Missouri Learning Standards: Science
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Missouri Learning Standards: Science

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Earth's Interacting Systems MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS2.D.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Earth's Interacting Systems MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.ESS2.D.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Ecosystem Dynamics MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS1.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS1.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.

Plant Growth MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS1.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.

Ecosystem Dynamics MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct scientific arguments to support claims that some characteristics of organisms are inherited from parents and some are influenced by the environment.

Ecosystem Dynamics MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.

Ecosystem Dynamics MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.LS3.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.

Earth's Water MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.

Earth's Water MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

Earth's Interacting Systems MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS1.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

Magnets and Motors MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.

Electrical Currents and Circuits MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 3.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.

Earth's Surface Features MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.ESS1.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Weathering Rocks MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.ESS1.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Earth's Surface Features MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct scientific investigations or simulations to provide evidence how natural processes (e.g. weathering and erosion) shape Earth's surfaces.

Weathering Rocks MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct scientific investigations or simulations to provide evidence how natural processes (e.g. weathering and erosion) shape Earth's surfaces.

Earth's Surface Features MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.ESS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Plant and Animal Cells MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.

Plant Growth MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.

Ecosystem Dynamics MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.LS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.

Friction and Motion MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct a fair test to compare and contrast the forces (measured by a spring scale in Newtons) required to overcome friction when an object moves over different surfaces (i.e. rough/smooth).

Friction and Motion MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS2.B.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Predict how changes in either the amount of force applied to an object or the mass of the object affects the motion (speed and direction) of the object.

Engineering Roller Coasters MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS2.B.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Predict how changes in either the amount of force applied to an object or the mass of the object affects the motion (speed and direction) of the object.

Magnets and Motors MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS2.B.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Predict how changes in either the amount of force applied to an object or the mass of the object affects the motion (speed and direction) of the object.

Engineering Roller Coasters MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

Friction and Motion MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

Engineering Library Scopes MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).

Engineering Sound Barriers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).

Sound Energy and Materials MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).

Engineering Library Scopes MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS3.B.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Sound Energy and Materials MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS4.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

Engineering Sound Barriers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS4.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

Sound Energy MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 4.PS4.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

Patterns MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that relative distances from Earth affects the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars. 

Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that relative distances from Earth affects the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars. 

Patterns MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS1.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations during different seasons to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Patterns MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS1.B.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Weathering Rocks MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Engineering Filtration Devices MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth's Interacting Systems MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth's Water MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth's Surface Features MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth's Water MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS2.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.

Engineering Filtration Devices MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ESS3.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Engineering Roller Coasters MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Sound Barriers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Filtration Devices MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 

Engineering Library Scopes MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Sound Barriers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Filtration Devices MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 

Engineering Roller Coasters MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Library Scopes MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Filtration Devices MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Roller Coasters MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Sound Barriers MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Library Scopes MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.ETSI.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Plant Growth MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS1.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Energy and Matter in Food Webs MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS1.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS1.C.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Decomposition MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Energy and Matter in Food Webs MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Ecosystem Dynamics MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.LS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Properties of Minerals MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Sound Energy MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Electrical Currents and Circuits MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Conservation of Matter MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.A.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Properties of Minerals MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and conduct investigations to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their physical properties (i.e., sorting, filtration, magnets, screening).

Conservation of Matter MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.B.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Properties of Minerals MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS1.B.2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Engineering Roller Coasters MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.

Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS2.B.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.

Decomposition MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS3.D.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

Energy and Matter in Food Webs MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS3.D.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

Engineering Library Scopes MO Missouri Learning Standards: Science 5.PS4.A.1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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.

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.

State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
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.

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.

State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

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.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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.

State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
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.

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.

Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct a fair test to compare and contrast the forces (measured by a spring scale in Newtons) required to overcome friction when an object moves over different surfaces (i.e. rough/smooth).

Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Predict how changes in either the amount of force applied to an object or the mass of the object affects the motion (speed and direction) of the object.

State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Predict how changes in either the amount of force applied to an object or the mass of the object affects the motion (speed and direction) of the object.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Predict how changes in either the amount of force applied to an object or the mass of the object affects the motion (speed and direction) of the object.

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.

Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
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.

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).

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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
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.

Science Lesson : Patterns
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. 

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. 

Science Lesson : Patterns
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations during different seasons to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Science Lesson : Patterns
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
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.

State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
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.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Decomposition
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
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.

Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
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.

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
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.

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.

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
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).

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: MO
Standards: Missouri Learning Standards: Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

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.

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.

Science Lesson : Decomposition
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.

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.

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.

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with the Missouri Learning Standards: Science
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