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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Environmental Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 2E.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze data from tests of objects designed to reduce the impacts of a weather-related hazards and compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Weather and Climate MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 2E.4.2.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and use information from multiple sources, including electronic sources, to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Motion in the Solar System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Patterns in Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Weather and Climate MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Organize and electronically present collected data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of daylight in the different times of the year.
Life Cycles MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Energy from the Sun MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Life Cycles MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common. 
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the variations incharacteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Environmental Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Energy from the Sun MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Life Cycles MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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.
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.3.1.1.1 [{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.
Heat and Evaporation MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Flood Control Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Weather and Climate MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Heat and Evaporation MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Flood Control Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.2.1.2 [{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 improve a model or prototype to prevent erosion.
Heat and Evaporation MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Flood Control Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Energy from the Sun MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Weather and Climate MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Flood Control Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.2.2.1 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4L.4.2.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain information from various media sources to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Static Charge MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4P.1.1.2.1 [{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.
Motion in the Solar System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Energy from the Sun MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Energy from the Sun MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Environmental Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.4.1.2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Windmill Forces MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Patterns in Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Hearing Toys MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Sound Energy and Mediums MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Static Charge MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Forces and Materials MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Windmill Forces MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Sound Energy and Mediums MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Engineering Hearing Toys MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Structure of Matter MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Heat and Matter MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Sound Energy and Mediums MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Engineering Hearing Toys MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Static Charge MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Energy from the Sun MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.2 [{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, and motion and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun. 
Windmill Forces MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. 
Engineering Skyscrapers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{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 Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{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 Skyscrapers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{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 Pick-and-Place Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{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.
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Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests of objects designed to reduce the impacts of a weather-related hazards and compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Grades: 3
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and use information from multiple sources, including electronic sources, to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 2E.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
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: 3
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
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: 3
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Organize and electronically present collected data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of daylight in the different times of the year.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the variations incharacteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
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: 3
State ID: 3P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
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: 3
State ID: 3P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to improve a model or prototype to prevent erosion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information from various media sources to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
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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