Colorado Academic Standards in Science
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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Weather and Climate CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Flood Control Engineering CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Weather and Climate CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Environmental Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Flood Control Engineering CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Life Cycles CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Heredity and Traits CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Life Cycles CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Heredity and Traits CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Heredity and Traits CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Heredity and Traits CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Environmental Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Environmental Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Windmill Forces CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Forces and Materials CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Engineering Skyscrapers CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Comparing Forces CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Patterns in Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Motion in the Solar System CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Static Charge CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 3-PS2-4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Heat and Evaporation CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Flood Control Engineering CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Energy from the Sun CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Life Cycles CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Windmill Forces CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Sound Energy and Mediums CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Windmill Forces CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Water Prisms CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Hearing Toys CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Mediums CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Hearing Toys CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Water Prisms CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Motion in the Solar System CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Motion in the Solar System CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-ESS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
Heat and Evaporation CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Weather and Climate CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Weather and Climate CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Heat and Evaporation CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Energy from the Sun CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Environmental Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Energy from the Sun CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Heat and Matter CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Static Charge CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Structure of Matter CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy and Mediums CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Water Prisms CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Hearing Toys CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Forces and Materials CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Engineering Skyscrapers CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Comparing Forces CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Energy from the Sun CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Colorado Academic Standards in Science.

Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-4
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS4-2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS1-2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS3-1
This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for Colorado’s Academic Standards for Science.
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