Different types of plants and animals inhabit the earth. Students know stories sometimes give plants and animals attributes they do not really have. Earth is composed of land, air, and water. Students know changes in weather occur from day to day and across seasons, affecting Earth and its inhabitants. Students know how to identify resources from Earth that are used in everyday life and understand that many resources can be conserved.
Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations.
As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Observe common objects by using the five senses. Describe the properties of common objects. The intellectual skills noted below are to be learned through, and applied to, the content standards for grades K-5. They are to be assessed only in conjunction with the content standards in grades K-5 and are not to be assessed in isolation.