Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Engineering Water Prisms RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Hearing Toys RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Skyscrapers RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Flood Control Engineering RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Skyscrapers RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Hearing Toys RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Water Prisms RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Flood Control Engineering RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem, based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Hearing Toys RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Skyscrapers RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. 
Engineering Water Prisms RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Flood Control Engineering RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Weather and Climate RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Weather and Climate RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Energy from the Sun RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 
Heat and Evaporation RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Flood Control Engineering RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Life Cycles RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Life Cycles RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Environmental Change RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Heredity and Traits RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Heredity and Traits RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Heredity and Traits RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Environmental Change RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Energy from the Sun RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Environmental Change RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change.
Comparing Forces RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Windmill Forces RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Patterns in Motion RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Forces and Materials RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Engineering Skyscrapers RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Motion in the Solar System RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Static Charge RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 3-PS2-4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Flood Control Engineering RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Flood Control Engineering RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Energy from the Sun RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Patterns in Motion RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-PS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. *Students are introduced to the relationship between energy and speed in this unit.
Sound Energy and Mediums RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Hearing Toys RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Water Prisms RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Windmill Forces RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.*Students are introduced to energy transfer in this unit by focusing on moving substances. They will explore other forms of energy transfer in later units. 
Engineering Water Prisms RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Motion in the Solar System RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. 
Heat and Evaporation RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Environmental Change RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Energy from the Sun RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Heat and Evaporation RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Energy from the Sun RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Energy from the Sun RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Sound Energy and Mediums RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Static Charge RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Structure of Matter RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Heat and Matter RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. 
Engineering Hearing Toys RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Engineering Water Prisms RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Static Charge RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. 
Magnets and Magnetic Fields RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. 
Engineering Skyscrapers RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Motion in the Solar System RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Forces and Materials RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Energy from the Sun RI Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS) 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
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Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem, based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3-PS2-4
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. *Students are introduced to the relationship between energy and speed in this unit.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.*Students are introduced to energy transfer in this unit by focusing on moving substances. They will explore other forms of energy transfer in later units. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4-PS4-2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: RI
Standards: Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS)
Performance Expectation:

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5-PS3-1

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the Rhode Island Science Standards (NGSS).

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