Stage A - Science
Assessments
Science Classroom Assessments Aligned to the Illinois
Learning Standards
The assessments are coded according to learning standard
and stage. Example: 11A.A is aligned to standard 11A, stage
A (first grade).
11A.A - Inquiry Overview 
Students will apply the concepts, principles and processes
of scientific inquiry within classroom investigations.
11A.A - Collecting Family Data
Students will apply the process for guided inquiry through
an introductory activity to record and store data, then analyze
and display their results.
11B.A - Design Overview
Students will apply the concepts, principles and processes
of technological design within classroom investigations.
12A.A - Major Functions
Students will apply the process of scientific inquiry to introduce
the basic needs, characteristics and component parts of living
things.
12B.A
- What Living Things Need
Students will apply the process of scientific inquiry to explore
how living things are dependent on one another for survival.
12C.A
- Sound and Motion
Students will apply the process of technological design to
examine sound energy.
12D.A
- Magnetic Properties
Students will apply the process of scientific inquiry to explore
simple forces around us.
12E.A
- Weather and Where We Are
Students will apply the process of scientific inquiry to explore
local weather and seasonal changes.
12F.A
- Me and My Shadow
Students will apply the process of scientific inquiries or
technological design to explore the explanations of the daily
patterns of the Earth’s rotation.
13A.A
- Basic Safety
Students should demonstrate awareness of how to use basic
safety practices.
13B.A
- Science Tools
Students will apply the uses of scientists’ tools in
scientific inquiry and technological design investigations.
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