ASOL Sample Activities

The student will investigate and understand basic types, changes, and patterns of weather. Key concepts include identification of common storms and other weather phenomena.

The student will investigate and understand basic types, changes, and patterns of weather. Key concepts include the uses and importance of measuring, recording, and interpreting weather data.

The student will investigate and understand basic types, changes, and patterns of weather. Key concepts include the uses and importance of tracking weather data over time.

The student will investigate and understand that weather and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and their surroundings. Key concepts include weathering and erosion of land surfaces.

The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and its importance to plants and animals including humans. Key concepts include soil provides the support and nutrients necessary for plant growth.

The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and its importance to plants and animals including humans. Key concepts include topsoil is a natural product of subsoil and bedrock.

The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and its importance to plants and animals including humans. Key concepts include rock, clay, silt, sand, and humus are components of soils.

The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and its importance to plants and animals including humans. Key concepts include soil is a natural resource and should be conserved.

The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include patterns of natural events such as day and night, seasonal changes, simple phases of the moon, and tides.

The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include animal life cycles.

The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include plant life cycles.

The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include there are many sources of water on Earth.

The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include the energy from the sun drives the water cycle.

The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include c) the water cycle involves several processes.

The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include water is essential for living things.

The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include water on Earth is limited and needs to be conserved.

The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species. Key concepts include the effects of human activity on the quality of air, water, and habitat.

The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species. Key concepts include the effects of fire, flood, disease, and erosion on organisms.

The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species. Key concepts include conservation and resource renewal.

The student will investigate and understand different sources of energy. Key concepts include energy from the sun.

The student will investigate and understand different sources of energy. Key concepts include sources of renewable energy.

The student will investigate and understand different sources of energy. Key concepts include sources of nonrenewable energy.

The student will investigate and understand that natural and artificial magnets have certain characteristics and attract specific types of metals. Key concepts include magnetism, iron, magnetic/nonmagnetic, poles, attract/repel.

The student will investigate and understand that natural and artificial magnets have certain characteristics and attract specific types of metals. Key concepts include important applications of magnetism.

The student will investigate and understand basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Key concepts include identification of distinguishing characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases.

The student will investigate and understand basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Key concepts include measurement of the mass and volume of solids and liquids.

The student will investigate and understand basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Key concepts include changes in phases of matter with the addition or removal of energy.

The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses. Key concepts include purpose and function of simple machines.

The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses. Key concepts include types of simple machines.

The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses. Key concepts include compound machines.

The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses. Key concepts include examples of simple and compound machines found in the school, home, and work environments.

The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties. Key concepts include objects are made of one or more materials.

The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties. Key concepts include physical properties remain the same as the material is changed in visible size.

The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties. Key concepts include visible physical changes are identified.

The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes as they mature and grow. Key concepts include animal life cycles.

The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes as they mature and grow. Key concepts include plant life cycles.

The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system. Key concepts include living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings.

The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system. Key concepts include an animal’s habitat includes adequate food, water, shelter or cover, and space.

The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system. Key concepts include habitats change over time due to many influences.

The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system. Key concepts include fossils provide information about living systems that were on Earth years ago.

The student will investigate and understand that weather and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and their surroundings. Key concepts include effects of weather and seasonal changes on the growth and behavior of living things.

The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature. Key concepts include important plant products are identified and classified.

The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature. Key concepts include the availability of plant products affects the development of a geographic area.

The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature. Key concepts include plants provide oxygen, homes, and food for many animals.

The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature. Key concepts include plants can help reduce erosion.

The student will investigate and understand that adaptations allow animals to satisfy life needs and respond to the environment. Key concepts include behavioral adaptations.

The student will investigate and understand that adaptations allow animals to satisfy life needs and respond to the environment. Key concepts include physical adaptations.

The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include producer, consumer, decomposer.

The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include herbivore, carnivore, omnivore.

The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include predator and prey.