K-5 Sunshine State Standards
Let’s Talk Science! created a series of project resources to examine more closely the scope and sequence of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in Science. Below, the new K-5 science standards have been reformatted in multiple ways according to individual grade levels, Bodies of Knowledge and Big Ideas. A link also is included to Florida’s original publication of science standards.
Science Sunshine State Standards by Grade Level
Here, elementary teachers can view Florida’s new science standards by grade level.
K-5 Sunshine State Standards by Body of Knowledge
Categorizing the science standards by Body of Knowledge allows teachers and curriculum developers to observe how standards and expectations spiral upward from kindergarten through fifth grade.
- Physical Science
- Earth and Space Science
- Life Science
- The Nature of Science
K-5 Sunshine State Standards by Big Idea
The above Bodies of Knowledge have been further subcategorized into eighteen Big Ideas by Florida’s Next Generation of Sunshine State Standards. This organization of standards seems to be most helpful for science curriculum developers.
- The Practice of Science
- The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
- The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models
- Science and Society
- Earth in Space and Time
- Earth Structures
- Earth Systems and Patterns
- Properties of Matter
- Changes in Matter
- Forms of Energy
- Energy Transfer and Transformations
- Motion of Objects
- Forces and Changes in Motion
- Organization and Development of Living Organisms
- Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
- Heredity and Reproduction
- Interdependence
- Matter and Energy Transformations