Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards
Pennsylvania

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards

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Plant Growth PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.3.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Energy and Matter in Food Webs PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.3.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.3.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Plant Growth PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.3.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Energy and Matter in Food Webs PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.3.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.3.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.3.G [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Plant and Animal Cells PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.4.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.4.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Plant Growth PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.4.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Decomposition PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Plant Growth and Acid Rain PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Plant Growth PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Energy and Matter in Food Webs PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Decomposition PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Electrical Currents and Circuits PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.3.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Magnets and Motors PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.3.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Friction and Motion PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Electrical Currents and Circuits PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Magnets and Motors PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Sound Energy PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Magnets and Motors PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Sound Energy and Materials PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.4.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Conservation of Matter PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Sound Energy PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Electrical Currents and Circuits PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Properties of Minerals PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Make and communicate observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Magnets and Motors PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

Sound Energy and Materials PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

Properties of Minerals PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.
Conservation of Matter PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Conservation of Matter PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Weathering Rocks PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Energy and Matter in Food Webs PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.5.G [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Interacting Systems PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.3.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Water PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.3.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Surface Features PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.4.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Weathering Rocks PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.4.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Weathering Rocks PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.4.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Surface Features PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.4.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Patterns PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Water PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Interacting Systems PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Surface Features PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Interacting Systems PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Earth's Water PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

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

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.5.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and design possible solutions to a current environmental issue, threat, or concern.

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze how living organisms, including humans, affect the environment in which they live, and how their environment affects them.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make a claim about the environmental and social impacts of design solutions and civic actions, including their own actions

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine ways you influence your local environment and community by collecting and displaying data.

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine ways you influence your local environment and community by collecting and displaying data.

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to demonstrate how local environmental issues are connected to larger local environment and human systems.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to demonstrate how local environmental issues are connected to larger local environment and human systems.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument to support whether action is needed on a selected environmental issue and propose possible solutions.

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument to support whether action is needed on a selected environmental issue and propose possible solutions.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Critique ways that people depend on and change the environment.

Ecosystem Dynamics PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.3-5.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Critique ways that people depend on and change the environment.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.A [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.B [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.BB [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.BB [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.BB [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.BB [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.C [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.CC [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Describe how a subsystem is a system that operates as a part of another larger system.
Magnets and Motors PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.CC [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe how a subsystem is a system that operates as a part of another larger system.

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.CC [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe how a subsystem is a system that operates as a part of another larger system.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.D [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.DD [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.DD [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.DD [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.DD [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.E [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.EE [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.EE [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.EE [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.EE [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.F [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Classify resources used to create technologies as either renewable or nonrenewable.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.FF [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.FF [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.FF [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.FF [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.G [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the helpful and harmful effects of technology.

Conservation of Matter PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.GG [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 
Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.GG [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 
Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.GG [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.GG [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.GG [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.H [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.H [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.H [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.H [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

Conservation of Matter PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.HH [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.HH [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.
Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.HH [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.HH [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.HH [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.I [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.I [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.I [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.I [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.J [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.J [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.J [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.J [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.K [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.K [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.K [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.K [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.L [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.L [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.L [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.L [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.M [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.M [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.M [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.M [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.N [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.N [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.N [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.N [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.O [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.O [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.O [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.O [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.P [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.P [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.P [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 

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Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.Q [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Practice successful design skills. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.Q [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Practice successful design skills. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.Q [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Practice successful design skills. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.Q [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Practice successful design skills. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.R [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.R [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.R [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.R [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.S [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.S [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.S [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.S [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.T [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply universal principles and elements of design.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.T [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Apply universal principles and elements of design.
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.T [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply universal principles and elements of design.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.T [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply universal principles and elements of design.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.U [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.U [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.U [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.U [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.V [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Interpret how good design improves the human condition.

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.V [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5 Interpret how good design improves the human condition.
Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.V [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Interpret how good design improves the human condition.

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.V [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Interpret how good design improves the human condition.

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.W [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the properties of different materials. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.W [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the properties of different materials. 

Engineering Sound Barriers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.W [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the properties of different materials. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.W [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe the properties of different materials. 

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Explain how various relationships can exist between technology and engineering and other content areas. 

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Explain how various relationships can exist between technology and engineering and other content areas. 

Engineering Library Scopes PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.X [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Explain how various relationships can exist between technology and engineering and other content areas. 

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Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

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Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

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Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

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Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

Engineering Filtration Devices PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.Z [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

Engineering Roller Coasters PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.3-5.Z [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

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Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

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Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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 : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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 : Plant Growth
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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 : Plant and Animal Cells
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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 : Plant Growth
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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 : Decomposition
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Decomposition
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Make and communicate observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Interpret and analyze data to make decisions about how to utilize materials based on their properties.
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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 Earth.

Science Lesson : Patterns
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) 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: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

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

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Generate and design possible solutions to a current environmental issue, threat, or concern.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Analyze how living organisms, including humans, affect the environment in which they live, and how their environment affects them.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the environmental and social impacts of design solutions and civic actions, including their own actions

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Examine ways you influence your local environment and community by collecting and displaying data.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Examine ways you influence your local environment and community by collecting and displaying data.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to demonstrate how local environmental issues are connected to larger local environment and human systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to demonstrate how local environmental issues are connected to larger local environment and human systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument to support whether action is needed on a selected environmental issue and propose possible solutions.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument to support whether action is needed on a selected environmental issue and propose possible solutions.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Critique ways that people depend on and change the environment.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Critique ways that people depend on and change the environment.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use appropriate symbols, numbers, and words to communicate key ideas about technological products and systems. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Examine information to assess the trade-offs to using a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate how, when parts of a system are missing, it may not work as planned.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Follow directions to complete a technological task.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Describe how a subsystem is a system that operates as a part of another larger system.
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe how a subsystem is a system that operates as a part of another larger system.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe how a subsystem is a system that operates as a part of another larger system.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Predict how certain aspects of their daily lives would be different without given technologies. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain why responsible use of technology requires sustainable management of resources.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Classify resources used to create technologies as either renewable or nonrenewable.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Compare how things found in nature differ from things that are human-made, noting differences and similarities in how they are produced and used.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the helpful and harmful effects of technology.

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the unique relationship between science and technology, and how the natural world can contribute to the human-made world to foster innovation. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Determine factors that influence changes in a society’s technological systems or infrastructure. 

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Differentiate between the role of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others in creating and maintaining technological systems.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Design solutions by safely using tools, materials, and skills. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how technologies are developed or adapted when individual or societal needs and wants change. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Judge technologies to determine the best one to use to complete a given task or meet a need. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate how tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Identify why a product or system is not working properly. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe requirements of designing or making a product or system. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing design solutions, including their own solutions. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Practice successful design skills. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Practice successful design skills. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Practice successful design skills. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Practice successful design skills. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply tools, techniques, and materials in a safe manner as part of the design process. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply universal principles and elements of design.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Apply universal principles and elements of design.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply universal principles and elements of design.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply universal principles and elements of design.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Interpret how good design improves the human condition.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Interpret how good design improves the human condition.
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Interpret how good design improves the human condition.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Interpret how good design improves the human condition.

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the properties of different materials. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the properties of different materials. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the properties of different materials. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe the properties of different materials. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how various relationships can exist between technology and engineering and other content areas. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation: Explain how various relationships can exist between technology and engineering and other content areas. 
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how various relationships can exist between technology and engineering and other content areas. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain how various relationships can exist between technology and engineering and other content areas. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Identify the resources needed to get a technical job done, such as people, materials, capital, tools, machines, knowledge, energy, and time. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Create a new product that improves someone's life. 

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards

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