NGSS
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This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the Hawaii Science Standards(Next Generation Science Standards).

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to NGSS

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Engineering Launchers HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Permeable Concrete HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Electric Cars HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Launchers HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Permeable Concrete HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Electric Cars HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Permeable Concrete HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Engineering Launchers HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Engineering Electric Cars HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Earth Materials and Water Flow HI NGSS 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Engineering Permeable Concrete HI NGSS 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

Earth Materials and Water Flow HI NGSS 3-ESS3-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Frog Life Cycle HI NGSS 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Selecting Traits HI NGSS 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

Selecting Traits HI NGSS 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Changing Earth's Surface HI NGSS 3-LS4-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

Selecting Traits HI NGSS 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Selecting Traits HI NGSS 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Selecting Traits HI NGSS 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change.

Energy Transfer and Levers HI NGSS 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Forces and Levers HI NGSS 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Engineering Launchers HI NGSS 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces HI NGSS 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Energy and Collisions HI NGSS 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Current Electricity HI NGSS 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns HI NGSS 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Water Erosion HI NGSS 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Changing Earth's Surface HI NGSS 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Water Erosion HI NGSS 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns HI NGSS 4-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment HI NGSS 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

Water Erosion HI NGSS 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

Changing Earth's Surface HI NGSS 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

Engineering Permeable Concrete HI NGSS 4-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Plant Structures HI NGSS 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Frog Life Cycle HI NGSS 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Mealworm Senses HI NGSS 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Selecting Traits HI NGSS 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Mealworm Senses HI NGSS 4-LS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

Energy and Collisions HI NGSS 4-PS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. *In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of patterns caused by the relative motions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

Energy Transfer and Levers HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Launchers HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Current Electricity HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Electric Cars HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Waves and Energy HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Pitch and Volume HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Forces and Levers HI NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Energy and Collisions HI NGSS 4-PS3-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

Engineering Launchers HI NGSS 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Engineering Electric Cars HI NGSS 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Waves and Energy HI NGSS 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 4-PS4-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces HI NGSS 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces HI NGSS 5-ESS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. *In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of patterns caused by the relative motions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

Earth Materials and Water Flow HI NGSS 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth Materials and Water Flow HI NGSS 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment HI NGSS 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Food Webs HI NGSS 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Plant Structures HI NGSS 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Properties of Matter HI NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Current Electricity HI NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Waves and Energy HI NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Pitch and Volume HI NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Engineering Electric Cars HI NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns HI NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Current Electricity HI NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Pitch and Volume HI NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Engineering Information Transfer HI NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Water Erosion HI NGSS 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Energy Transfer and Levers HI NGSS 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces HI NGSS 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Engineering Launchers HI NGSS 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Forces and Levers HI NGSS 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Food Webs HI NGSS 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

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Hawaii Science Standards | KnowAtom Lesson Alignment Guide

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to NGSS.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. *In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of patterns caused by the relative motions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. *In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of patterns caused by the relative motions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Science Lesson : Properties of Matter
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation: Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: HI
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the Hawaii Science Standards(Next Generation Science Standards).

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