Science Lesson | State | Standards | State ID | Grades | Performance Expectation |
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Engineering Roller Coasters | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Sound Barriers | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Filtration Devices | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Library Scopes | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Sound Barriers | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Filtration Devices | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Roller Coasters | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Library Scopes | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Filtration Devices | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Roller Coasters | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Sound Barriers | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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 Library Scopes | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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's Interacting Systems | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. |
Earth's Water | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. |
Earth's Interacting Systems | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. |
Earth's Water | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-ESS2-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Ecosystem Dynamics | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. |
Ecosystem Dynamics | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Plant Growth and Acid Rain | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Ecosystem Dynamics | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. |
Plant Growth and Acid Rain | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. |
Ecosystem Dynamics | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS4-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Ecosystem Dynamics | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS4-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Plant Growth and Acid Rain | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-LS4-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Engineering Roller Coasters | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. |
Magnets and Motors | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. |
Electrical Currents and Circuits | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. |
Plant Growth | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 3.LS1.B.1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals. |
Earth's Surface Features | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. |
Weathering Rocks | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation. |
Earth's Surface Features | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features. |
Plant and Animal Cells | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction. |
Ecosystem Dynamics | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. |
Friction and Motion | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Engineering Library Scopes | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Engineering Sound Barriers | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Sound Energy | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Sound Energy and Materials | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Engineering Roller Coasters | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Electrical Currents and Circuits | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Magnets and Motors | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-4 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. |
Engineering Roller Coasters | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS3-4 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. |
Sound Energy and Materials | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. |
Engineering Sound Barriers | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. |
Engineering Library Scopes | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4-PS4-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. |
Plant Growth | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 4.LS1.A.1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction. |
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. |
Patterns | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-ESS1-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Earth's Interacting Systems | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
Earth's Surface Features | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
Earth's Water | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Engineering Filtration Devices | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-ESS3-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment. |
Energy and Matter in Food Webs | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water. |
Plant and Animal Cells | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. |
Plant Growth and Acid Rain | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. |
Decomposition | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. |
Energy and Matter in Food Webs | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. |
Ecosystem Dynamics | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. |
Conservation of Matter | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. |
Sound Energy | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. |
Electrical Currents and Circuits | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. |
Conservation of Matter | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-2 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved. |
Properties of Minerals | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Engineering Library Scopes | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Engineering Sound Barriers | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Electrical Currents and Circuits | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Magnets and Motors | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Sound Energy and Materials | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Properties of Minerals | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-4 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances. |
Conservation of Matter | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS1-4 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances. |
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. |
Friction and Motion | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. |
Engineering Roller Coasters | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. |
Decomposition | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Energy and Matter in Food Webs | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
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. |
Plant Growth | IN | K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards | 5.LS1.C.1 | [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 |
Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water. |
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
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.
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
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.
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.
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
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.
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.
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.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
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.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
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.
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
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.
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.
Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
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