Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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Groundwater Contamination LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-ESS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
The Cell Membrane LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Chromosomes and Mutations LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
The Cell Membrane LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-LS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
The Rock Cycle LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Renewable Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7  Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Chromosomes and Mutations LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. 8-MS-PS1-1 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Natural Resources LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Engineering Speakers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Glacier Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Engineering Speakers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Engineering Speakers LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 6-MS-PS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Glacier Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Climate Analysis LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Groundwater Flow LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Groundwater Contamination LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Climate Analysis LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-ESS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Food and Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-LS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Food and Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-LS1-7 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Sea Star Structures LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-LS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Groundwater Contamination LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-LS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Undertake a design project that assists in maintaining diversity and ecosystem services.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-LS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Undertake a design project that assists in maintaining diversity and ecosystem services.
Reproduction LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-LS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Chemical Reactions LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Mass and Heat Transfer LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Renewable Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Mass and Heat Transfer LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and the state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Chemical Reactions LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
The Rock Cycle LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Renewable Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7  Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Chemical Reactions LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Mass and Heat Transfer LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 7-MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Climate Analysis LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s geologic history.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s geologic history.
The Rock Cycle LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Glacier Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Groundwater Flow LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Mass and Heat Transfer LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
The Rock Cycle LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Glacier Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Climate Analysis LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Groundwater Flow LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and sea floor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Groundwater Flow LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
Groundwater Contamination LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
The Rock Cycle LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
Natural Resources LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing human impact on the environment.
Groundwater Contamination LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-ESS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing human impact on the environment.
Reproduction LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Sea Star Structures LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
The Cell Membrane LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Chromosomes and Mutations LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Chromosomes and Mutations LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-LS4-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Chromosomes and Mutations LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Natural Resources LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Renewable Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Natural Resources LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Renewable Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Mass and Heat Transfer LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Chemical Reactions LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Mass and Heat Transfer LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Climate Analysis LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Forces and Motion LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

onstruct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Engineering Vehicles LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 8-MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Communication Systems LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science MS-PS4-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Louisiana Student Standards for Science.

Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-ESS3-4
Science Lesson : Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one or many different numbers and types.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS1-1
Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS1-2
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS1-2
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS2-2
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-LS2-3
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:  Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. 8-MS-PS1-1 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS2-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS2-5
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6-MS-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-ESS2-4
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-ESS2-4
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-ESS2-4
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-ESS2-4
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-ESS3-5
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-LS1-6
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-LS1-7
Science Lesson : Sea Star Structures
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-LS2-4
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Undertake a design project that assists in maintaining diversity and ecosystem services.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-LS2-5
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Undertake a design project that assists in maintaining diversity and ecosystem services.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-LS2-5
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and the state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS1-5
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS1-5
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:  Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS1-5
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7-MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s geologic history.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS1-4
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s geologic history.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS1-4
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosciences processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and sea floor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS2-3
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geosciences processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing human impact on the environment.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS3-3
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing human impact on the environment.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-ESS3-3
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Sea Star Structures
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and use argument(s) based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of survival and successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS1-4
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-3
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

onstruct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8-MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Communication Systems
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Grades: 7
State ID: MS-PS4-3
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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