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.
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Engineering Marble Movers | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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. |
Who Scientists Are | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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. |
Windy Weather | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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 |
Sunlight and Engineering | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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. |
Who Scientists Are | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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. |
Windy Weather | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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 |
Sunlight and Engineering | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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 Marble Movers | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
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. |
Who Scientists Are | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs. |
Sunlight and Engineering | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs. |
Engineering Marble Movers | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs. |
Who Scientists Are | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. |
Windy Weather | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time |
Heat and Water | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. |
The Water Cycle | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. |
Weather and Seasons | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. |
Weather Patterns | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. |
Growing Plants | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs. |
Living Things in Their Habitat | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live |
Animal Habitats | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live |
Windy Weather | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS3-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather. |
Who Scientists Are | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS3-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather. |
Extreme Weather | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS3-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather. |
Human Shelter | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS3-3 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment. |
Earth and Human Activity | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-ESS3-3 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment. |
Characteristics of Living Things | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. |
Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. |
Growing Plants | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. |
Animal Habitats | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. |
Living Things in Their Habitat | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. |
Parts of Plants | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. |
Germinating Seeds | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. |
Pushes and Pulls | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. |
Forces and Motion | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. |
Friction and Motion | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. |
Engineering Marble Movers | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS2-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull. |
Who Scientists Are | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface |
The Water Cycle | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface |
Sunlight and Temperature | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface |
Sun and Shade | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface |
Color and Temperature | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface |
Sunlight and Engineering | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface |
Weather Patterns | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. |
Weather and Seasons | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. |
Who Scientists Are | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use tools and materials provided to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. |
Sunlight and Engineering | CA | Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools | K-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Use tools and materials provided to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. |
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.
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.
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 performs.
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Use tools and materials provided to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Use tools and materials provided to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
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.