Science Lesson | State | Standards | State ID | Grades | Performance Expectation |
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Sucrose and Heart Rate | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 07L.4.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. |
Earth's Place in the Solar System | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.1.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model. |
Engineering Meteoroid Shields | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.1.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model. |
Convection and Weather | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.1.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. |
Greenhouse Effect | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.1.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Collect data and use digital data analysis tools to identify patterns to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions. |
Convection and Weather | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.1.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Collect data and use digital data analysis tools to identify patterns to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions. |
Earth-Sun-Moon System | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.2.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects. |
Earth's Place in the Solar System | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.2.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects. |
Sun Angle and Temperature | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.3.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop a model, based on observational and experimental evidence, to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the Sun and the force of gravity. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.3.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history. |
Earth-Sun-Moon System | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.4.2.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons. |
Sun Angle and Temperature | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.4.2.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons. |
Convection and Weather | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 6E.4.2.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons. |
Cellular Respiration | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms. |
Heredity and Traits | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms. |
DNA and Mutations | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms. |
DNA and Proteins | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms. |
Reproduction | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms. |
Comparing Cells | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. |
Cellular Respiration | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.1.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.2.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. |
Natural Selection | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.2.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. |
Heredity and Traits | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.2.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.2.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy. |
Natural Selection | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.2.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use an algorithm to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations. |
Comparing Cells | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. |
Cellular Respiration | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. |
Food Webs | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. |
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. |
DNA and Mutations | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. |
Reproduction | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. |
Heredity and Traits | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. |
Natural Selection | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. |
DNA and Proteins | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. |
DNA and Mutations | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. |
Comparing Cells | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. |
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. |
Natural Selection | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. |
Heredity and Traits | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.3.2.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. |
Comparing Cells | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. |
Cellular Respiration | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. |
Heredity and Traits | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. |
Animal Diversity | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. |
Food Webs | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. |
Engineering Shoreline Barriers | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. |
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. |
Engineering Shoreline Barriers | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.1.2.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services. |
Food Webs | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.2.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. |
Engineering Shoreline Barriers | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 7L.4.2.2.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. |
Chemical Reactions | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements. |
Engineering Wind Turbines | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. |
Electric and Magnetic Interactions | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. |
Magnetism and Energy | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. |
Mass and Motion | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion. |
Polymer Structure and Function | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. |
Engineering Wind Turbines | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. |
Mass and Motion | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. |
Engineering Meteoroid Shields | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. |
Mechanical Waves and Energy | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. |
Magnetism and Energy | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. |
Electric and Magnetic Interactions | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. |
Engineering Wind Turbines | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.1.2.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. |
Chemical Reactions | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. |
Polymer Structure and Function | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. |
Mass and Motion | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. |
Mechanical Waves and Energy | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. |
Light and Information Transfer | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.2.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Create a computer program to illustrate the transfer of energy within a system where energy changes form. |
Polymer Structure and Function | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. |
Chemical Reactions | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. |
Electric and Magnetic Interactions | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system. |
Engineering Wind Turbines | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system. |
Light and Information Transfer | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. |
Mechanical Waves and Energy | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.1.1.4 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. |
Mass and Motion | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Construct an explanation based on evidence and scientific principles of a common phenomenon that can be explained by the motions of molecules. |
Engineering Meteoroid Shields | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.2.2.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law. |
Mass and Motion | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.2.2.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law. |
Engineering Greenhouses | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.3.2.2.3 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. |
Earth's Place in the Solar System | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. |
Engineering Meteoroid Shields | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.1.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. |
Magnetism and Energy | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object. |
Mass and Motion | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 | Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object. |
Engineering Wind Turbines | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.1.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object. |
Polymer Structure and Function | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.2.1.1 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. |
Light and Information Transfer | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals. |
Engineering Seismograph | MN | Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science | 8P.4.2.1.2 | [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 |
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals. |
Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model.
Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model.
Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects.
Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects.
Develop a model, based on observational and experimental evidence, to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the Sun and the force of gravity.
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth.
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth.
Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Use an algorithm to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations.
Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations.
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations.
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations.
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations.
Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements.
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Create a computer program to illustrate the transfer of energy within a system where energy changes form.
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals.
Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law.
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
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