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Earth-Sun-Moon System | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. |
Earth's Place in the Solar System | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. |
Sun Angle and Temperature | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. |
Convection and Weather | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. |
Earth-Sun-Moon System | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system. |
Engineering Meteoroid Shields | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system. |
Earth's Place in the Solar System | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS1-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Convection and Weather | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS2-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. |
Convection and Weather | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS2-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions. |
Greenhouse Effect | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS2-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions. |
Greenhouse Effect | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS2-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. |
Convection and Weather | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS2-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. |
Sun Angle and Temperature | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS2-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. |
Greenhouse Effect | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS3-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. |
Convection and Weather | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-ESS3-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. |
Cellular Respiration | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. |
Comparing Cells | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. |
Comparing Cells | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function. |
Cellular Respiration | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function. |
Sucrose and Heart Rate | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function. |
Sucrose and Heart Rate | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Heredity and Traits | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. |
Natural Selection | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. |
Reproduction | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. |
Food Webs | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Engineering Shoreline Barriers | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Comparing Cells | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Cellular Respiration | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-7 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | 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. |
Sucrose and Heart Rate | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-7 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Comparing Cells | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS1-8 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories. MS-LS4-2. |
Food Webs | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. |
Engineering Shoreline Barriers | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. |
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. |
Food Webs | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. |
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. |
Food Webs | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. |
Engineering Shoreline Barriers | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. |
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. |
Engineering Shoreline Barriers | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS2-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
Natural Selection | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
DNA and Mutations | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. |
Heredity and Traits | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS3-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS3-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
DNA and Proteins | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. |
Comparing Cells | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. |
Natural Selection | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy. |
DNA and Mutations | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. |
Heredity and Traits | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. |
DNA and Proteins | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. |
Animal Diversity | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. |
Heredity and Traits | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. |
Natural Selection | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-LS4-6 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time. |
Chemical Reactions | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. |
Polymer Structure and Function | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. |
Polymer Structure and Function | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. |
Polymer Structure and Function | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS1-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | 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=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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 Motion | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS1-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | 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 Motion | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects. |
Engineering Meteoroid Shields | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects. |
Engineering Wind Turbines | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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 Seismograph | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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.
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals. |
Mass and Motion | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | 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 Meteoroid Shields | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Forces and Motion | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Electric and Magnetic Interactions | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. |
Engineering Wind Turbines | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. |
Magnetism and Energy | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. |
Earth's Place in the Solar System | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. |
Engineering Meteoroid Shields | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. |
Earth-Sun-Moon System | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. |
Magnetism and Energy | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Electric and Magnetic Interactions | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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 Wind Turbines | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS2-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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 and Motion | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | 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 Wind Turbines | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Engineering Greenhouses | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS3-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. |
Chemical Reactions | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS3-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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. |
Mass and Motion | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS3-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | 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 Wind Turbines | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS3-5 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
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 Seismograph | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. |
Mechanical Waves and Energy | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. |
Engineering Seismograph | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS4-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. |
Light and Information Transfer | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS4-2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. |
Light and Information Transfer | CO | Colorado Academic Standards in Science | MS-PS4-3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals. |
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
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.
Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
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.
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.
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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.
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.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
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.
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
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.
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.
Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
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.
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
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.
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.
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
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