Standard #: SC.K.P.12.1


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Investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc.


General Information

Subject Area: Science
Grade: K
Body of Knowledge: Physical Science
Big Idea: Motion of Objects -

A. Motion is a key characteristic of all matter that can be observed, described, and measured.

B. The motion of objects can be changed by forces.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Content Complexity Rating: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

Course Number1111 Course Title222
5020010: Science - Grade K (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7720015: Access Science Grade Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
5020070: STEM Lab Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))


Related Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
SC.K.P.12.In.1 Identify ways that things move, such as fast or slow.
SC.K.P.12.Su.1 Recognize that things move.
SC.K.P.12.Pa.1 Track objects in motion.


Related Resources

Lesson Plans

Name Description
Making Objects Move Science NetLinks In this lesson, students identify ways to make objects move while recording their techniques. Students then engineer a track that will place an object as close to an exact location as possible. Students will test and revise their tracks.
The Fire Wheels

The Fire Wheels MEA provides students with a problem in which they must work as a team to design a procedure to select the best toy car for a company to sell.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Bubble Baffle

This lesson provides students an opportunity recognizing the properties of objects and how objects move as well as working collaboratively to solve an engineering design challenge. This lesson is not the first introduction to sorting objects by their properties and observing how objects move, but a way for children to apply the concept in a more in-depth manner.

Let's Use Force The students will be able to explain how a push or pull affects how an object moves, the difference of a push and pull, and the way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or a pull.
Look Out Below!

In this lesson students explore the force of gravity by testing gravity's pull with parachutes. The students will investigate the idea of gravity pulling objects to the ground unless something holds it up.

Fly, Fly Away

This lesson provides the opportunity for students to practice changing matter by cutting, tearing, and/or rearranging materials in order to make an object that can defy gravity over moving air. This lesson incorporates design challenge aspects at a level that is appropriate for young students who are just beginning their formal education.

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Messy Room Movement!

Explore how different objects move in different ways by working through this interactive tutorial.

Teaching Ideas

Name Description
All About Motion Students will observe and discuss motion in learning stations or in demonstration. They will observe and discuss how a push or pull affects motion.
How and Where Things Move Students explore a variety of objects to discover the many ways the objects move-up and down, straight line, in circles, back and forth. They will discover that a force (push or pull) makes it move.
Investigating Motion With Marbles In this guided inquiry activity, students will use 2 marbles of different size and a box to investigate what makes the marbles move and what will cause the marbles to change speed and direction.

Unit/Lesson Sequence

Name Description
Fast and Slow Motion

This unit introduces the terms "fast" and "slow" in regards to motion objects and explore how different objects move.

Student Resources

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Messy Room Movement!:

Explore how different objects move in different ways by working through this interactive tutorial.



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