Colorado Academic Standards in Science
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Colorado Academic Standards in Science

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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Who Scientists Are CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Windy Weather CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
The Water Cycle CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Weather Patterns CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Heat and Water CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Weather and Seasons CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Living Things in Their Habitat CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Earth and Human Activity CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Human Shelter CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Animal Habitats CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Human Shelter CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Growing Plants CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live
Extreme Weather CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Earth and Human Activity CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-ESS3-3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Parts of Plants CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-LS1-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Growing Plants CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-LS1-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-LS1-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Germinating Seeds CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-LS1-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Characteristics of Living Things CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-LS1-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Pushes and Pulls CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Forces and Motion CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS2-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Engineering Marble Movers CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS2-2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
Sunlight and Temperature CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS3-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Sun and Shade CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS3-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Color and Temperature CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS3-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Who Scientists Are CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS3-1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Sunlight and Engineering CO Colorado Academic Standards in Science K-PS3-2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Colorado Academic Standards in Science.

Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Windy Weather
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : The Water Cycle
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather Patterns
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Water
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Seasons
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Human Shelter
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Human Shelter
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Extreme Weather
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-3
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Pushes and Pulls
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Temperature
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Sun and Shade
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Color and Temperature
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: CO
Standards: Colorado Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-2
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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Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

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