Mississippi Science L.K.1A.2
The Standard
- L.K.1A
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of living and non-living things.
With teacher support, gain an understanding that scientists are humans who use observations to learn about the natural world. Obtain information from informational text or other media about scientists who have made important observations about living things (e.g., Carl Linnaeus, John James Audubon, Jane Goodall).
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Hierarchical Organization
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Children listen to a read-aloud or watch a short video about a scientist who studied living things. They tell what the scientist noticed and how looking closely helped them learn.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A child can say that Jane Goodall watched chimpanzees. They can name something she saw, such as a chimp using a stick to get food, and draw an observation of their own.
Common Misconceptions
- Some children think scientists only work in labs. Others confuse a guess with an observation, saying a bird is happy instead of saying it is hopping.
How to Assess It
- Tell children, 'Jane Goodall saw a chimp use a stick to get food.' Ask them to draw what she saw and finish the sentence, 'She learned by ___.'
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs two leaves and magnifiers; ask them to draw one detail they can see on each leaf.
Read a page about Jane Goodall, then ask, 'What did she see the chimpanzees do?'
Play See or Guess: say 'The ant has six legs' or 'The ant is happy,' and have children identify the observation.
Show a robin photo and an Audubon bird drawing; have children sketch one detail they notice in each.
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