Science Constancy K-5

State Standard
Category
Constancy­Constancy is uniformity in nature, value, and extent. The goal is to help students recognize those conditions or values that cannot change or be changed.
K-12
State Indicator Fact, Concept, Gerneralization Winnebago Indicator Activity Evaluation Levels
kindergarten Describe how things change in some ways and stay the same in others.
  • Objects can change and stay the same.
  • Objects can be compared to other objects.
     
first Describe how things change in some ways and stay the same in others.
  • Object permanency - an object will stay the same if its position is changed.
  • Length of an object does not change when its position is changed or its shape is altered by bending.
  • The number of objects does not change with the position of the objects.
  • Some things can be observed to move from place to place while other things stay in one location.
  • Most of the time certain events happen in a similar manner.
     
second Describe how things change in some ways and stay the same in others.
  • Some things stay the same.
  • Properties can be counted.
  • Length of an object does not change when its position is changed or its shape is altered by bending.
  • Mass does not change when the shape or position of an object is changed.
  • Volume of a substance does not change when its shape does.
     
third Describe how things change in some ways and stay the same in others.
  • Objects, properties, and events stay the same or happen in similar ways.
  • Constancy enables people to understand the universe.
     
fourth Describe how things change in some ways and stay the same in others.
  • Some features of things may stay the same even when other features change.
  • Some patterns look the same when they are shifted, turned, reflected, or seen from a different direction.
     
fifth Describe how things change in some ways and stay the same in others.        

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