Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Earth's Interacting Systems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Earth's Interacting Systems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Earth's Water LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Engineering Filtration Devices LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Ecosystem Dynamics LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Ecosystem Dynamics LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Magnets and Motors LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Weathering Rocks LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. *In this unit, students focus on the role of weathering in erosion, deposition, and Earth’s changing landscape.
Weathering Rocks LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct investigations on the effects of water, ice, and vegetation on the relative rate of weathering and erosion.
Earth's Surface Features LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.  how different kinds of rock are mechanically weathered, analyzing how the sediment caused by the weathering can then be eroded. *In this unit, students focus on patterns in the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes.
Plant and Animal Cells LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Plant Growth LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Friction and Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Roller Coasters LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Electrical Currents and Circuits LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Magnets and Motors LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Materials LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Sound Barriers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Library Scopes LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Roller Coasters LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. 
Electrical Currents and Circuits LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Magnets and Motors LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Sound Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Library Scopes LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Patterns LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Weathering Rocks LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Earth's Water LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Earth's Interacting Systems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Earth's Water LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Engineering Filtration Devices LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Engineering Library Scopes LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Plant Growth LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Decomposition LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Ecosystem Dynamics LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Conservation of Matter LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Electrical Currents and Circuits LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy and Materials LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Engineering Sound Barriers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

 Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Conservation of Matter LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Properties of Minerals LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Electrical Currents and Circuits LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Magnets and Motors LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Sound Energy and Materials LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Sound Barriers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Library Scopes LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Conservation of Matter LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Weathering Rocks LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Engineering Roller Coasters LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 : Earth's Interacting Systems
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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. *In this unit, students focus on the role of weathering in erosion, deposition, and Earth’s changing landscape.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.  how different kinds of rock are mechanically weathered, analyzing how the sediment caused by the weathering can then be eroded. *In this unit, students focus on patterns in the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Sound 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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Sound 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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS4-2
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Patterns
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS1-2
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in 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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Decomposition
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Conservation 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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Sound 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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in 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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS3-1
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.

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