Cause and Effect

Understanding that actions produce results and events have causes, forming the basis of scientific reasoning.

Examples & Achievements

• Explains why something happened ("the plant died because we forgot to water it")
• Predicts what will happen if they take a specific action
• Understands that mixing colors produces a new color
• Recognizes cause-effect in daily life (push button → light turns on)
• Describes what happened and why in a simple experiment

How to Measure

• Provides a logical cause-effect explanation in 3 out of 4 scenarios
• Predicts a correct outcome for a familiar cause-effect scenario
• Explains the result of a simple science experiment using cause-effect language