Colorado Academic Standards in Science
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Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Groundwater Flow CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
The Rock Cycle CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Renewable Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Glacier Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Groundwater Flow CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Glacier Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
The Rock Cycle CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Climate Analysis CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Climate Analysis CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Glacier Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Groundwater Flow CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Groundwater Contamination CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Groundwater Flow CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Natural Resources CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Renewable Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
Groundwater Contamination CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
Climate Analysis CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-ESS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
The Cell Membrane CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
The Cell Membrane CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Reproduction CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Sea Star Structures CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Food and Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Food and Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Food and Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-7 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS1-7 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Chromosomes and Mutations CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Reproduction CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-LS4-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Mass and Heat Transfer CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Chemical Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Mass and Heat Transfer CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Natural Resources CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Chemical Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Mass and Heat Transfer CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
The Rock Cycle CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Chemical Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Mass and Heat Transfer CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Engineering Vehicles CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Engineering Speakers CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Communication Systems CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Glacier Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Communication Systems CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Engineering Speakers CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Engineering Vehicles CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Engineering Speakers CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Communication Systems CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Mass and Heat Transfer CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Mass and Heat Transfer CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
The Rock Cycle CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Engineering Vehicles CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
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Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS1-4
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-3
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-3
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-4
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-4
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS2-4
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-3
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-4
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-ESS3-5
Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-2
Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-2
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-2
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Sea Star Structures
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-6
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-6
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-6
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-7
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS1-7
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS2-2
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS2-2
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS2-3
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS2-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS2-5
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-5
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-5
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS1-6
Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Communication Systems
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-4
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-4
Science Lesson : Communication Systems
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-5
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS2-5
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Communication Systems
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS3-5
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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