This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Science Lesson | State | Standards | State ID | Grades | Performance Expectation |
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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. |
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or 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.
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.
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.
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.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
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.
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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.
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.
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.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
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.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
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.
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.*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.
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.
Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
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.
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.
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 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.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
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.
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.
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