ELEMENTARY SCIENCE GOALS / OUTCOMES / Objectives
(Revised - June 1994)

The four State Goals for Learning in Biological and Physical Sciences provide a new perspective for education in science.

The following Goals have been established at the state level. The corresponding outcomes and objectives have been developed by local staff.

As a result of their schooling students will have a working knowledge of:

GOAL 1 The concepts and basic vocabulary of biological, physical, and environmental sciences and their applications to life and work in contemporary technological society.

Outcome 1 Students will be able to understand patterns and orderliness in which conditions or events occur.

Outcome 2 Students will be able to relate how two or more things interact and the effect each has on the other.

GOAL 2 The social and environmental implications and limitations of technological development.

Outcome 1 Students will be able to understand the relationships between the natural and technological world.

Outcome 2 Students will be able to understand society's responsibility for the environment and natural resources.

GOAL 3 The principles of scientific research and their application in simple research projects.

Outcome 1 Students will be able to use the scientific method.

Outcome 2 Students will be able to understand the need to collect, organize, and/or evaluate data.

GOAL 4 The processes, techniques, methods, equipment, and available technolo gy of science.

Outcome 1 Students will be able to recognize or make a prediction and/or inference based on observations and/or experimental results.

Outcome 2 Students will be able to use scientific equipment in a simple experiment.

The Illinois State Goals for Learning

The following course objectives have been developed in such a way that each objective is to be covered during every grade from Kindergarten through Sixth grade:

1. Students will recognize cycles in which conditions occur. (GOAL 1)

2. Students will identify common characteristics of living and non- living entities. (GOAL 1)

3. Students will recognize cause and effect relationships which allow predictions to be made. (GOALS 3 and 4)

4. Students will identify stages, mechanisms, and rates of change. (GOALS 1 and 2)

5. Students will recognize the relationships between the natural and technological world. (GOAL 2)

6. Students will recognize the influence of science and technological research on the needs, interest, and financial support of society. (GOALS 1, 2, and 3)

7. Students will recognize application of scientific research to decision making. (GOALS 3 and 4)

8. Students will identify selected non-renewable and renewable natural resources. (GOAL 2)

9. Students will relate why controlled variables are used in an experiment. (GOALS 3 and 4)

10. Students will analyze, evaluate, or replicate the experimental work of others. (GOAL 3)

11. Students will organize data in an orderly manner. (GOALS 3 and 4)

12. Students will evaluate collected data. (GOALS 3 and 4)

13. Students will infer knowledge from accurate observations. (GOALS 3 and 4)

14. Students will communicate experimental results. (GOALS 3 and 4)

15. Students will use various measuring devices. (GOAL 4)

16. Students will manipulate an experimental model. (GOALS 3 and 4)

The objectives should be studied in Earth Science, Physical Science, and Life Science.
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