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

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Windy Weather MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0E.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
The Water Cycle MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0E.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Heat and Water MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0E.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Extreme Weather MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0E.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Earth and Human Activity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0E.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions about how a person may reduce the amount of natural resources the individual uses.
Weather Patterns MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0E.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Weather and Seasons MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0E.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Living Things in Their Habitat MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Animal Habitats MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Characteristics of Living Things MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Parts of Plants MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Growing Plants MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Earth and Human Activity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Germinating Seeds MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Human Shelter MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Characteristics of Living Things MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living Things in Their Habitat MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Animal Habitats MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Germinating Seeds MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Parts of Plants MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Growing Plants MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Sunlight and Temperature MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Sun and Shade MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Color and Temperature MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Who Scientists Are MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Sort objects in terms of natural/human-made, color, size, shape, and texture, then communicate the reasoning for the sorting system. 
Pushes and Pulls MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K Identify and describe patterns that emerge from the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Forces and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K Identify and describe patterns that emerge from the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Design and build a structure to reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Engineering Marble Movers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Construct an argument supported by evidence for whether a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 0P.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Communicate design ideas for a structure that reduces the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Engineering Marble Movers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

sk questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Engineering Marble Movers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Marble Movers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

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

Science Lesson : Windy Weather
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : The Water Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Water
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Extreme Weather
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how a person may reduce the amount of natural resources the individual uses.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather and Seasons
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Human Shelter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Temperature
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sun and Shade
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Color and Temperature
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Sort objects in terms of natural/human-made, color, size, shape, and texture, then communicate the reasoning for the sorting system. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Pushes and Pulls
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Identify and describe patterns that emerge from the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Identify and describe patterns that emerge from the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and build a structure to reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for whether a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate design ideas for a structure that reduces the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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

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

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

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

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

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Grades: K
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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