This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS)
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Engineering Water Prisms | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Hearing Toys | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. |
Flood Control Engineering | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. |
Engineering Skyscrapers | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Pick-and-Place Devices | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Skyscrapers | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Hearing Toys | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Water Prisms | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Flood Control Engineering | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Pick-and-Place Devices | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Pick-and-Place Devices | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Hearing Toys | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Water Prisms | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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 Skyscrapers | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Flood Control Engineering | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-5-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Weather and Climate | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. |
Weather and Climate | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. |
Energy from the Sun | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. |
Heat and Evaporation | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. |
Flood Control Engineering | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-ESS3-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. |
Life Cycles | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. |
Environmental Change | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. |
Life Cycles | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. |
Heredity and Traits | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Heredity and Traits | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS3-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. |
Fossil Organisms and their Environment | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS4-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. |
Heredity and Traits | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS4-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Fossil Organisms and their Environment | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS4-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Environmental Change | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS4-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Energy from the Sun | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS4-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Environmental Change | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-LS4-4 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change. |
Comparing Forces | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. |
Windmill Forces | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. |
Patterns in Motion | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. |
Forces and Materials | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. |
Engineering Skyscrapers | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. |
Motion in the Solar System | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. |
Static Charge | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. |
Magnets and Magnetic Fields | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. |
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. |
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 3-PS2-4 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. |
Flood Control Engineering | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation. |
Flood Control Engineering | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-ESS3-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans. |
Heredity and Traits | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction. |
Energy from the Sun | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction. |
Patterns in Motion | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. *Students are introduced to the relationship between energy and speed in this unit. |
Sound Energy and Mediums | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Engineering Hearing Toys | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Engineering Water Prisms | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
Windmill Forces | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-PS3-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.*Students are introduced to energy transfer in this unit by focusing on moving substances. They will explore other forms of energy transfer in later units. |
Engineering Water Prisms | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 4-PS4-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. |
Motion in the Solar System | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. |
Fossil Organisms and their Environment | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
Energy from the Sun | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
Heat and Evaporation | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
Environmental Change | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-ESS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
Heat and Evaporation | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-ESS2-2 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Energy from the Sun | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. |
Energy from the Sun | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. |
Fossil Organisms and their Environment | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-LS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. |
Sound Energy and Mediums | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. |
Heat and Matter | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. |
Structure of Matter | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. |
Static Charge | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. |
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Engineering Hearing Toys | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Magnets and Magnetic Fields | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Engineering Water Prisms | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Static Charge | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS1-3 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. |
Engineering Skyscrapers | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. |
Motion in the Solar System | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. |
Forces and Materials | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS2-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. |
Energy from the Sun | MI | Michigan K-12 Science Standards (NGSS) | 5-PS3-1 | [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3 |
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. |
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
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.
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. *Students are introduced to the relationship between energy and speed in this unit.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.*Students are introduced to energy transfer in this unit by focusing on moving substances. They will explore other forms of energy transfer in later units.
Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
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.
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
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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