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
Earth Materials and Water Flow LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Frog Life Cycle LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 Transfer and Levers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.
Water Erosion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Changing Earth's Surface LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Changing Earth's Surface LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Plan and conduct investigations on the effects of water, ice, and vegetation on the relative rate of weathering and erosion.
Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS2-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Ask questions that can be investigated and predict reasonable outcomes about how living things affect the physical characteristics of their environment.
Water Erosion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Earth Materials and Water Flow LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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, behavior, and reproduction.

Selecting Traits LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-LS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an explanation to describe how animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brains, and respond to the information in different ways.

Energy and Collisions LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. *In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of patterns caused by the relative motions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

Energy Transfer and Levers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

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

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Engineering Permeable Concrete LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Food Webs LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.

Plant Structures LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.

Food Webs LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Properties of Matter LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Current Electricity LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Electric Cars LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 Louisiana Student Standards for Science.

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.

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 : Frog Life Cycle
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 : Selecting 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 : Selecting 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.

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 : Energy and Collisions
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:

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: 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 : Forces and Levers
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 : Water Erosion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: 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:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Ask questions that can be investigated and predict reasonable outcomes about how living things affect the physical characteristics of their environment.
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 : Plant Structures
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 : Frog Life Cycle
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 : Mealworm Senses
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 : Selecting 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 : Mealworm Senses
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation to describe how animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brains, and respond to the information in different ways.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: 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.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
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.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
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.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
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.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
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.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
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.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

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

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

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

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: 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.

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

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

Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.

Science Lesson : Food Webs
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 : Properties 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 : Current Electricity
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 : Waves and Energy
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 : Pitch and Volume
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:

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

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
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.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
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.

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

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.

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 Launchers
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 Levers
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 : Food Webs
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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Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.