Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

TEKS Covered in First Grade Guided Field Experience

TEKS – Science, Grade 1

(b)  Knowledge and skills.

(1)  Scientific processes. The student conducts classroom and field investigations following home and school safety procedures. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations; and

(2)  Scientific processes. The student develops abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in the field and the classroom. The student is expected to:

(A)  ask questions about organisms, objects, and events;

(5)  Science concepts. The student knows that organisms, objects, and events have properties and patterns. The student is expected to:

(A)  sort objects and events based on properties and patterns; and

(6)  Science concepts. The student knows that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects. The student is expected to:

(A)  sort organisms and objects according to their parts and characteristics;
(B)  observe and describe the parts of plants and animals;

(7)  Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur. The student is expected to:

(D)  observe and record changes in the life cycle of organisms.

(8)  Science concepts. The student distinguishes between living organisms and nonliving objects. The student is expected to:

(A)  group living organisms and nonliving objects; and
(B)  compare living organisms and nonliving objects.

(9)  Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs. The student is expected to:

(A)  identify characteristics of living organisms that allow their basic needs to be met; and
(B)  compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other for their basic needs.

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