Make observations (firsthand or from media) and/or measurements to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.

Make predictions based on prior experiences.

Use and share pictures, drawings, and/or writings of observations.

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Compare predictions (based on prior experiences) to what occurred (observable events).

Describe how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) support a scientific or engineering idea.

Children recognize that patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.

Young organisms are very much, but not exactly, like their parents and also resemble other organisms of the same kind.

Individuals of the same kind of plant or animal are recognizable as similar but can also vary in many ways.