Elementary Safety TopicsScience Safety Professional Development

2014-2015

Where are we in your grade level’s Standards Division

Document and what science safety concerns arise based

on the content and anticipated learning tasks?

Overview:3 Major Strands

Earth Science

Life Science

Physical Science • Experiment

with• Inquire about• Design around• Explore• Connect

Kindergarten

Physical Science:Position and Direction

Sorting Earth Science:

Weather

Life Science: Comparisons-

Of similar animals; Living vs. Non-Living

First GradePhysical Science:Pushes and Pulls

Earth Science:Day/Night Sky; Moon;

Properties of Earth objects

Air

Water

LightSpace

Food

ShelterLife Science:Plant/Animal

Needs; Preservation/

Protection

Second GradePhysical Science:

SoundStates of Matter

(solid to liquid and evaporation) Earth Science:Weather

Life Science:Life CyclesHeredity

(similarity to parents)

Third Grade

Physical Science: Speed, Gravity, Properties, Change of State, Energy transfer Earth Science:

Solar System, Shadows,

Earth’s features

Life Science: Human Body

Systemsand

Plant Survival

and

Fourth Grade

Life Science:Animal

AdaptationsFood and Nutrition

Physical Science:Magnets and Electricity

RocksEnergy and Light

Earth Science:Day & Night

Moon PhasesFossils and Changes to

the Earth’s Surface

Fifth Grade

Earth Science:Weather Conditions

(Prediction)

Life Science:Cells- SurvivalHuman Body

SystemsEcosystemsHeredity

Gravity, Friction, Mass, Speed

Physical Science:Influences on Motion

Graphing MotionWater Cycle-Interactions

Heat Transfer

In Closing

• Can we make a One-Pager capturing the order of content focus of studies (topics) for each grade level?

• If your group can lay out the concerns based on anticipated learning tasks for each nine-weeks, Michael will work to create an Elementary Science Safety Newsletter. This could be used for school based science safety meetings.

• Other thoughts?