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

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Parts of Plants PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.1.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Growing Plants PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.1.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Germinating Seeds PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.2.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Parts of Plants PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.2.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Growing Plants PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.2.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Growing Plants PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.2.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
Animal Habitats PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.2.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Living Things in Their Habitat PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.2.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Characteristics of Living Things PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Parts of Plants PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Germinating Seeds PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Growing Plants PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Animal Habitats PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living Things in Their Habitat PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Human Shelter PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.1.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Friction and Motion PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.3.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make and communicate observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull. 
Pushes and Pulls PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Forces and Motion PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Who Scientists Are PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Sunlight and Temperature PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Sun and Shade PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Color and Temperature PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.2.K.D [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
Who Scientists Are PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.1.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Weather and Seasons PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.1.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. 
Weather and Seasons PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.1.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Windy Weather PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Heat and Water PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
The Water Cycle PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Weather Patterns PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Weather and Seasons PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Living Things in Their Habitat PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Earth and Human Activity PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Human Shelter PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Animal Habitats PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Living Things in Their Habitat PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Extreme Weather PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.D [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Earth and Human Activity PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.3.K.E [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Earth and Human Activity PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.K-2.A [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Categorize ways people harvest, redistribute, and use natural resources.
Earth and Human Activity PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.K-2.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Examine how people from different cultures and communities, including one’s own, interact and express their beliefs about nature.
Who Scientists Are PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.K-2.D [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in the local environment and community.
Characteristics of Living Things PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.4.K-2.D [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in the local environment and community.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.AA [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Demonstrate that creating can be done by anyone. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Describe qualities of everyday products.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.B [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Describe qualities of everyday products.
Who Scientists Are PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.BB [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Compare the natural world and human-made world. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.C [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.
Who Scientists Are PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.CC [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Discuss the roles of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others who work with technology.
Earth and Human Activity PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.D [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Select ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources in daily life.
Pushes and Pulls PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.DD [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Weather Patterns PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.DD [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.DD [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Earth and Human Activity PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.DD [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.F [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.F [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.G [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.G [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.H [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.H [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.I [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.I [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.J [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.J [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.
Windy Weather PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.K [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Safely use tools to complete tasks.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.K [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Safely use tools to complete tasks.
Windy Weather PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.L [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.L [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.L [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.M [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.M [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.N [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Analyze how things work. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.N [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Analyze how things work. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.O [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.O [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.P [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.P [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.Q [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Apply skills necessary for making in design. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.Q [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Apply skills necessary for making in design. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.R [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Draw connections between technology and human experience. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.R [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Draw connections between technology and human experience. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.S [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.S [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.T [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Demonstrate that designs have requirements. 
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.T [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Demonstrate that designs have requirements. 
Sunlight and Engineering PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.U [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain that design is a response to wants and needs.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.U [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Explain that design is a response to wants and needs.
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Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics. 
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Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics. 
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Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple areas.
Engineering Marble Movers PA Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. 3.5.K-2.W [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple areas.
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Develop a plan in order to complete a task. 
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Discuss how the way people live and work has changed throughout history because of technology. 
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Illustrate how systems have parts or components that work together to accomplish a goal. 
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Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.1.A
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.1.C
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.2.A
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.2.A
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.2.A
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.2.B
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.2.C
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.2.C
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Human Shelter
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.1.K.A
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make and communicate observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.3.A
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.A
Science Lesson : Pushes and Pulls
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.B
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.B
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.C
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Temperature
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.C
Science Lesson : Sun and Shade
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.C
Science Lesson : Color and Temperature
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.C
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.C
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.2.K.D
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.1.A
Science Lesson : Weather and Seasons
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.1.A
Science Lesson : Weather and Seasons
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.1.B
Science Lesson : Windy Weather
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.A
Science Lesson : Heat and Water
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.A
Science Lesson : The Water Cycle
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.A
Science Lesson : Weather Patterns
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.A
Science Lesson : Weather and Seasons
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.A
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.B
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.B
Science Lesson : Human Shelter
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.B
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.C
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.C
Science Lesson : Extreme Weather
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.D
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.3.K.E
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Categorize ways people harvest, redistribute, and use natural resources.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.4.K-2.A
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Examine how people from different cultures and communities, including one’s own, interact and express their beliefs about nature.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.4.K-2.B
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in the local environment and community.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.4.K-2.D
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in the local environment and community.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.4.K-2.D
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate that creating can be done by anyone. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.AA
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe qualities of everyday products.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.B
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Describe qualities of everyday products.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.B
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Compare the natural world and human-made world. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.BB
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.C
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.C
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Discuss the roles of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others who work with technology.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.CC
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Select ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources in daily life.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.D
Science Lesson : Pushes and Pulls
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.DD
Science Lesson : Weather Patterns
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.DD
Science Lesson : Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.DD
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.DD
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.F
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.F
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.G
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.G
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.H
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.H
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.I
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.I
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.J
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.J
Science Lesson : Windy Weather
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Safely use tools to complete tasks.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.K
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Safely use tools to complete tasks.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.K
Science Lesson : Windy Weather
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.L
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.L
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.L
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.M
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.M
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Analyze how things work. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.N
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Analyze how things work. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.N
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.O
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.O
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.P
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.P
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply skills necessary for making in design. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.Q
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply skills necessary for making in design. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.Q
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Draw connections between technology and human experience. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.R
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Draw connections between technology and human experience. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.R
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.S
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.S
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate that designs have requirements. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.T
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Demonstrate that designs have requirements. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.T
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain that design is a response to wants and needs.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.U
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain that design is a response to wants and needs.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.U
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.V
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.V
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple areas.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.W
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple areas.
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.W
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Develop a plan in order to complete a task. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.X
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Discuss how the way people live and work has changed throughout history because of technology. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.Y
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: PA
Standards: Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards.
Performance Expectation:

Illustrate how systems have parts or components that work together to accomplish a goal. 
Grades: K
State ID: 3.5.K-2.Z

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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