K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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Engineering Skyscrapers IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Hearing Toys IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Water Prisms IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 
Flood Control Engineering IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Hearing Toys IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Water Prisms IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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.
Flood Control Engineering IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Skyscrapers IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Hearing Toys IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Water Prisms IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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.
Flood Control Engineering IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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 Skyscrapers IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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.
Weather and Climate IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Heat and Evaporation IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Flood Control Engineering IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Weather and Climate IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Energy from the Sun IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Environmental Change IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Heat and Evaporation IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use a model to demonstrate how water, in its different forms, moves through the water cycle. Investigate places where water is found in different forms on Earth.
Flood Control Engineering IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Life Cycles IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Heredity and Traits IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Energy from the Sun IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Life Cycles IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Heredity and Traits IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Heredity and Traits IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Energy from the Sun IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Heredity and Traits IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Environmental Change IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular ecosystem some organisms — based on structural adaptations or behaviors — can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Environmental Change IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Motion in the Solar System IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Windmill Forces IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Forces and Materials IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Patterns in Motion IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Patterns in Motion IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Motion in the Solar System IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Static Charge IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 3-PS2-4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Weather and Climate IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Flood Control Engineering IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Flood Control Engineering IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Energy from the Sun IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Life Cycles IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Windmill Forces IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Sound Energy and Mediums IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Windmill Forces IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Water Prisms IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Hearing Toys IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Mediums IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Hearing Toys IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Water Prisms IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Motion in the Solar System IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Weather and Climate IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Environmental Change IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Heat and Evaporation IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Energy from the Sun IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Environmental Change IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Energy from the Sun IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Heat and Matter IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Static Charge IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Structure of Matter IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy and Mediums IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Water Prisms IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Hearing Toys IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Static Charge IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Motion in the Solar System IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Forces and Materials IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Engineering Skyscrapers IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Energy from the Sun IN K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards.

Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to demonstrate how water, in its different forms, moves through the water cycle. Investigate places where water is found in different forms on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular ecosystem some organisms — based on structural adaptations or behaviors — can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-4
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS4-2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS3-1
This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom's integrated model of curriculum is aligned with the Indiana Academic Science Standards in Grades K-8 for the  K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards.
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