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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)

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Flood Control Engineering KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Hearing Toys KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 Skyscrapers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 Pick-and-Place Devices KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 Pick-and-Place Devices KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 Pick-and-Place Devices KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 Hearing Toys KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Flood Control Engineering KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Environmental Change KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Heredity and Traits KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Energy from the Sun KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 type of plants and animals that live there may change.
Windmill Forces KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 3-PS2-1 [{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.
Forces and Materials KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Engineering Skyscrapers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Comparing Forces KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Motion in the Solar System KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Static Charge KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Flood Control Engineering KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Heredity and Traits KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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, and reproduction.
Energy from the Sun KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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, and reproduction.
Patterns in Motion KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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. *Students are introduced to the relationship between energy and speed in this unit.
Engineering Water Prisms KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.*Students are introduced to energy transfer in this unit by focusing on moving substances. They will explore other forms of energy transfer in later units. 
Sound Energy and Mediums KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. 
Fossil Organisms and their Environment KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Energy from the Sun KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Energy from the Sun KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 Skyscrapers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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.
Motion in the Solar System KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS) 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 Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS).

Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or 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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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 : Static Charge
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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 : Flood Control Engineering
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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 : Heredity and Traits
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. *Students are introduced to the relationship between energy and speed in this unit.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.*Students are introduced to energy transfer in this unit by focusing on moving substances. They will explore other forms of energy transfer in later units. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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 : Energy from the Sun
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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 : Energy from the Sun
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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 : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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 : Motion in the Solar System
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
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: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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: 3
State ID: 5-PS3-1

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)

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