New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s K-8 hands-on integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards.

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards

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Engineering Permeable Concrete NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Launchers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Electric Cars NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Permeable Concrete NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Electric Cars NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Permeable Concrete NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Electric Cars NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 Materials and Water Flow NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Earth Materials and Water Flow NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-ESS2-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the connections between weather and water processes in Earth systems.

Engineering Permeable Concrete NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

Frog Life Cycle NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Selecting Traits NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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.

Selecting Traits NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Changing Earth's Surface NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-LS4-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

Selecting Traits NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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.

Selecting Traits NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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.

Selecting Traits NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Energy and Collisions NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Energy Transfer and Levers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Engineering Launchers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Forces and Levers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Water Erosion NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Changing Earth's Surface NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Water Erosion NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Changing Earth's Surface NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Water Erosion NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

Changing Earth's Surface NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

Engineering Permeable Concrete NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Plant Structures NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Frog Life Cycle NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Mealworm Senses NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Selecting Traits NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Mealworm Senses NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-LS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different way.

Energy and Collisions NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Energy Transfer and Levers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Engineering Launchers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Current Electricity NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Engineering Electric Cars NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Waves and Energy NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Pitch and Volume NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Engineering Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Forces and Levers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Energy and Collisions NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

Engineering Launchers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Electric Cars NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Waves and Energy NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 4-PS4-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the Sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-ESS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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. *In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of patterns caused by the relative motions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

Earth Materials and Water Flow NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Earth Materials and Water Flow NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Permeable Concrete NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Food Webs NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Plant Structures NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Food Webs NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Properties of Matter NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Current Electricity NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Waves and Energy NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Pitch and Volume NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Current Electricity NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Electric Cars NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Pitch and Volume NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Information Transfer NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Water Erosion NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Energy Transfer and Levers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Engineering Launchers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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

Forces and Levers NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Food Webs NY New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

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 York State P-12 Science Learning Standards.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the connections between weather and water processes in Earth systems.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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 : Selecting Traits
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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 : Selecting Traits
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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 : Selecting Traits
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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 : Selecting Traits
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different way.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the Sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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. *In this unit, students are introduced to the concept of patterns caused by the relative motions of the sun, moon, and Earth.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Properties of Matter
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
Performance Expectation: Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: NY
Standards: New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards
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 K-8 hands-on integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards.
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