Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Organize and electronically present collected data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of daylight in the different times of the year.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3E.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Gather information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use patterns in stars to make predictions and plans.
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Plant Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common. 
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Decomposition MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 and Matter in Food Webs MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant and Animal Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Plant Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3L.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 3P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Earth's Interacting Systems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Earth's Water MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Earth's Surface Features MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Weathering Rocks MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Earth's Interacting Systems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Earth's Water MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.
Weathering Rocks MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Earth's Interacting Systems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Earth's Surface Features MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Weathering Rocks MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4E.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine multiple sources of information about ways individual communities, including Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use evidence and scientific principles to make decisions about the uses of Earth’s resources.
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4L.4.2.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 Motors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Electrical Currents and Circuits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 4P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5E.2.2.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use data to describe patterns in the daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Plant Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Decomposition MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Ecosystem Dynamics MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5L.4.1.2.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Conservation of Matter MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances. 
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Sound Energy and Materials MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Magnets and Motors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Electrical Currents and Circuits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Properties of Minerals MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Sound Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Magnets and Motors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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 Materials MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Electrical Currents and Circuits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Conservation of Matter MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved. 
Sound Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Conservation of Matter MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Electrical Currents and Circuits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Earth's Interacting Systems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun. 
Friction and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Friction and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Magnets and Motors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 5P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
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Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon 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: 5
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : 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: 5
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon 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: 5
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns
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: 5
State ID: 3E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use patterns in stars to make predictions and plans.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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: 5
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
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: 5
State ID: 3L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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 in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Decomposition
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: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
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: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
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: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: 3P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: 3P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: 3P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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: 5
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
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: 5
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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: 5
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
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: 5
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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: 5
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
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: 5
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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: 5
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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: 5
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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: 5
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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: 5
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine multiple sources of information about ways individual communities, including Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use evidence and scientific principles to make decisions about the uses of Earth’s resources.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
State ID: 4L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
State ID: 4L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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: 5
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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: 5
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use data to describe patterns in the daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5E.2.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon 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: 5
State ID: 5E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
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: 5
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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: 5
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Decomposition
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: 5
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
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: 5
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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: 5
State ID: 5L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
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: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
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: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
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: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy 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: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
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: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Conservation 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: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
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: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
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: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
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: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration 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: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration 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: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration 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: 5
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
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: 5
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
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: 5
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
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: 5
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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