This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum for Grades K-8 is designed for the California K-12 Science Standards Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools.
Science Lesson
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Earth and Moon Patterns | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. |
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. |
Seasonal Patterns | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-ESS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year. |
Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-ESS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Plant Structures | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Ant Behavior and Food | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Bird Beak Structure and Function | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Engineering Dams | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Living and Nonliving Things | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Parent and Offspring Behaviors | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. |
Plant Structures | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. |
Living and Nonliving Things | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. |
Parent and Offspring Behaviors | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. *Students focus on animals in this unit. |
Sounds and Senses | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. |
Engineering Communication Devices | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. |
Making Sounds and Instruments | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. |
Light | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. |
Materials and Light | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | 1-PS4-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. |
Engineering Dams | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. |
Engineering Communication Devices | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. |
Engineering Dams | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. |
Engineering Communication Devices | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform. |
Engineering Communication Devices | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform. |
Engineering Dams | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform. |
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. *Students focus on animals in this unit.
Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform.
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform.
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.