Missouri Learning Standards: Science
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Weather and Climate MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS2.D.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS2.D.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Energy from the Sun MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS2.D.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS2.D.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Weather and Climate MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS2.D.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS3.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of an existing design solution (e.g. levies, tornado shelters, sea walls, etc.) that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Engineering Skyscrapers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Hearing Toys MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 
Engineering Water Prisms MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 
Engineering Hearing Toys MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Water Prisms MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Skyscrapers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Hearing Toys MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Water Prisms MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Skyscrapers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ETS1.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Life Cycles MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Heredity and Traits MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct scientific arguments to support claims that some characteristics of organisms are inherited from parents and some are influenced by the environment.
Heredity and Traits MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving and finding mates.
Environmental Change MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular ecosystem some organisms — based on structural adaptations or behaviors — can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.D.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Environmental Change MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.D.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Structure of Matter MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.
Heat and Evaporation MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.
Heat and Matter MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.
Heat and Evaporation MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Heat and Matter MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Static Charge MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct scientific investigations or simulations to provide evidence how natural processes (e.g. weathering and erosion) shape Earth's surfaces.
Flood Control Engineering MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.ESS3.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Energy from the Sun MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Life Cycles MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Heredity and Traits MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Patterns in Motion MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS2.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Windmill Forces MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS2.A.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Windmill Forces MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Sound Energy and Mediums MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Engineering Water Prisms MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Engineering Hearing Toys MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Forces and Materials MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Water Prisms MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Skyscrapers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Windmill Forces MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use models to explain that simple machines change the amount of effort force and/or direction of force.
Patterns in Motion MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use models to explain that simple machines change the amount of effort force and/or direction of force.
Sound Energy and Mediums MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS4.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Engineering Hearing Toys MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS4.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Motion in the Solar System MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that relative distances from Earth affects the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars. 
Weather and Climate MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Environmental Change MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Heat and Evaporation MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Weather and Climate MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Energy from the Sun MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS1.C.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Energy from the Sun MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Environmental Change MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Motion in the Solar System MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Static Charge MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Structure of Matter MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Engineering Hearing Toys MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct investigations to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their physical properties (i.e., sorting, filtration, magnets, screening).
Engineering Hearing Toys MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct investigations to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their physical properties (i.e., sorting, filtration, magnets, screening).
Motion in the Solar System MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
Forces and Materials MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
Engineering Skyscrapers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
Energy from the Sun MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS3.D.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Engineering Water Prisms MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS4.A.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that objects can be seen only when light is reflected off them or when they produce their own light.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Missouri Learning Standards: Science.

Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.D.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.D.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.D.2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.D.2
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.D.2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of an existing design solution (e.g. levies, tornado shelters, sea walls, etc.) that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS3.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.C.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.C.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.C.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.C.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct scientific arguments to support claims that some characteristics of organisms are inherited from parents and some are influenced by the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS3.A.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving and finding mates.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS3.B.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular ecosystem some organisms — based on structural adaptations or behaviors — can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS3.C.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS3.D.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS3.D.1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct scientific investigations or simulations to provide evidence how natural processes (e.g. weathering and erosion) shape Earth's surfaces.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.ESS2.A.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.ESS3.A.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS2.A.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS2.A.2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.A.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.B.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.B.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.B.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.B.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.B.2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use models to explain that simple machines change the amount of effort force and/or direction of force.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.C.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use models to explain that simple machines change the amount of effort force and/or direction of force.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.C.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS4.A.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS4.A.1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that relative distances from Earth affects the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS2.A.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS2.A.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS2.A.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS2.C.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS2.C.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS1.C.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.A.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct investigations to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their physical properties (i.e., sorting, filtration, magnets, screening).
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct investigations to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their physical properties (i.e., sorting, filtration, magnets, screening).
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.B.1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.B.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS3.D.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that objects can be seen only when light is reflected off them or when they produce their own light.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS4.A.1
This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with the Missouri Learning Standards: Science
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