Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
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Engineering Dams AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.E1U1.5 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of Earth materials and investigate how humans use natural resources in everyday life.
Engineering Litter Collectors AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.E1U1.5 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of Earth materials and investigate how humans use natural resources in everyday life.
Plant Structures AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.E1U1.5 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of Earth materials and investigate how humans use natural resources in everyday life.
Ant Behavior and Food AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.10 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a model to describe how animals and plants are classified into groups and subgroups according to their similarities.
Ant Behavior and Food AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.11 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions and explain how factors can cause species to go extinct.
Ant Behavior and Food AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.6 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, describe, and predict life cycles of animals and plants.
Plant Structures AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.6 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, describe, and predict life cycles of animals and plants.
Living and Nonliving Things AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.7 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop and use models about how living things use resources to grow and survive; design and evaluate habitats for organisms using earth materials.
Ant Behavior and Food AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.7 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop and use models about how living things use resources to grow and survive; design and evaluate habitats for organisms using earth materials.
Ant Behavior and Food AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.8 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Construct an explanation describing how organisms obtain resources from the environment including materials that are used again by other organisms.
Parent and Offspring Behaviors AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.L1U1.9 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to support an evidence-based explanation that plants and animals produce offspring of the same kind, but offspring are generally not identical to each other or their parents.
Materials and Light AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Plan and carry out investigations demonstrating the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light and predict how objects with similar properties will affect the beam of light.
Sounds and Senses AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 1.P2U1.2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Use models to provide evidence that vibrating matter creates sound and sound can make matter vibrate.
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 2.E1U1.8 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe and explain the Sun’s position at different times during a twenty-four-hour period and changes in the apparent shape of the Moon from one night to another.
Earth and Moon Patterns AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 2.E1U1.8 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe and explain the Sun’s position at different times during a twenty-four-hour period and changes in the apparent shape of the Moon from one night to another.
Living and Nonliving Things AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 2.L2U1.10 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a model representing how life on Earth depends on energy from the Sun and energy from other organisms.
Living and Nonliving Things AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 2.L2U1.9 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, analyze, and communicate evidence that organisms need a source of energy, air, water, and certain temperature conditions to survive.
Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.E1U1.4 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate weather data to identify weather patterns.
Seasonal Patterns AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.E1U1.4 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, describe, ask questions, and predict seasonal weather patterns; and how those patterns impact plants and animals (including humans).
Earth and Moon Patterns AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.E2U1.5 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe and ask questions about patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky.
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.E2U1.5 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe and ask questions about patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky.
Plant Structures AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.6 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Living and Nonliving Things AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.6 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Bird Beak Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.6 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.6 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Parent and Offspring Behaviors AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.7 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Ant Behavior and Food AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.7 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Plant Structures AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.7 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.7 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Bird Beak Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.7 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Living and Nonliving Things AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.L1U1.8 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Observe, ask questions, and explain the differences between the characteristics of living and non-living things.
Light AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Materials and Light AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Making Sounds and Instruments AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Engineering Communication Devices AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Sounds and Senses AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Engineering Communication Devices AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science K.P2U2.2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Design and evaluate a tool that helps people extend their senses.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science.

Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of Earth materials and investigate how humans use natural resources in everyday life.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.E1U1.5
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of Earth materials and investigate how humans use natural resources in everyday life.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.E1U1.5
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of Earth materials and investigate how humans use natural resources in everyday life.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.E1U1.5
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how animals and plants are classified into groups and subgroups according to their similarities.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.10
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions and explain how factors can cause species to go extinct.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.11
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, describe, and predict life cycles of animals and plants.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.6
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, describe, and predict life cycles of animals and plants.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.6
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models about how living things use resources to grow and survive; design and evaluate habitats for organisms using earth materials.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.7
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models about how living things use resources to grow and survive; design and evaluate habitats for organisms using earth materials.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.7
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation describing how organisms obtain resources from the environment including materials that are used again by other organisms.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.8
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to support an evidence-based explanation that plants and animals produce offspring of the same kind, but offspring are generally not identical to each other or their parents.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.L1U1.9
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations demonstrating the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light and predict how objects with similar properties will affect the beam of light.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Sounds and Senses
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Use models to provide evidence that vibrating matter creates sound and sound can make matter vibrate.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1.P2U1.2
Science Lesson : Sun Position and Shadow Patterns
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe and explain the Sun’s position at different times during a twenty-four-hour period and changes in the apparent shape of the Moon from one night to another.
Grades: 1
State ID: 2.E1U1.8
Science Lesson : Earth and Moon Patterns
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe and explain the Sun’s position at different times during a twenty-four-hour period and changes in the apparent shape of the Moon from one night to another.
Grades: 1
State ID: 2.E1U1.8
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model representing how life on Earth depends on energy from the Sun and energy from other organisms.
Grades: 1
State ID: 2.L2U1.10
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, analyze, and communicate evidence that organisms need a source of energy, air, water, and certain temperature conditions to survive.
Grades: 1
State ID: 2.L2U1.9
Science Lesson : Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate weather data to identify weather patterns.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.E1U1.4
Science Lesson : Seasonal Patterns
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, describe, ask questions, and predict seasonal weather patterns; and how those patterns impact plants and animals (including humans).
Grades: 1
State ID: K.E1U1.4
Science Lesson : Earth and Moon Patterns
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe and ask questions about patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.E2U1.5
Science Lesson : Sun Position and Shadow Patterns
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe and ask questions about patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.E2U1.5
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.6
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.6
Science Lesson : Bird Beak Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.6
Science Lesson : Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how organisms use different body parts for survival.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.6
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.7
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.7
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.7
Science Lesson : Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.7
Science Lesson : Bird Beak Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, ask questions, and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.7
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe, ask questions, and explain the differences between the characteristics of living and non-living things.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.L1U1.8
Science Lesson : Light
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Making Sounds and Instruments
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Sounds and Senses
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Investigate how senses can detect light, sound, and vibrations even when they come from far away; use the collected evidence to develop and support an explanation.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Design and evaluate a tool that helps people extend their senses.
Grades: 1
State ID: K.P2U2.2
This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated, hands-on NGSS-designed curriculum aligns with Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science.
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Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

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