Science Lesson | State | Standards | State ID | Grades | Performance Expectation |
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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. |
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Construct scientific arguments to support claims that some characteristics of organisms are inherited from parents and some are influenced by the environment.
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.
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.
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.
Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
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.
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.
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Plan and conduct scientific investigations or simulations to provide evidence how natural processes (e.g. weathering and erosion) shape Earth's surfaces.
Plan and conduct scientific investigations or simulations to provide evidence how natural processes (e.g. weathering and erosion) shape Earth's surfaces.
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and plant reproduction.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Provide evidence to construct an explanation of an energy transformation(e.g. temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects).
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude or wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
Support an argument that relative distances from Earth affects the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars.
Support an argument that relative distances from Earth affects the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars.
Make observations during different seasons to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
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.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
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.
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Support an argument that plants get the materials (i.e. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight) they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
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.
Plan and conduct investigations to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their physical properties (i.e., sorting, filtration, magnets, screening).
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
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.
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.
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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