Texas TEKS K.1.G

ScienceKindergartenScientific and engineering practices

The Standard

develop and use models to represent phenomena, objects, and processes or design a prototype for a solution to a problem.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students make drawings, physical models, or simple prototypes that show how something looks, works, or changes. They use the model to explain an idea or test a solution.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student creates a model with parts that match the real object or process. The student can point to each part, explain what it represents, and improve the model after testing it.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a model as a decoration or think it must look exactly like the real thing. They may add parts without explaining their purpose or avoid changing a prototype that does not work.
How to Assess It: Ask, “Draw what happens to an ice cube left in the sun. Add arrows, then explain what each part of your drawing means.”

Lesson moves

Use clay, craft sticks, and yarn to build a flower model, then have students point to each plant part.
Show a toy animal and a photograph; ask, “What does the toy show correctly, and what does it leave out?”
Play Model Match by pairing picture models with object or process cards, then explain each match to a partner.
Build paper roofs for a toy house, test them with spray-bottle rain, and revise any roof that leaks.

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