Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
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Weather and Climate UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to reveal patterns that indicate typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. Emphasize students gathering data in a variety of ways and representing data in tables and graphs.
Heat and Evaporation UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and communicate information to describe climate patterns in different regions of the world. Emphasize how climate patterns can be used to predict typical weather conditions.
Weather and Climate UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and communicate information to describe climate patterns in different regions of the world. Emphasize how climate patterns can be used to predict typical weather conditions.

Energy from the Sun UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Obtain and communicate information to describe climate patterns in different regions of the world. Emphasize how climate patterns can be used to predict typical weather conditions.

Flood Control Engineering UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a solution that reduces the effects of a weather-related hazard. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, develop possible solutions, analyze data from testing solutions, and propose modifications for optimizing a solution.

Life Cycles UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use models to describe changes that organisms go through during their life cycles. Emphasize that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but follow a pattern of birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data to identify patterns of traits that plants and animals have inherited from parents. Emphasize the similarities and differences in traits between parent organisms and offspring and variation of traits in groups of similar organisms.

Environmental Change UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation that the environment can affect the traits of an organism.

Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation that the environment can affect the traits of an organism.

Life Cycles UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation that the environment can affect the traits of an organism.

Fossil Organisms and their Environment UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation showing how variations in traits and behaviors can affect the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce.
Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation showing how variations in traits and behaviors can affect the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce.
Energy from the Sun UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Engage in argument from evidence that in a particular habitat (system) some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Emphasize that organisms and habitats form systems in which the parts depend upon each other.

Environmental Change UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Engage in argument from evidence that in a particular habitat (system) some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Emphasize that organisms and habitats form systems in which the parts depend upon each other.

Fossil Organisms and their Environment UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Engage in argument from evidence that in a particular habitat (system) some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Emphasize that organisms and habitats form systems in which the parts depend upon each other.

Environmental Change UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.2.6 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a solution to a problem caused by a change in the environment that impacts the types of plants and animals living in that environment. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, and develop possible solutions.

Comparing Forces UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Windmill Forces UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Forces and Materials UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.

Patterns in Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Engineering Skyscrapers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Patterns in Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of an object's motion to identify patterns in its motion that can be used to predict future motion.

Comparing Forces UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of an object's motion to identify patterns in its motion that can be used to predict future motion.
Forces and Materials UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation that the gravitational force exerted by Earth causes objects to be directed downward, toward the center of the spherical Earth. Emphasize that "downward" is a local description depending on one's position on Earth.

Engineering Skyscrapers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation that the gravitational force exerted by Earth causes objects to be directed downward, toward the center of the spherical Earth. Emphasize that "downward" is a local description depending on one's position on Earth.

Static Charge UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out an investigation cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. Emphasize how static electricity and magnets can cause objects to move without touching.

Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out an investigation cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. Emphasize how static electricity and magnets can cause objects to move without touching.

Magnets and Magnetic Fields UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out an investigation cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. Emphasize how static electricity and magnets can cause objects to move without touching.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 3.3.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design a solution to a problem in which a device functions by using scientific ideas about magnets. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, develop possible solutions using models, analyze data from testing solutions, and propose modifications for optimizing a solution.
Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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

Energy from the Sun UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation from evidence that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Life Cycles UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.1.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

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

Fossil Organisms and their Environment UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the stability and change in organisms and environments from long ago. Emphasize using the structures of fossils to make inferences about ancient organisms.

Fossil Organisms and their Environment UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.1.4 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Engage in argument from evidence based on patterns in rock layers and fossils found in those layers to support an explanation that environments have changed over time. Emphasize the relationship between fossils and past environments.
Patterns in Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation to describe the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of that object. Emphasize using qualitative descriptions of the relationship between speed and energy like fast, slow, strong, or weak.
Windmill Forces UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Sound Energy and Mediums UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Engineering Hearing Toys UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Engineering Water Prisms UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.2.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Sound Energy and Mediums UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe the regular patterns of waves. Emphasize patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength.
Engineering Water Prisms UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 4.3.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe how visible light waves reflected from objects enter the eye causing objects to be seen. Emphasize the reflection and movement of light.

Heat and Evaporation UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Use mathematics and computational thinking to compare the quantity of saltwater and freshwater in various reservoirs to provide evidence for the distribution of water on Earth. Emphasize reservoirs such as oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, groundwater, and polar ice caps.
Heat and Evaporation UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence for the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on the geosphere. Emphasize weathering and erosion by water, ice, wind, gravity, or vegetation.

Weather and Climate UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.1.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence for the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on the geosphere. Emphasize weathering and erosion by water, ice, wind, gravity, or vegetation.

Energy from the Sun UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 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.

Heat and Evaporation UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 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.

Environmental Change UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 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.

Flood Control Engineering UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.1.5 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Design solutions to reduce the effects of naturally occurring events that impact humans. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, develop possible solutions using models, analyze data from testing solutions, and propose modifications for optimizing a solution. Emphasize that humans cannot eliminate natural hazards, but they can take steps to reduce their impacts.

Structure of Matter UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Heat and Matter UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Static Charge UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Sound Energy and Mediums UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Engineering Hearing Toys UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Engineering Water Prisms UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Static Charge UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Sound Energy and Mediums UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.2.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Energy from the Sun UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.3.1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Construct an explanation that plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce plant matter needed for growth. Emphasize photosynthesis at a conceptual level and that plant matter comes mostly from air and water, not from the soil.

Environmental Change UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 5.3.3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Emphasize that matter cycles between the air and soil and among plants, animals, and microbes as these organisms live and die.
Motion in the Solar System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.1.2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity and inertia in orbital motions of objects in our solar system.

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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards.

Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to reveal patterns that indicate typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. Emphasize students gathering data in a variety of ways and representing data in tables and graphs.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and communicate information to describe climate patterns in different regions of the world. Emphasize how climate patterns can be used to predict typical weather conditions.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and communicate information to describe climate patterns in different regions of the world. Emphasize how climate patterns can be used to predict typical weather conditions.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.1.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and communicate information to describe climate patterns in different regions of the world. Emphasize how climate patterns can be used to predict typical weather conditions.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.1.2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution that reduces the effects of a weather-related hazard. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, develop possible solutions, analyze data from testing solutions, and propose modifications for optimizing a solution.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.1.3
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use models to describe changes that organisms go through during their life cycles. Emphasize that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but follow a pattern of birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to identify patterns of traits that plants and animals have inherited from parents. Emphasize the similarities and differences in traits between parent organisms and offspring and variation of traits in groups of similar organisms.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.2
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that the environment can affect the traits of an organism.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.3
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that the environment can affect the traits of an organism.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.3
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that the environment can affect the traits of an organism.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation showing how variations in traits and behaviors can affect the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.4
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation showing how variations in traits and behaviors can affect the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.4
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence that in a particular habitat (system) some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Emphasize that organisms and habitats form systems in which the parts depend upon each other.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.5
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence that in a particular habitat (system) some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Emphasize that organisms and habitats form systems in which the parts depend upon each other.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.5
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence that in a particular habitat (system) some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Emphasize that organisms and habitats form systems in which the parts depend upon each other.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.5
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a problem caused by a change in the environment that impacts the types of plants and animals living in that environment. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, and develop possible solutions.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.2.6
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Emphasize investigations where only one variable is tested at a time.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of an object's motion to identify patterns in its motion that can be used to predict future motion.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.2
Science Lesson : Comparing Forces
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of an object's motion to identify patterns in its motion that can be used to predict future motion.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.2
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that the gravitational force exerted by Earth causes objects to be directed downward, toward the center of the spherical Earth. Emphasize that "downward" is a local description depending on one's position on Earth.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that the gravitational force exerted by Earth causes objects to be directed downward, toward the center of the spherical Earth. Emphasize that "downward" is a local description depending on one's position on Earth.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out an investigation cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. Emphasize how static electricity and magnets can cause objects to move without touching.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out an investigation cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. Emphasize how static electricity and magnets can cause objects to move without touching.

Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.4
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out an investigation cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. Emphasize how static electricity and magnets can cause objects to move without touching.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a problem in which a device functions by using scientific ideas about magnets. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, develop possible solutions using models, analyze data from testing solutions, and propose modifications for optimizing a solution.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3.3.5
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation from evidence that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.1.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

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

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the stability and change in organisms and environments from long ago. Emphasize using the structures of fossils to make inferences about ancient organisms.

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.1.3
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence based on patterns in rock layers and fossils found in those layers to support an explanation that environments have changed over time. Emphasize the relationship between fossils and past environments.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.1.4
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation to describe the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of that object. Emphasize using qualitative descriptions of the relationship between speed and energy like fast, slow, strong, or weak.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.2.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.2.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.2.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.2.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents.

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.2.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the regular patterns of waves. Emphasize patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4.3.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how visible light waves reflected from objects enter the eye causing objects to be seen. Emphasize the reflection and movement of light.

Grades: 3
State ID: 4.3.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use mathematics and computational thinking to compare the quantity of saltwater and freshwater in various reservoirs to provide evidence for the distribution of water on Earth. Emphasize reservoirs such as oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, groundwater, and polar ice caps.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.1.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence for the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on the geosphere. Emphasize weathering and erosion by water, ice, wind, gravity, or vegetation.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.1.3
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence for the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on the geosphere. Emphasize weathering and erosion by water, ice, wind, gravity, or vegetation.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.1.3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
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 : Heat and Evaporation
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
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 : Environmental Change
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
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 : Flood Control Engineering
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design solutions to reduce the effects of naturally occurring events that impact humans. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, develop possible solutions using models, analyze data from testing solutions, and propose modifications for optimizing a solution. Emphasize that humans cannot eliminate natural hazards, but they can take steps to reduce their impacts.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.1.5
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. Emphasize making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.2
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.2
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations to identify substances based on patterns of their properties. Emphasize using properties to identify substances.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.2.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce plant matter needed for growth. Emphasize photosynthesis at a conceptual level and that plant matter comes mostly from air and water, not from the soil.

Grades: 3
State ID: 5.3.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Emphasize that matter cycles between the air and soil and among plants, animals, and microbes as these organisms live and die.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5.3.3
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity and inertia in orbital motions of objects in our solar system.

Grades: 3
State ID: 6.1.2
This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom's K-8 hands-on integrated curriculum aligns with Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards.
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