Pose questions related to features of their local surroundings such as "Where did the rain water go?", "Why is some snow harder than other snow?", and "Is a grain of sand a rock?"

Gather and record information about characteristics of their natural surroundings using all of their senses and technologies such as digital cameras, audio recorders, video recorders, and sketchpads.

Describe and illustrate features of their local surroundings such as soil type and texture, weather conditions (e.g., temperature, wind direction and speed, and humidity), presence of water in various forms and states, and landform types (e.g., grassy, rocky, forested, and cultivated).

Identify, with guidance, changes in one or more aspects of their natural surroundings over a given time interval (e.g., changes in temperature over a day and a week, changes to a tree over a year, changes in soil in a garden or flower bed over two seasons).

Suggest ways in which human activities intentionally or unintentionally cause changes to natural surroundings (e.g., building houses, mowing lawns, cutting down trees, planting gardens, damming streams, and digging ditches).

Respond to and acknowledge the ideas of classmates and others such as traditional knowledge keepers and conservation officers who provide information about our natural surroundings.

Communicate ideas, actions, experiences, and understandings of patterns and cycles in the natural world with others using charts, displays, videos, stories, or other artistic representations.