Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
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Heat and Evaporation TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain the cycle of water on Earth.
Weather and Climate TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Associate major cloud types (cumulus, cumulonimbus, cirrus, stratus, nimbostratus) with weather conditions.
Heat and Evaporation TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use tables, graphs, and tools to describe precipitation, temperature, and wind (direction and speed) to determine local weather and climate.
Weather and Climate TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use tables, graphs, and tools to describe precipitation, temperature, and wind (direction and speed) to determine local weather and climate.
Weather and Climate TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS2.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Incorporate weather data to describe major climates (polar, temperate, tropical) in different regions of the world.
Flood Control Engineering TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain how natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) impact humans and the environment.
Weather and Climate TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain how natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) impact humans and the environment.
Flood Control Engineering TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design solutions to reduce the impact of natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) on the environment.
Environmental Change TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ESS3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design solutions to reduce the impact of natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) on the environment.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Engineering Skyscrapers TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Engineering Hearing Toys TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Engineering Water Prisms TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Engineering Skyscrapers TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Engineering Hearing Toys TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Engineering Water Prisms TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Engineering Water Prisms TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Engineering Skyscrapers TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Engineering Hearing Toys TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.ETS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Life Cycles TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze the internal and external structures that aquatic and land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze the internal and external structures that aquatic and land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Energy from the Sun TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze the internal and external structures that aquatic and land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument to explain why some animals benefit from forming groups.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument to explain why some animals benefit from forming groups.
Environmental Change TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an argument to explain why some animals benefit from forming groups.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Environmental Change TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Energy from the Sun TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land and aquatic biomes.
Environmental Change TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land and aquatic biomes.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land and aquatic biomes.
Environmental Change TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.LS4.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain how changes to an environment's biodiversity influence human resources.
Structure of Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe the properties of solids, liquids, and gases and identify that matter is made up of particles too small to be seen.
Heat and Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe the properties of solids, liquids, and gases and identify that matter is made up of particles too small to be seen.
Heat and Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Differentiate between changes caused by heating or cooling that can be reversed and that cannot.
Structure of Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe and compare the physical properties of matter including color, texture, shape, length, mass, temperature, volume, state, hardness, and flexibility.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship of magnets.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Solve a problem by applying the use of the interactions between two magnets.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Solve a problem by applying the use of the interactions between two magnets.
Windmill Forces TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Forces and Materials TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Static Charge TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Sound Energy and Mediums TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Static Charge TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Forces and Materials TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 3.PS3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Heat and Evaporation TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.ESS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use a model to explain how the orbit of the Earth and sun cause observable patterns: a. day and night; b. changes in length and direction of shadows over a day.
Energy from the Sun TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.ESS2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide examples to support the claim that organisms affect the physical characteristics of their regions.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.ESS2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide examples to support the claim that organisms affect the physical characteristics of their regions.
Flood Control Engineering TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.ESS3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Create an argument, using evidence from research, that human activity (farming, mining, building) can affect the land and ocean in positive and/or negative ways.
Energy from the Sun TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Support an argument with evidence that plants get the materials they need for
growth and reproduction chiefly through a process in which they use carbon dioxide from the air, water, and energy from the sun to produce sugars, plant materials, and waste (oxygen); and that this process is called photosynthesis.
Energy from the Sun TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.
Life Cycles TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.
Energy from the Sun TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Using information about the roles of organisms (producers, consumers, decomposers), evaluate how those roles in food chains are interconnected in a food web, and communicate how the organisms are continuously able to meet their needs in a stable food web.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data about changes (land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms) in the environment and describe what mechanisms organisms can use to affect their ability to survive and reproduce.
Environmental Change TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data about changes (land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms) in the environment and describe what mechanisms organisms can use to affect their ability to survive and reproduce.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data about changes (land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms) in the environment and describe what mechanisms organisms can use to affect their ability to survive and reproduce.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.LS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain information about what a fossil is and ways a fossil can provide information about the past.
Comparing Forces TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to explain the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of an object.
Patterns in Motion TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to explain the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of an object.
Windmill Forces TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Observe and explain the relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy.
Patterns in Motion TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe how stored energy can be converted into another form for practical use.
Windmill Forces TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe how stored energy can be converted into another form for practical use.
Sound Energy and Mediums TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use a model of a simple wave to explain regular patterns of amplitude, wavelength, and direction.
Engineering Hearing Toys TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use a model of a simple wave to explain regular patterns of amplitude, wavelength, and direction.
Engineering Water Prisms TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 4.PS4.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Describe how the colors of available light sources and the bending of light waves determine what we see.
Heat and Evaporation TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.1.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop a model to describe interactions between Earth's systems including the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere. Emphasize interactions between only two systems at a time.

Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.ESS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth. 
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.ESS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Research and explain the position of the Earth and the solar system within the
Milky Way galaxy, and compare the size and shape of the Milky Way to other galaxies in the universe.
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.ESS1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use data to categorize different bodies in our solar system including moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids according to their physical properties and motion.
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.ESS1.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain the cause and effect relationship between the positions of the sun, earth, and moon and resulting eclipses, position of constellations, and appearance of the moon.
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.ESS1.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Relate the tilt of the Earth’s axis, as it revolves around the sun, to the varying intensities of sunlight at different latitudes. Evaluate how this causes changes in day-lengths and seasons.
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.ESS1.6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use tools to describe how stars and constellations appear to move from the Earth’s perspective throughout the seasons.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.ESS1.7 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence from the presence and location of fossils to determine the order in which rock strata were formed.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Compare and contrast animal responses that are instinctual versus those that are gathered through the senses, processed, and stored as memories to guide their actions.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Compare and contrast animal responses that are instinctual versus those that are gathered through the senses, processed, and stored as memories to guide their actions.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Apply this concept by giving examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Apply this concept by giving examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Life Cycles TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide evidence and analyze data that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Energy from the Sun TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide evidence and analyze data that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Provide evidence and analyze data that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to describe types of organisms and their environments that existed long ago. Compare similarities and differences of those to living organisms and their environments. Recognize that most kinds of animals (and plants) that once lived on Earth are now extinct.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS4.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to describe types of organisms and their environments that existed long ago. Compare similarities and differences of those to living organisms and their environments. Recognize that most kinds of animals (and plants) that once lived on Earth are now extinct.
Life Cycles TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS4.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS4.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.LS4.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Structure of Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of the physical properties of matter to explain phase changes between a solid, liquid, or gas.
Heat and Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of the physical properties of matter to explain phase changes between a solid, liquid, or gas.
Structure of Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to show that the amount of matter is conserved even when it changes form, including transitions where matter seems to vanish.
Heat and Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a process to measure how different variables (temperature, particle size, stirring) affect the rate of dissolving solids into liquids.
Structure of Matter TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS1.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Evaluate the results of an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances result in a change of properties.
Windmill Forces TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Test the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the speed and direction of motion of objects.
Engineering Skyscrapers TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Test the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the speed and direction of motion of objects.
Forces and Materials TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Test the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the speed and direction of  motion of objects.
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Patterns in Motion TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Forces and Materials TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Comparing Forces TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to support that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the Earth’s center.
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use evidence to support that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the Earth’s center.
Motion in the Solar System TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain how forces can create patterns within a system (moving in one direction, shifting back and forth, or moving in cycles), and describe conditions that affect how fast or slowly these patterns occur.
Comparing Forces TN Tennessee Academic Standards for Science 5.PS2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Explain how forces can create patterns within a system (moving in one direction, shifting back and forth, or moving in cycles), and describe conditions that affect how fast or slowly these patterns occur.
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Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain the cycle of water on Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Associate major cloud types (cumulus, cumulonimbus, cirrus, stratus, nimbostratus) with weather conditions.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use tables, graphs, and tools to describe precipitation, temperature, and wind (direction and speed) to determine local weather and climate.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use tables, graphs, and tools to describe precipitation, temperature, and wind (direction and speed) to determine local weather and climate.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Incorporate weather data to describe major climates (polar, temperate, tropical) in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS2.4
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain how natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) impact humans and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS3.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain how natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) impact humans and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS3.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Design solutions to reduce the impact of natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) on the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS3.2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Design solutions to reduce the impact of natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods) on the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ESS3.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a real-world problem that includes specified criteria for constraints. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply evidence or research to support a design solution.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and demonstrate how technology can be used for different purposes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.ETS2.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze the internal and external structures that aquatic and land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze the internal and external structures that aquatic and land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze the internal and external structures that aquatic and land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument to explain why some animals benefit from forming groups.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS2.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument to explain why some animals benefit from forming groups.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS2.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument to explain why some animals benefit from forming groups.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS2.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship between a naturally changing environment and an organism's ability to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land and aquatic biomes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land and aquatic biomes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land and aquatic biomes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain how changes to an environment's biodiversity influence human resources.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.LS4.3
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe the properties of solids, liquids, and gases and identify that matter is made up of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe the properties of solids, liquids, and gases and identify that matter is made up of particles too small to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Differentiate between changes caused by heating or cooling that can be reversed and that cannot.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.2
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe and compare the physical properties of matter including color, texture, shape, length, mass, temperature, volume, state, hardness, and flexibility.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS1.3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship of magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Solve a problem by applying the use of the interactions between two magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS2.2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Solve a problem by applying the use of the interactions between two magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS2.2
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Recognize that energy is present when objects move; describe the effects of energy transfer from one object to another.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.3
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate how magnets cause changes in the motion and position of objects, even when the objects are not touching the magnet.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.PS3.3
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to explain how the orbit of the Earth and sun cause observable patterns: a. day and night; b. changes in length and direction of shadows over a day.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.ESS1.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide examples to support the claim that organisms affect the physical characteristics of their regions.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.ESS2.3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide examples to support the claim that organisms affect the physical characteristics of their regions.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.ESS2.3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Create an argument, using evidence from research, that human activity (farming, mining, building) can affect the land and ocean in positive and/or negative ways.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.ESS3.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument with evidence that plants get the materials they need for
growth and reproduction chiefly through a process in which they use carbon dioxide from the air, water, and energy from the sun to produce sugars, plant materials, and waste (oxygen); and that this process is called photosynthesis.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.2
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Using information about the roles of organisms (producers, consumers, decomposers), evaluate how those roles in food chains are interconnected in a food web, and communicate how the organisms are continuously able to meet their needs in a stable food web.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.3
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data about changes (land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms) in the environment and describe what mechanisms organisms can use to affect their ability to survive and reproduce.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.5
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data about changes (land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms) in the environment and describe what mechanisms organisms can use to affect their ability to survive and reproduce.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.5
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data about changes (land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms) in the environment and describe what mechanisms organisms can use to affect their ability to survive and reproduce.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS2.5
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information about what a fossil is and ways a fossil can provide information about the past.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.LS4.1
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to explain the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to explain the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of an object.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Observe and explain the relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.2
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe how stored energy can be converted into another form for practical use.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.3
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe how stored energy can be converted into another form for practical use.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS3.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model of a simple wave to explain regular patterns of amplitude, wavelength, and direction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS4.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use a model of a simple wave to explain regular patterns of amplitude, wavelength, and direction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS4.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Describe how the colors of available light sources and the bending of light waves determine what we see.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.PS4.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe interactions between Earth's systems including the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere. Emphasize interactions between only two systems at a time.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.1.4
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Research and explain the position of the Earth and the solar system within the
Milky Way galaxy, and compare the size and shape of the Milky Way to other galaxies in the universe.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use data to categorize different bodies in our solar system including moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids according to their physical properties and motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain the cause and effect relationship between the positions of the sun, earth, and moon and resulting eclipses, position of constellations, and appearance of the moon.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.4
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Relate the tilt of the Earth’s axis, as it revolves around the sun, to the varying intensities of sunlight at different latitudes. Evaluate how this causes changes in day-lengths and seasons.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.5
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use tools to describe how stars and constellations appear to move from the Earth’s perspective throughout the seasons.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.6
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence from the presence and location of fossils to determine the order in which rock strata were formed.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.ESS1.7
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and contrast animal responses that are instinctual versus those that are gathered through the senses, processed, and stored as memories to guide their actions.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and contrast animal responses that are instinctual versus those that are gathered through the senses, processed, and stored as memories to guide their actions.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Apply this concept by giving examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS1.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Apply this concept by giving examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS3.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence and analyze data that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS3.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence and analyze data that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS3.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence and analyze data that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS3.2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to describe types of organisms and their environments that existed long ago. Compare similarities and differences of those to living organisms and their environments. Recognize that most kinds of animals (and plants) that once lived on Earth are now extinct.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS4.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to describe types of organisms and their environments that existed long ago. Compare similarities and differences of those to living organisms and their environments. Recognize that most kinds of animals (and plants) that once lived on Earth are now extinct.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS4.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS4.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS4.2
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.LS4.2
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of the physical properties of matter to explain phase changes between a solid, liquid, or gas.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of the physical properties of matter to explain phase changes between a solid, liquid, or gas.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that the amount of matter is conserved even when it changes form, including transitions where matter seems to vanish.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Design a process to measure how different variables (temperature, particle size, stirring) affect the rate of dissolving solids into liquids.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.3
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the results of an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances result in a change of properties.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS1.4
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Test the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the speed and direction of motion of objects.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Test the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the speed and direction of motion of objects.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Test the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the speed and direction of  motion of objects.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.2
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.2
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.2
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the Earth’s center.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the Earth’s center.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain how forces can create patterns within a system (moving in one direction, shifting back and forth, or moving in cycles), and describe conditions that affect how fast or slowly these patterns occur.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.5
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: TN
Standards: Tennessee Academic Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Explain how forces can create patterns within a system (moving in one direction, shifting back and forth, or moving in cycles), and describe conditions that affect how fast or slowly these patterns occur.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.PS2.5

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s K-8 integrated science curriculum is aligned with Tennessee Academic Standards for Science.

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