Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated, hands-on NGSS - designed curriculum aligns with Louisiana Student Standards for Science in Grades K-8.

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Louisiana Student Standards for Science

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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Weather and Climate LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Heat and Evaporation LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Weather and Climate LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Comparing Forces LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Windmill Forces LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Windmill Forces LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Magnets and Magnetic Fields LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.
Heat and Evaporation LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 Plan and conduct investigations on the effects of water, ice, and vegetation on the relative rate of weathering and erosion.
Flood Control Engineering LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Energy from the Sun LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Heredity and Traits LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Life Cycles LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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, behavior, and reproduction.
Patterns in Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Windmill Forces LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Water Prisms LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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. 

Heat and Evaporation LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Fossil Organisms and their Environment LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Environmental Change LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.
Structure of Matter LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Heat and Matter LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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. 

Motion in the Solar System LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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. 

Magnets and Magnetic Fields LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Motion in the Solar System LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Engineering Skyscrapers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 Louisiana Student Standards for Science.

Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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 : Environmental Change
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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 : Heredity and Traits
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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 : Windmill Forces
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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 : Patterns in Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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.

Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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 Skyscrapers
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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.

Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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.
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct investigations on the effects of water, ice, and vegetation on the relative rate of weathering and erosion.
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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.

Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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. 

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. 

Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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.

Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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 guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated, hands-on NGSS - designed curriculum aligns with Louisiana Student Standards for Science in Grades K-8.
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