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
Science Lesson | State | Standards | State ID | Grades | Performance Expectation |
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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. |
Sunlight and Engineering | PA | Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. | 3.5.K-2.V | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics. |
Engineering Marble Movers | PA | Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. | 3.5.K-2.V | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics. |
Sunlight and Engineering | 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. |
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. |
Engineering Marble Movers | PA | Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. | 3.5.K-2.X | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Develop a plan in order to complete a task. |
Engineering Marble Movers | PA | Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. | 3.5.K-2.Y | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Discuss how the way people live and work has changed throughout history because of technology. |
Engineering Marble Movers | PA | Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. | 3.5.K-2.Z | [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K |
Illustrate how systems have parts or components that work together to accomplish a goal. |
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.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Make observations to determine the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Make observations to determine the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Use observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Categorize ways people harvest, redistribute, and use natural resources.
Examine how people from different cultures and communities, including one’s own, interact and express their beliefs about nature.
Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in the local environment and community.
Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in the local environment and community.
Demonstrate that creating can be done by anyone.
Describe qualities of everyday products.
Describe qualities of everyday products.
Compare the natural world and human-made world.
Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.
Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.
Discuss the roles of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others who work with technology.
Select ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources in daily life.
Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Collaborate effecively as a member of a team.
Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community.
Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community.
Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things.
Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things.
Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies.
Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies.
Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts.
Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts.
Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.
Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.
Safely use tools to complete tasks.
Safely use tools to complete tasks.
Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.
Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.
Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.
Analyze how things work.
Analyze how things work.
Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.
Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.
Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described.
Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described.
Apply skills necessary for making in design.
Apply skills necessary for making in design.
Draw connections between technology and human experience.
Draw connections between technology and human experience.
Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration.
Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration.
Demonstrate that designs have requirements.
Demonstrate that designs have requirements.
Explain that design is a response to wants and needs.
Explain that design is a response to wants and needs.
Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics.
Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics.
Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple areas.
Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple areas.
Develop a plan in order to complete a task.
Discuss how the way people live and work has changed throughout history because of technology.
Illustrate how systems have parts or components that work together to accomplish a goal.
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