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

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

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Engineering Launchers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 Electric Cars KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Changing Earth's Surface KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Water Erosion KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Plant Structures KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Selecting Traits KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Engineering Launchers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 Transfer and Levers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 Launchers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 Electric Cars KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Engineering Electric Cars KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Current Electricity KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Energy Transfer and Levers KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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 KY Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS).

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
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.

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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
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.

Science Lesson : Selecting 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.

Science Lesson : Selecting 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.

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.

Science Lesson : Selecting 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.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
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.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
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.
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
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.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
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.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
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.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

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.

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
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.

Science Lesson : Selecting 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.

Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
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.

Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
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.

Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
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.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
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.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
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.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

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

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

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.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

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.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (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.

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.

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.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Science Lesson : Food Webs
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.

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
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.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
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.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
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.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
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.

Science Lesson : Properties 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.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: KY
Standards: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
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.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
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.
Science Lesson : Food Webs
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.

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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