Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards")
Massachusetts
This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of K-8 hands-on science curriculum is designed for Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards")
Download Our Alignment to Massachusetts Standards

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards")

  • All Grades
  • K
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Earth's Interacting Systems MA MA STE Frameworks 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use graphs and tables of local weather data to describe and predict typical weather during a particular season in an area.
Earth's Interacting Systems MA MA STE Frameworks 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and summarize information about the climate of different regions of the world to illustrate that typical weather conditions over a year vary by region.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use simple graphical representations to show that different types of organisms have unique and diverse life cycles. Describe that all organisms have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common but there are a variety of ways in which these happen.
Ecosystem Dynamics MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Provide evidence, including through the analysis of data, that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Ecosystem Dynamics MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Give examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Ecosystem Dynamics MA MA STE Frameworks 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 within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Ecosystem Dynamics MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular environment some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive.
Ecosystem Dynamics MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret given data about changes in a habitat and describe how the changes may affect the ability of organisms that live in that habitat to survive and reproduce.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-5 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Provide evidence to support a claim that the survival of a population is dependent upon reproduction.
Friction and Motion MA MA STE Frameworks 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate several possible solutions to a given design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate several possible solutions to a given design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate several possible solutions to a given design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-4 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-4 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-4 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-4 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Weathering Rocks MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape over long periods of time.

Weathering Rocks MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation.
Earth's Surface Features MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret maps of Earth’s mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, and earthquake epicenters to describe patterns of these features and their locations relative to boundaries between continents and oceans.
Plant and Animal Cells MA MA STE Frameworks 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Growth MA MA STE Frameworks 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MA MA STE Frameworks 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Electrical Currents and Circuits MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Magnets and Motors MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Materials MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Friction and Motion MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Electrical Currents and Circuits MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Magnets and Motors MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Sound Energy MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of a simple mechanical wave (including sound) to communicate that waves (a) are regular patterns of motion along which energy travels and (b) can cause objects to move.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that light must reflect off an object and enter the eye for the object to be seen.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-5 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-5 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-5 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use observations, first-hand and from various media, to argue that the sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer to Earth.
Patterns MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a model to communicate Earth’s relationship to the Sun, Moon, and other stars that explain (a) why people on Earth experience day and night, (b) patterns in daily changes in length and direction of shadows over a day, and (c) changes in the apparent position of the Sun, Moon, and stars at different times during a day, over a month, and over a year.

Earth's Water MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a model to describe the cycling of water through a watershed through evaporation, precipitation, absorption, surface runoff, and condensation.
Earth's Interacting Systems MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a model to describe the cycling of water through a watershed through evaporation, precipitation, absorption, surface runoff, and condensation.
Earth's Water MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe and graph the relative amounts of salt water in the ocean; fresh water in lakes, rivers, and groundwater; and fresh water frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps to provide evidence about the availability of fresh water in Earth’s biosphere.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information about ways communities reduce human impact on the Earth’s resources and environment by changing an agricultural, industrial, or community practice or process.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information about ways communities reduce human impact on the Earth’s resources and environment by changing an agricultural, industrial, or community practice or process.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Test a simple system designed to filter particulates out of water and propose one change to the design to improve it.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-1 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-1 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-1 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.

Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.

Plant Growth MA MA STE Frameworks 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MA MA STE Frameworks 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs MA MA STE Frameworks 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 producers, consumers, decomposers, and the air, water, and soil in the environment to (a) show that plants produce sugars and plant materials, (b) show that animals can eat plants and/or other animals for food, and (c) show that some organisms, including fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and recycle some materials back to the air and soil.
Decomposition MA MA STE Frameworks 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 producers, consumers, decomposers, and the air, water, and soil in the environment to (a) show that plants produce sugars and plant materials, (b) show that animals can eat plants and/or other animals for food, and (c) show that some organisms, including fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and recycle some materials back to the air and soil.
Decomposition MA MA STE Frameworks 5-LS2-2 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Compare at least two designs for a composter to determine which is most likely to encourage decomposition of materials.
Conservation of Matter MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Sound Energy MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Sound Energy and Materials MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Conservation of Matter MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Measure and graph the weights (masses) of substances before and after a reaction or phase change to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or combining substances, the total weight (mass) of matter is conserved.
Properties of Minerals MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Electrical Currents and Circuits MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Magnets and Motors MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Sound Energy and Materials MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Engineering Sound Barriers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Engineering Library Scopes MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Conservation of Matter MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances with new properties (a chemical reaction) or not (a mixture).
Weathering Rocks MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances with new properties (a chemical reaction) or not (a mixture).
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Engineering Roller Coasters MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use a model to describe that the food animals digest (a) contains energy that was once energy from the sun, and (b) provides energy and nutrients for life processes, including body repair, growth, motion, body warmth, and reproduction.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 5.3-5-ETS3-1 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Engineering Filtration Devices MA MA STE Frameworks 5.3-5-ETS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.
New call-to-action

Learn How to Get Started Using KnowAtom in Your School

Other State Standards

Massachusetts Science Standards

Download the KnowAtom Alignment to NGSS State Standards

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards").

Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use graphs and tables of local weather data to describe and predict typical weather during a particular season in an area.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and summarize information about the climate of different regions of the world to illustrate that typical weather conditions over a year vary by region.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use simple graphical representations to show that different types of organisms have unique and diverse life cycles. Describe that all organisms have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common but there are a variety of ways in which these happen.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence, including through the analysis of data, 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Give examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular environment some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret given data about changes in a habitat and describe how the changes may affect the ability of organisms that live in that habitat to survive and reproduce.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to support a claim that the survival of a population is dependent upon reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-LS4-5 (MA)
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Generate several possible solutions to a given design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Generate several possible solutions to a given design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Generate several possible solutions to a given design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape over long periods of time.

Grades: 5
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret maps of Earth’s mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, and earthquake epicenters to describe patterns of these features and their locations relative to boundaries between continents and oceans.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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 : Friction and Motion
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show 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: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of a simple mechanical wave (including sound) to communicate that waves (a) are regular patterns of motion along which energy travels and (b) can cause objects to move.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light must reflect off an object and enter the eye for the object to be seen.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4-PS4-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4.3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4.3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4.3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use observations, first-hand and from various media, to argue that the sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer to Earth.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Patterns
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to communicate Earth’s relationship to the Sun, Moon, and other stars that explain (a) why people on Earth experience day and night, (b) patterns in daily changes in length and direction of shadows over a day, and (c) changes in the apparent position of the Sun, Moon, and stars at different times during a day, over a month, and over a year.

Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS1-2
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to describe the cycling of water through a watershed through evaporation, precipitation, absorption, surface runoff, and condensation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to describe the cycling of water through a watershed through evaporation, precipitation, absorption, surface runoff, and condensation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the relative amounts of salt water in the ocean; fresh water in lakes, rivers, and groundwater; and fresh water frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps to provide evidence about the availability of fresh water in Earth’s biosphere.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways communities reduce human impact on the Earth’s resources and environment by changing an agricultural, industrial, or community practice or process.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways communities reduce human impact on the Earth’s resources and environment by changing an agricultural, industrial, or community practice or process.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Test a simple system designed to filter particulates out of water and propose one change to the design to improve it.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ESS3-2 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ETS3-1 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ETS3-1 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ETS3-1 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.

Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ETS3-2 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ETS3-2 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.

Grades: 5
State ID: 5-ETS3-2 (MA)
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among producers, consumers, decomposers, and the air, water, and soil in the environment to (a) show that plants produce sugars and plant materials, (b) show that animals can eat plants and/or other animals for food, and (c) show that some organisms, including fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and recycle some materials back to the air and soil.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Decomposition
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among producers, consumers, decomposers, and the air, water, and soil in the environment to (a) show that plants produce sugars and plant materials, (b) show that animals can eat plants and/or other animals for food, and (c) show that some organisms, including fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and recycle some materials back to the air and soil.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Decomposition
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Compare at least two designs for a composter to determine which is most likely to encourage decomposition of materials.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-LS2-2 (MA)
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Measure and graph the weights (masses) of substances before and after a reaction or phase change to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or combining substances, the total weight (mass) of matter is conserved.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances with new properties (a chemical reaction) or not (a mixture).
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances with new properties (a chemical reaction) or not (a mixture).
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to describe that the food animals digest (a) contains energy that was once energy from the sun, and (b) provides energy and nutrients for life processes, including body repair, growth, motion, body warmth, and reproduction.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Grades: 5
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.
Grades: 5
This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of K-8 hands-on science curriculum is designed for Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards")
New call-to-action

Learn How to Get Started Using KnowAtom in Your School

Other State Standards

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

Quick Links
Connect with Us
Sign Up for Our Blog

Sign Up for Our Blog

© 2024 KnowAtom LLC  •  10 Brady Drive Unit 3   •  Ipswich MA •   01938 USA
DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use