Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
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This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with the 2020 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science.

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science

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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Climate Analysis OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
The Rock Cycle OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Mass and Heat Transfer OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Glacier Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives these processes within and among Earth’s systems.

Groundwater Flow OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Groundwater Flow OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying times and spatial scales.

Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Glacier Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Climate Analysis OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Groundwater Flow OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Groundwater Contamination OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Engineering Water Filtration Devices OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

The Cell Membrane OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-LS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

The Cell Membrane OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-LS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-LS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

Mass and Heat Transfer OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Thermal Energy and Particle Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Mass and Heat Transfer OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

Chemical Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. *In this unit, students focus on the relationship between the energy transferred and the change in the average kinetic energy of the substance’s particles. They will incorporate the other aspects of the standard in later units.

Mass and Heat Transfer OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Intertidal Zone Temperature Change OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Thermal Energy and Particle Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 6-PS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Groundwater Flow OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

Groundwater Contamination OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

Natural Resources OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

Groundwater Contamination OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-ESS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

Engineering Water Filtration Devices OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-ESS3-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

Groundwater Contamination OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-ESS3-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

Climate Analysis OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-ESS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate evidence of the factors that have caused changes in global temperatures over the past century.
Food and Energy OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

Rocky Shore Ecosystems OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

Food and Energy OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS1-7 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe how food molecules in plants and animals are broken down and rearranged through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter moves through an organism.

Rocky Shore Ecosystems OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS2-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Rocky Shore Ecosystems OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

Rocky Shore Ecosystems OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

Rocky Shore Ecosystems OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

Sea Star Structures OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

Intertidal Zone Temperature Change OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

Engineering Water Filtration Devices OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-LS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

The Rock Cycle OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Renewable Energy OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7  Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Chromosomes and Mutations OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Natural Resources OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Thermal Energy and Particle Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Chemical Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Renewable Energy OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret patterns of data related to the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Mass and Heat Transfer OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret patterns of data related to the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Natural Resources OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret patterns of data related to the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

Natural Resources OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

Chemical Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

The Rock Cycle OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Mass and Heat Transfer OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS1-6 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, test, and modify a device that releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes to solve a problem.

Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.

Engineering Vehicles OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

 Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the proportional relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.

Engineering Speakers OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.

Chemical Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Mass and Heat Transfer OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Intertidal Zone Temperature Change OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Forces and Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Engineering Vehicles OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Thermal Energy and Particle Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 7-PS3-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

The Cell Membrane OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively. 

Chromosomes and Mutations OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Reproduction OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Rocky Shore Ecosystems OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Sea Star Structures OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use arguments based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Intertidal Zone Temperature Change OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Chromosomes and Mutations OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS3-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.

Reproduction OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS3-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to show why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-LS4-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Forces and Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-PS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Engineering Vehicles OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-PS2-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Engineering Speakers OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-PS2-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

Glacier Motion OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-PS2-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Engineering Speakers OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-PS2-5 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Communication Systems OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science 8-PS4-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.

Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Engineering Water Filtration Devices OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Engineering Vehicles OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Engineering Speakers OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Water Filtration Devices OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Vehicles OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

 Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Speakers OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Engineering Water Filtration Devices OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Engineering Vehicles OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Engineering Speakers OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

Engineering Water Filtration Devices OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

Engineering Vehicles OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

Engineering Speakers OK Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science MS-ETS1-4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science.

Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives these processes within and among Earth’s systems.

Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying times and spatial scales.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. *In this unit, students focus on the relationship between the energy transferred and the change in the average kinetic energy of the substance’s particles. They will incorporate the other aspects of the standard in later units.

Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate evidence of the factors that have caused changes in global temperatures over the past century.
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how food molecules in plants and animals are broken down and rearranged through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter moves through an organism.

Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

Science Lesson : Sea Star Structures
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:  Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret patterns of data related to the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret patterns of data related to the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret patterns of data related to the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, test, and modify a device that releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes to solve a problem.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.

Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

 Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the proportional relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.

Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.

Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively. 

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Science Lesson : Sea Star Structures
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use arguments based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.

Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to show why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Science Lesson : Communication Systems
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

 Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: OK
Standards: Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with the 2020 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science.
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