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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Engineering Roller Coasters ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Sound Barriers ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Filtration Devices ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Library Scopes ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Roller Coasters ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Sound Barriers ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Library Scopes ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Filtration Devices ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Roller Coasters ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Sound Barriers ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Filtration Devices ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Library Scopes ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Earth's Interacting Systems ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Ecosystem Dynamics ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Ecosystem Dynamics ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Magnets and Motors ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Earth's Surface Features ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 Growth and Acid Rain ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 and Animal Cells ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Patterns ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 Library Scopes ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Engineering Filtration Devices ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Plant Growth ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Decomposition ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Electrical Currents and Circuits ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Engineering Sound Barriers ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Properties of Minerals ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Engineering Roller Coasters ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 ME Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) 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 Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS).

Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. *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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 Growth and Acid Rain
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 and Animal Cells
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Patterns
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS1-2
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Decomposition
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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 : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
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: ME
Standards: Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS3-1

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for Maine Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS)

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