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Engineering Electric Cars IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 Launchers IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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.
Selecting Traits IA Iowa Science Standards (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.
Plant Structures IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 Electric Cars IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 Launchers IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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.
Current Electricity IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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.
Properties of Matter IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 Electric Cars IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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 IA Iowa Science Standards (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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Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-ESS3-3
Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-2
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS4-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS4-3
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS1-2
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Properties of Matter
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation: Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: IA
Standards: Iowa Science 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS3-1

This guide shows how KnowAtom’s K-8 integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the K-8 Iowa Science Standards (NGSS)

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