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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 |
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. |
Evaluate a design solution that reduces the impact of a weather-related hazard.
Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
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.
Identify the distribution of freshwater and salt water on Earth and construct a graphical representation depicting the amounts and percentages found in different reservoirs.
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.
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.
Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.
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.
Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected
during a particular season.
Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
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.
Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Defend the position that plants obtain materials needed for growth primarily from air and water.
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.
Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
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.
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.
Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans, including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans, including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
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).
Engage in argument from evidence to justify that traits can be influenced by the environment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Apply scientific ideas about magnets to solve a problem through an engineering design project.
Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop and use models to show multiple solutions in which patterns are used to transfer information.
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