New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for NNew Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)

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Engineering Roller Coasters NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{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 Roller Coasters NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{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 Sound Barriers NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{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 Filtration Devices NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{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.

Earth's Interacting Systems NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-ESS2-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-ESS2-2 [{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.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Ecosystem Dynamics NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

Ecosystem Dynamics NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Ecosystem Dynamics NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-LS4-2 [{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, finding mates, and reproducing.

Ecosystem Dynamics NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Magnets and Motors NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

Weathering Rocks NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-ESS1-1 [{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. *In this unit, students focus on the role of weathering in erosion, deposition, and Earth’s changing landscape.

Weathering Rocks NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

Earth's Surface Features NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-ESS2-2 [{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.  how different kinds of rock are mechanically weathered, analyzing how the sediment caused by the weathering can then be eroded. *In this unit, students focus on patterns in the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-LS1-1 [{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, and reproduction.

Plant and Animal Cells NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-LS1-1 [{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, and reproduction.

Plant Growth NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-LS1-1 [{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, and reproduction.

Friction and Motion NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Roller Coasters NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Magnets and Motors NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Sound Energy NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Sound Energy and Materials NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Electrical Currents and Circuits NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Sound Barriers NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Library Scopes NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Magnets and Motors NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-4 [{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.

Engineering Roller Coasters NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-4 [{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. 

Electrical Currents and Circuits NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS3-4 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Library Scopes NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Patterns NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS1-2 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS2-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS2-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS2-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS2-2 [{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 Library Scopes NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS3-1 [{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 Filtration Devices NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-ESS3-1 [{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.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Plant Growth NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Energy and Matter in Food Webs NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-LS2-1 [{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.

Decomposition NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-LS2-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-LS2-1 [{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.

Engineering Sound Barriers NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{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 and Materials NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-2 [{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.

Engineering Sound Barriers NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Engineering Library Scopes NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Properties of Minerals NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Electrical Currents and Circuits NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Magnets and Motors NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Sound Energy and Materials NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Conservation of Matter NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-4 [{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.

Weathering Rocks NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS1-4 [{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 NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS2-1 [{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 down.

Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS2-1 [{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 down.

Energy and Matter in Food Webs NH New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS) 5-PS3-1 [{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.

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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS).

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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, finding mates, and reproducing.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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. *In this unit, students focus on the role of weathering in erosion, deposition, and Earth’s changing landscape.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.  how different kinds of rock are mechanically weathered, analyzing how the sediment caused by the weathering can then be eroded. *In this unit, students focus on patterns in the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Science Lesson : Patterns
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Decomposition
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

State: NH
Standards: New Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)
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.

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for NNew Hampshire’s College and Career Ready Standards (NH CCRS) in Science (NGSS)

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