Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science

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Ant Behavior and Food MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Living and Nonliving Things MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans)  can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1E.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Parent and Offspring Behaviors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents. 
Plant Structures MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents. 
Living and Nonliving Things MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Parent and Offspring Behaviors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Bird Beak Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Ant Behavior and Food MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to
help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Plant Structures MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.2.2.2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Plan and design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.2.2.2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Plan and design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.3.2.2.2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Plan and design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Parent and Offspring Behaviors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1L.4.2.1.2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Obtain information using various features of texts and other media to determine patterns in the behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. 
Making Sounds and Instruments MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. 
Sounds and Senses MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. 
Making Sounds and Instruments MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Identify and describe patterns obtained from testing different materials and determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for producing and/or transmitting sound.
Light MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Materials and Light MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Engineering Communication Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Communicate solutions that use materials to provide shelter, food, or warmth needs for communities including Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 2E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 2E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Seasonal Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 2E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Earth and Moon Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Light MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Materials and Light MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Plan and conduct a controlled investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Materials and Light MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Engineering Communication Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Engineering Communication Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Engineering Communication Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science.

Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans)  can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Bird Beak Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to
help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information using various features of texts and other media to determine patterns in the behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Making Sounds and Instruments
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sounds and Senses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Making Sounds and Instruments
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and describe patterns obtained from testing different materials and determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for producing and/or transmitting sound.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate solutions that use materials to provide shelter, food, or warmth needs for communities including Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Sun Position and Shadow Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Seasonal Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth and Moon Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 1
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sun Position and Shadow Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 1
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 3P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct a controlled investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Grades: 1
State ID: 3P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Grades: 1
State ID: ETS3
This guide shows how KnowAtom’s K-8 integrated model of NGSS-designed curriculum is aligned with Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science.
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