Kindergarten Science North Carolina standards Standards

Safety, Law, & Ethics

Social Interactions

Culture

Program Development

Modularity

Control

Variables

Algorithms

Inference & Models

Collection, Visualization, & Transformation

Storage

Cybersecurity

Network Communication & Organization

Troubleshooting

Hardware and Software

Devices

Algorithms & Programming

Computing Systems

Data & Analysis

Impacts of Computing

Model daily processes with algorithms to complete tasks.

Demonstrate how programs store and manipulate data by using numbers or other symbols to represent information.

Develop programs with sequences and simple loops to express ideas or address a problem.

Decompose the steps needed to solve a problem into a precise sequence of instructions

Develop plans that describe a program’s sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

Give attribution when using the ideas and creations of others while developing programs.

Identify and debug errors in an algorithm or program that includes sequences and simple loops.

Using correct terminology, describe steps taken and choices made during the iterative process of program development

Choose appropriate devices to perform a variety of classroom tasks.

Describe the function of common physical components of computing systems (hardware) with appropriate terminology.

Operate appropriate software to perform a variety of tasks.

Describe basic hardware and software problems with accurate terminology.

Store, copy, search, retrieve, modify, and delete information using a computing device.

Define information stored on a computing device as data.

Collect and present the same data in various visual formats.

Make predictions with patterns in data visualizations.

Compare how people live and work before and after the implementation or adoption of new computing technology.

Select software that meets the diverse needs and preferences for the technology individuals use in the classroom

Work respectfully and responsibly with others online.

Model responsible login and logoff procedures on all devices.

Illustrate how information is broken down into smaller pieces and can be reassembled.

Apply knowledge of what passwords are and why we use strong passwords to protect devices and information from unauthorized access.

Discover your digital footprint and how personal information can be protected.

Networks and the Internet

Earth’s Systems

Heredity- Inheritance and Variation of Traits

From Molecules to Organisms- Structures and Processes

Motion and Stability- Forces and Interactions

Matter and its Interactions

Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year.

Analyze and interpret data to compare changes in the environment due to weather.

Use mathematics and computational thinking to summarize daily weather conditions noting changes that occur from day to day and throughout the year.

Obtain, evaluate and communicate information to compare weather patterns that occur from season to season.

Understand the characteristics of living organisms and nonliving things.

Engage in argument from evidence to summarize the characteristics of living organisms and nonliving things in terms of their: structure, growth, changes, movement, basic needs.

Use models to exemplify how animals use their body parts to obtain food and other resources, protect themselves, and move from place to place.

Understand characteristics of organisms that make them alike and different.

Analyze and interpret data to compare the characteristics of different types of the same animal to determine individual similarities and differences.

Analyze and interpret data to compare the characteristics of different types of the same plant to determine individual similarities and differences.

Understand how objects are described based on their physical properties and how they are used.

Analyze and interpret data to classify objects by physical properties (size, color, shape, texture, weight and flexibility).

Engage in argument from evidence to summarize how different materials (clay, wood, cloth, paper, etc.) are used based on their physical properties.

Understand the positions and motions of objects and organisms observed in the environment.

Use models to compare the relative position of various objects observed in the classroom and outside using position words such as: in front of, behind, between, on top of, under, above, below, beside.

Carry out investigations to illustrate different ways objects and organisms move (to include falling to the ground when dropped): straight, zigzag, round and round, back and forth, fast and slow.