Science & Idaho Core - Resouces for Differentiation

Science Standards: Idaho Content

Please note that as of the 2013-2014 school year, the CCSS ELA/Literacy standards, in addition to the current Idaho Standards for Science, need to be incorporated into new alignments of curricular material or in instructional design. 

(from the Idaho State Department of Ed.Website)

Reasons to integrate science:

1.       This is where students will have access to domain specific vocabulary.

2.       The SBAC Performance tasks ask students to pull science content through the ELA standards.

3.       Hands-on science is engaging.

4.       Non-fiction texts give interesting perspective to the hands-on piece and broaden student horizons.

5.       It scaffolds kids into the abstract science concepts presented in Middle and High School and provides background experience and knowledge

6.       STEM (Science/Tech/Engineering/Math) are important 21^st century disciplines.

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade