Alabama Course of Study: Science
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Engineering Filtration Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth and Human Activity 16 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Collect and organize scientific ideas that individuals and communities can use to protect Earth’s natural resources and its environment. 
Engineering Filtration Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth and Human Activity 17 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Design solutions, test, and revise a process for cleaning a polluted environment. 
Earth's Interacting Systems AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Weathering Rocks AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Earth's Surface Features AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Earth's Water AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 14 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Collect information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Engineering Filtration Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 15 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify the distribution of freshwater and salt water on Earth and construct a graphical representation depicting the amounts and percentages found in different reservoirs.
Earth's Surface Features AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 15 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Earth's Water AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 15 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify the distribution of freshwater and salt water on Earth and construct a graphical representation depicting the amounts and percentages found in different reservoirs.
Weathering Rocks AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 15 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Earth's Surface Features AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 16 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe patterns of Earth’s features on land and in the ocean using data from maps.
Earth's Surface Features AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth's Systems 17 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Formulate and evaluate solutions to limit the effects of natural Earth processes on humans. 
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Place in the Universe 12 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.
Patterns AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Place in the Universe 12 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.
Patterns AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Place in the Universe 13 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze data and represent with graphs to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. 
Earth's Surface Features AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 12 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Weathering Rocks AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 12 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Properties of Minerals AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 12 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Earth's Interacting Systems AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 13 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Earth's Water AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 13 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Engineering Filtration Devices AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 14 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Earth's Interacting Systems AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 14 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Weathering Rocks AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Earth’s Systems 14 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life.
Decomposition AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 10 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 10 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Decomposition AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 11 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 11 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Ecosystem Dynamics AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 11 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create a model to illustrate the transfer of matter among producers; consumers, including scavengers and decomposers; and the environment.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 8 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Defend the position that plants obtain materials needed for growth primarily from air and water.
Plant Growth AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 8 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Defend the position that plants obtain materials needed for growth primarily from air and water.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 9 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 9 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Ecosystem Dynamics AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 9 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant Growth AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics 9 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Engineering Library Scopes AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Sound Barriers AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Materials AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Magnets and Motors AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Roller Coasters AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Electrical Currents and Circuits AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Magnets and Motors AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Roller Coasters AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Electrical Currents and Circuits AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Energy 4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Plant and Animal Cells AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 10 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and communicate information explaining that humans have systems that interact with one another for digestion, respiration, circulation, excretion, movement, control, coordination, and protection from disease. 
Ecosystem Dynamics AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 5 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 5 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant Growth AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 9 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain AL Alabama Course of Study: Science From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 9 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine evidence to support an argument that the internal and external structures of plants and animals function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Ecosystem Dynamics AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits 7 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Ecosystem Dynamics AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits 8 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Engage in argument from evidence to justify that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits 8 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Engage in argument from evidence to justify that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Conservation of Matter AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Friction and Motion AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 Roller Coasters AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Conservation of Matter AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Investigate matter to provide mathematical evidence, including graphs, to show that regardless of the type of reaction that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of the matter is conserved.
Magnets and Motors AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Electrical Currents and Circuits AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Properties of Minerals AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Library Scopes AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Electrical Currents and Circuits AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Conservation of Matter AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and Its Interactions 4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Investigate whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Magnets and Motors AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and It’s Interactions 1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and It’s Interactions 1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Engineering Sound Barriers AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and It’s Interactions 1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out investigations to provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy and Materials AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Matter and It’s Interactions 1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Magnets and Motors AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 Sound Barriers AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Properties of Minerals AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Sound Energy and Materials AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 Library Scopes AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Friction and Motion AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 7 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Design and conduct a test to modify the speed of a falling object due to gravity.
Engineering Roller Coasters AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 7 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Design and conduct a test to modify the speed of a falling object due to gravity.
Ecosystem Dynamics AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 10 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Investigate how variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Ecosystem Dynamics AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 11 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Unity and Diversity 11 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Sound Energy AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Sound Energy and Materials AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Sound Barriers AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 6 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and including that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Library Scopes AL Alabama Course of Study: Science Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 7 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop and use models to show multiple solutions in which patterns are used to transfer information.
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Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize scientific ideas that individuals and communities can use to protect Earth’s natural resources and its environment. 
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Design solutions, test, and revise a process for cleaning a polluted environment. 
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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: 5
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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: 5
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe patterns of Earth’s features on land and in the ocean using data from maps.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Formulate and evaluate solutions to limit the effects of natural Earth processes on humans. 
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon 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: 5
Science Lesson : Patterns
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: 5
Science Lesson : Patterns
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data and represent with graphs to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. 
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
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: 5
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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: 5
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
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: 5
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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: 5
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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: 5
Science Lesson : Decomposition
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: 5
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
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: 5
Science Lesson : Decomposition
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: 5
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
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: 5
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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: 5
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
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: 5
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
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: 5
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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: 5
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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: 5
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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: 5
State ID: Energy 2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: Energy 4
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: Energy 4
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: Energy 4
Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and communicate information explaining that humans have systems that interact with one another for digestion, respiration, circulation, excretion, movement, control, coordination, and protection from disease. 
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
Science Lesson : Conservation 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: 5
Science Lesson : Friction and 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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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: 5
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate matter to provide mathematical evidence, including graphs, to show that regardless of the type of reaction that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of the matter is conserved.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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: 5
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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: 5
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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: 5
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
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: 5
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and conduct a test to modify the speed of a falling object due to gravity.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and conduct a test to modify the speed of a falling object due to gravity.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: AL
Standards: Alabama Course of Study: Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate how variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
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: 5
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
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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