Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
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Greenhouse Effect AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E1U1.6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Earth-Sun-Moon System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E1U1.6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Sun Angle and Temperature AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E1U1.6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Convection and Weather AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E1U1.6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Engineering Greenhouses AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Earth-Sun-Moon System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Earth's Place in the Solar System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Greenhouse Effect AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Sun Angle and Temperature AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Convection and Weather AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Earth-Sun-Moon System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use ratios and proportions to analyze and interpret data related to scale, properties, and relationships among objects in our solar system.
Earth's Place in the Solar System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use ratios and proportions to analyze and interpret data related to scale, properties, and relationships among objects in our solar system.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use ratios and proportions to analyze and interpret data related to scale, properties, and relationships among objects in our solar system.
Earth-Sun-Moon System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.8 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
Earth's Place in the Solar System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.8 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
Sun Angle and Temperature AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.8 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
Earth-Sun-Moon System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

6.E2U1.9 Develop and use models to construct an explanation of how eclipses, moon phases, and tides occur within the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Earth's Place in the Solar System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to construct an explanation of how eclipses, moon phases, and tides occur within the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Sun Angle and Temperature AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.E2U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to construct an explanation of how eclipses, moon phases, and tides occur within the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Food Webs AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.L2U1.13 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to demonstrate the interdependence of organisms and their environment including biotic and abiotic factors.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.L2U1.13 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to demonstrate the interdependence of organisms and their environment including biotic and abiotic factors.
Food Webs AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.L2U1.14 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a model that shows the cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.L2U3.11 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use evidence to construct an argument regarding the impact of human activities on the environment and how they positively and negatively affect the competition for energy and resources in ecosystems.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.L2U3.11 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use evidence to construct an argument regarding the impact of human activities on the environment and how they positively and negatively affect the competition for energy and resources in ecosystems.
Food Webs AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.L2U3.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument from evidence to support a claim about the factors that cause species to change and how humans can impact those factors.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.L2U3.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument from evidence to support a claim about the factors that cause species to change and how humans can impact those factors.
Mass and Motion AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P1U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Analyze and interpret data to show that changes in states of matter are caused by different rates of movement of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases (Kinetic Theory).
Chemical Reactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P1U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret data to show that changes in states of matter are caused by different rates of movement of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases (Kinetic Theory).
Polymer Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P1U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret data to show that changes in states of matter are caused by different rates of movement of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases (Kinetic Theory).
Chemical Reactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P1U1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate that variations in temperature and/or pressure affect changes in state of matter.
Polymer Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P1U1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate that variations in temperature and/or pressure affect changes in state of matter.
Mass and Motion AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P1U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use models to represent that matter is made up of smaller particles called atoms.
Chemical Reactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P1U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use models to represent that matter is made up of smaller particles called atoms.
Mass and Motion AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P2U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Engineering Wind Turbines AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P4U2.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze how humans use technology to store (potential) and/or use (kinetic) energy.
Electric and Magnetic Interactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 6.P4U2.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze how humans use technology to store (potential) and/or use (kinetic) energy.
Sucrose and Heart Rate AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L1U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to explain how cells, tissues, and organ systems maintain life (animals).
Cellular Respiration AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L1U1.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to explain how cells, tissues, and organ systems maintain life (animals).
Sucrose and Heart Rate AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L1U1.8 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to provide evidence that all living things are made of cells, cells come from existing cells, and cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
Cellular Respiration AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L1U1.8 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to provide evidence that all living things are made of cells, cells come from existing cells, and cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
Comparing Cells AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L1U1.8 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to provide evidence that all living things are made of cells, cells come from existing cells, and cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
Comparing Cells AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L1U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation to demonstrate the relationship between major cell structures and cell functions (plant and animal).
Cellular Respiration AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L1U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation to demonstrate the relationship between major cell structures and cell functions (plant and animal).
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L2U1.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation for how some plant cells convert light energy into food energy.
Food Webs AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L2U1.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation for how some plant cells convert light energy into food energy.
Comparing Cells AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.L2U1.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation for how some plant cells convert light energy into food energy.
Engineering Wind Turbines AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Collect and analyze data demonstrating how electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive and can vary in strength.
Magnetism and Energy AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Collect and analyze data demonstrating how electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive and can vary in strength.
Electric and Magnetic Interactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P2U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Collect and analyze data demonstrating how electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive and can vary in strength.
Magnetism and Energy AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P2U1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Electric and Magnetic Interactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P2U1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Engineering Wind Turbines AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P2U1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Engineering Seismograph AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Mechanical Waves and Energy AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Magnetism and Energy AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Mass and Motion AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Earth's Place in the Solar System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Engineering Seismograph AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Electric and Magnetic Interactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Mass and Motion AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Earth-Sun-Moon System AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 7.P3U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Engineering Greenhouses AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.E1U3.8 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct and support an argument about how human consumption of limited resources impacts the biosphere.
Animal Diversity AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Natural Selection AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Heredity and Traits AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
DNA and Mutations AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
DNA and Proteins AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Reproduction AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U1.9 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Natural Selection AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U3.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
Heredity and Traits AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U3.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
DNA and Mutations AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U3.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
Reproduction AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L3U3.10 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
Animal Diversity AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.11 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Natural Selection AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.11 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
DNA and Proteins AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.11 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
DNA and Mutations AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.11 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Heredity and Traits AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.11 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Animal Diversity AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.
DNA and Mutations AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.
Natural Selection AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.L4U1.12 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.
Polymer Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P1U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to demonstrate that atoms and molecules can be combined or rearranged in chemical reactions to form new compounds with the total number of each type of atom conserved.
Chemical Reactions AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P1U1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to demonstrate that atoms and molecules can be combined or rearranged in chemical reactions to form new compounds with the total number of each type of atom conserved.
Polymer Structure and Function AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P1U1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain and evaluate information regarding how scientists identify substances based on unique physical and chemical properties.
Mass and Motion AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P4U1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation on how energy can be transferred from one energy store to another.
Engineering Seismograph AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P4U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.
Mechanical Waves and Energy AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P4U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.
Light and Information Transfer AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P4U1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.
Engineering Seismograph AZ Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science 8.P4U2.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a solution to increase efficiency when transferring energy from one source to another.
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Science Lesson : Greenhouse Effect
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E1U1.6
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E1U1.6
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E1U1.6
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E1U1.6
Science Lesson : Engineering Greenhouses
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.10
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.10
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.10
Science Lesson : Greenhouse Effect
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.10
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.10
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.10
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use ratios and proportions to analyze and interpret data related to scale, properties, and relationships among objects in our solar system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.7
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use ratios and proportions to analyze and interpret data related to scale, properties, and relationships among objects in our solar system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.7
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use ratios and proportions to analyze and interpret data related to scale, properties, and relationships among objects in our solar system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.7
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.8
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.8
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.8
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

6.E2U1.9 Develop and use models to construct an explanation of how eclipses, moon phases, and tides occur within the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.9
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to construct an explanation of how eclipses, moon phases, and tides occur within the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.9
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to construct an explanation of how eclipses, moon phases, and tides occur within the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.E2U1.9
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to demonstrate the interdependence of organisms and their environment including biotic and abiotic factors.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.L2U1.13
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to demonstrate the interdependence of organisms and their environment including biotic and abiotic factors.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.L2U1.13
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a model that shows the cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.L2U1.14
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an argument regarding the impact of human activities on the environment and how they positively and negatively affect the competition for energy and resources in ecosystems.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.L2U3.11
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an argument regarding the impact of human activities on the environment and how they positively and negatively affect the competition for energy and resources in ecosystems.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.L2U3.11
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to support a claim about the factors that cause species to change and how humans can impact those factors.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.L2U3.12
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to support a claim about the factors that cause species to change and how humans can impact those factors.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.L2U3.12
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data to show that changes in states of matter are caused by different rates of movement of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases (Kinetic Theory).
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P1U1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that changes in states of matter are caused by different rates of movement of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases (Kinetic Theory).
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P1U1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that changes in states of matter are caused by different rates of movement of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases (Kinetic Theory).
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P1U1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate that variations in temperature and/or pressure affect changes in state of matter.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P1U1.2
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate that variations in temperature and/or pressure affect changes in state of matter.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P1U1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use models to represent that matter is made up of smaller particles called atoms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P1U1.3
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to represent that matter is made up of smaller particles called atoms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P1U1.3
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P2U1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze how humans use technology to store (potential) and/or use (kinetic) energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P4U2.5
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze how humans use technology to store (potential) and/or use (kinetic) energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.P4U2.5
Science Lesson : Sucrose and Heart Rate
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to explain how cells, tissues, and organ systems maintain life (animals).
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L1U1.10
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to explain how cells, tissues, and organ systems maintain life (animals).
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L1U1.10
Science Lesson : Sucrose and Heart Rate
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to provide evidence that all living things are made of cells, cells come from existing cells, and cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L1U1.8
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to provide evidence that all living things are made of cells, cells come from existing cells, and cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L1U1.8
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to provide evidence that all living things are made of cells, cells come from existing cells, and cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L1U1.8
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation to demonstrate the relationship between major cell structures and cell functions (plant and animal).
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L1U1.9
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation to demonstrate the relationship between major cell structures and cell functions (plant and animal).
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L1U1.9
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation for how some plant cells convert light energy into food energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L2U1.12
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation for how some plant cells convert light energy into food energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L2U1.12
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation for how some plant cells convert light energy into food energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.L2U1.12
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and analyze data demonstrating how electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive and can vary in strength.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and analyze data demonstrating how electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive and can vary in strength.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and analyze data demonstrating how electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive and can vary in strength.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P2U1.1
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P2U1.2
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P2U1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P2U1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.3
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.3
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.3
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.3
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.4
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.4
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.4
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.P3U1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Greenhouses
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and support an argument about how human consumption of limited resources impacts the biosphere.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.E1U3.8
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U1.9
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U1.9
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U1.9
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U1.9
Science Lesson : DNA and Proteins
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U1.9
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U1.9
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U3.10
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U3.10
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U3.10
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L3U3.10
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.11
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.11
Science Lesson : DNA and Proteins
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.11
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.11
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.11
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.12
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.12
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.L4U1.12
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to demonstrate that atoms and molecules can be combined or rearranged in chemical reactions to form new compounds with the total number of each type of atom conserved.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P1U1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to demonstrate that atoms and molecules can be combined or rearranged in chemical reactions to form new compounds with the total number of each type of atom conserved.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P1U1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and evaluate information regarding how scientists identify substances based on unique physical and chemical properties.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P1U1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation on how energy can be transferred from one energy store to another.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P4U1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P4U1.4
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P4U1.4
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P4U1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a solution to increase efficiency when transferring energy from one source to another.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P4U2.5
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a solution to increase efficiency when transferring energy from one source to another.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P4U2.5
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: AZ
Standards: Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a solution to increase efficiency when transferring energy from one source to another.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.P4U2.5
This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated, hands-on NGSS-designed curriculum aligns with Arizona Academic Content Standards in Science.
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