Objects all around (physical sciences)

Objects all around (physical sciences) Contents: 1. Physical Sciences 1. Properties of materials can be observed, measured, and predicted. As a basis for understanding this concept: 1.a. Students know objects can be described in terms of the materials they are made of (e.g., clay, cloth, paper) and their physical properties (e.g., color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, attraction to magnets, floating, sinking).

Genre Comprehension Skill Text Feature Science Content

Nonfi ction Classify and

Categorize

Properties

Scott Foresman Science K.1

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Standard Set 1 Physical Sciences

1 Properties of materials can be

observed, measured, and predicted As

a basis for understanding this concept:

1.a. Students know objects can be

described in terms of the materials

they are made of (e.g., clay, cloth,

paper) and their physical properties

(e.g., color, size, shape, weight,

texture, flexibility, attraction to

magnets, floating, sinking).

ISBN 0-328-23458-3

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Objects All

Around

Physical Sciences

by Nathan Tardiff

fl oat

magnet

materials

object

senses

shapes

sink

texture

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Objects All

Around

by Nathan Tardiff

An object can be big.

An object can be small.

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An object can be hard.

An object can be soft.

You can use your senses

to learn about objects

hear

5

see

taste touch

smell

Objects are made of materials.

7

clay cloth

paper

Objects have shapes.

9

Objects can be light

Objects can be heavy.

Some objects make loud sounds.

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Some objects make soft sounds.

Objects have texture.

Texture means rough or smooth.

rough

smooth

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Some objects can bend.

Some objects can not bend.

can bend

can not bend

Some objects fl oat.

float

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Some objects sink.

sink

Magnets attract

some metal objects

What did you learn?

Classify and Categorize Which objects

fl oat? Which objects sink? Which objects are hard? Which objects are soft?