Grade Level Expectations

The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has the Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) Resources Page set up to search by specific grade level and learning targets. Information is given to explain each and to give examples.

 
Here are the major SCIENCE content topics that the state recommends should be taught at each grade level, according to the GLEs. (Spring 2005)

Click on each to see a PDF file listing of the science GLEs (grade level expectations):

K: Properties of Objects, Sorting/Classifying, Characteristics of Organisms, Magnification

1: Force/Motion, Sorting, The Sun, Body Parts, Weathers, Needs of Organisms

2: Sorting, States of Matter, Characteristics of Organisms, Magnification, Life Cycles, Fossils

3: Wave Behavior (Sound and Light), Rocks and Soils, Landforms, Life Cycle and Heredity, Force, Weather, Food Chain

4: States of Matter, Forms and Transfer of Energy, Characteristics of Organisms, Sun and Moon, Human Body Systems

5: Landforsm, Force and Motion, States of Matter, Geology (Weather, Erosion, Earthquakes, Landslides, Volcanoes), Fossils, Water Cycle, Food Chain, Adaptation, Ecosystems