cylinders, beakers, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, and notebooks; timing devices, including clocks and stopwatches; and materials to support observations of habitats or organisms such as terrariums and aquariums
  • Use safety equipment, including safety goggles and gloves
• Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. The student is expected to:
  • Classify matter based on physical properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state (solid, liquid, and gas), relative density (sinking and floating), solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric energy
•  Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that energy occurs in many forms and can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems. The student is expected to:
  • Explore the uses of energy, including mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy
  • Demonstrate that the flow of electricity in circuits requires a complete path through which an electric current can pass and can produce light, heat, and sound
  • Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels through one medium to another and demonstrate that light can be reflected such as the use of mirrors or other shiny surfaces and refracted such as the appearance of an object when observed through water
  • Design an experiment that tests the effect of force on an object