Properties Concepts

Primary

Concepts

1. Objects are identified and described by their properties.
2. Objects have more than one property.
3. Objects can be ordered by their properties.
4. Objects have many properties.
5. Objects can be described and compared by properties.
6. Things in nature and things people make have different properties (sizes, weights, speed, and ages).

Intermediate

Concepts

1. Some things may have properties that change and properties that don't change.
2. Properties of objects can be measured using tools such as rulers, balances, and thermometers.
3. Properties of matter, position of objects, motion, form, function of systems all change.
4. Properties and change of properties can be quantified. Objects, properties, and events stay the same or happen in similar ways.

Middle School

Concepts

1. Properties are used to define all objects.
2. Definitions change as the properties change.