Alabama Course of Study: Science
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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Flood Control Engineering AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth and Human Activity 15 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate a design solution that reduces the impact of a weather-related hazard.
Heat and Evaporation AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Environmental Change AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Flood Control Engineering AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Weather and Climate AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Weather and Climate AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explore information to support the claim that landforms are the result of a combination of constructive forces, including crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, and sediment deposition as well as a result of destructive forces, including erosion and weathering.
Heat and Evaporation AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 15 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Identify the distribution of freshwater and salt water on Earth and construct a graphical representation depicting the amounts and percentages found in different reservoirs.
Weather and Climate AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 15 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to determine effects of weathering and rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation using one single form of weathering or erosion at a time.
Flood Control Engineering AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 15 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to determine effects of weathering and rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation using one single form of weathering or erosion at a time.
Motion in the Solar System AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Place in the Universe 12 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.
Heat and Evaporation AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 12 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct explanations by citing evidence found in patterns of rock formations and fossils in rock layers that Earth changes over time through both slow and rapid processes.
Weather and Climate AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 13 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Heat and Evaporation AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 13 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected
during a particular season.
Flood Control Engineering AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 13 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Weather and Climate AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 14 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 14 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Energy from the Sun AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 10 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct and interpret models to explain that energy in animals’ food is used for body repair, growth, motion, and maintenance of body warmth and was once energy from the sun.
Environmental Change AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 11 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 11 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Energy from the Sun AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 8 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Defend the position that plants obtain materials needed for growth primarily from air and water.
Energy from the Sun AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 9 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an illustration to explain how plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into a storable fuel, carbohydrates, and a waste product, oxygen, during the process of photosynthesis.
Windmill Forces AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Patterns in Motion AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Engineering Hearing Toys AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Mediums AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Water Prisms AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Windmill Forces AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Heredity and Traits AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things, based on their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.
Life Cycles AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things, based on their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.
Energy from the Sun AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans, including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Life Cycles AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans, including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 9 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Energy from the Sun AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 9 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Life Cycles AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 9 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits 7 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine data to provide evidence that plants and animals, excluding humans, have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in groups of similar organisms (e.g., flower colors in pea plants, fur color and pattern in animal offspring).
Life Cycles AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits 8 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Engage in argument from evidence to justify that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Structure of Matter AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Comparing Forces AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Motion in the Solar System AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Windmill Forces AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Forces and Materials AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Engineering Skyscrapers AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Patterns in Motion AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Motion in the Solar System AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Investigate, measure, and communicate in a graphical format how an observed pattern of motion can be used to predict the future motion of an object.
Comparing Forces AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Investigate, measure, and communicate in a graphical format how an observed pattern of motion can be used to predict the future motion of an object.
Patterns in Motion AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Investigate, measure, and communicate in a graphical format how an observed pattern of motion can be used to predict the future motion of an object.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explore objects that can be manipulated in order to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions between two objects not in contact with one another or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with one another.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explore objects that can be manipulated in order to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions between two objects not in contact with one another or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with one another.
Static Charge AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explore objects that can be manipulated in order to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions between two objects not in contact with one another.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Sound Energy and Mediums AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Hearing Toys AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Water Prisms AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply scientific ideas about magnets to solve a problem through an engineering design project.
Heat and Matter AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and It’s Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and It’s Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Structure of Matter AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and It’s Interactions 1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Motion in the Solar System AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Comparing Forces AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Engineering Water Prisms AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 11 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument from evidence to explain the likelihood of an organism’s ability to survive when compared to the resources in a certain habitat.
Environmental Change AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 11 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument from evidence to explain the likelihood of an organism’s ability to survive when compared to the resources in a certain habitat.
Energy from the Sun AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 11 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument from evidence to explain the likelihood of an organism’s ability to survive when compared to the resources in a certain habitat.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 12 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate engineered solutions to a problem created by environmental changes and any resulting impacts on the types and density of plant and animal populations living in the environment. 
Fossil Organisms and their Environment AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 9 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils (e.g., type, size, distribution) to provide evidence of organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Sound Energy and Mediums AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Hearing Toys AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Water Prisms AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 7 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use models to show multiple solutions in which patterns are used to transfer information.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Alabama Science Standards.

Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate a design solution that reduces the impact of a weather-related hazard.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Explore information to support the claim that landforms are the result of a combination of constructive forces, including crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, and sediment deposition as well as a result of destructive forces, including erosion and weathering.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify the distribution of freshwater and salt water on Earth and construct a graphical representation depicting the amounts and percentages found in different reservoirs.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to determine effects of weathering and rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation using one single form of weathering or erosion at a time.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to determine effects of weathering and rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation using one single form of weathering or erosion at a time.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct explanations by citing evidence found in patterns of rock formations and fossils in rock layers that Earth changes over time through both slow and rapid processes.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected
during a particular season.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret models to explain that energy in animals’ food is used for body repair, growth, motion, and maintenance of body warmth and was once energy from the sun.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Defend the position that plants obtain materials needed for growth primarily from air and water.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an illustration to explain how plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into a storable fuel, carbohydrates, and a waste product, oxygen, during the process of photosynthesis.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Grades: 3
State ID: Energy 1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Grades: 3
State ID: Energy 1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things, based on their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things, based on their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans, including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans, including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine data to provide evidence that plants and animals, excluding humans, have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in groups of similar organisms (e.g., flower colors in pea plants, fur color and pattern in animal offspring).
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to justify that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance, and communicate these findings graphically.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate, measure, and communicate in a graphical format how an observed pattern of motion can be used to predict the future motion of an object.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate, measure, and communicate in a graphical format how an observed pattern of motion can be used to predict the future motion of an object.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate, measure, and communicate in a graphical format how an observed pattern of motion can be used to predict the future motion of an object.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Explore objects that can be manipulated in order to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions between two objects not in contact with one another or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with one another.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Explore objects that can be manipulated in order to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions between two objects not in contact with one another or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with one another.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Explore objects that can be manipulated in order to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions between two objects not in contact with one another.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas about magnets to solve a problem through an engineering design project.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. Construct an explanation from evidence to illustrate that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed downward towards the center of Earth.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument from evidence to explain the likelihood of an organism’s ability to survive when compared to the resources in a certain habitat.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument from evidence to explain the likelihood of an organism’s ability to survive when compared to the resources in a certain habitat.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument from evidence to explain the likelihood of an organism’s ability to survive when compared to the resources in a certain habitat.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate engineered solutions to a problem created by environmental changes and any resulting impacts on the types and density of plant and animal populations living in the environment. 
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils (e.g., type, size, distribution) to provide evidence of organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to show multiple solutions in which patterns are used to transfer information.
Grades: 3
This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s K-5 integrated science curriculum is aligned with the 2015  Alabama Course of Study: Science.
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