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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. |
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
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.
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
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.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
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.
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.
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
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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