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Sun Angle and Temperature UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons.

Earth-Sun-Moon System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons.

Earth's Place in the Solar System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons.

Earth's Place in the Solar System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

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

Earth's Place in the Solar System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use computational thinking to analyze data and determine the scale and properties of objects in the solar system.
Chemical Reactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop models to show that molecules are made of different kinds, proportions, and quantities of atoms. Emphasize understanding that there are differences between atoms and molecules, and that certain combinations of atoms form specific molecules.

Polymer Structure and Function UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop models to show that molecules are made of different kinds, proportions, and quantities of atoms. Emphasize understanding that there are differences between atoms and molecules, and that certain combinations of atoms form specific molecules.

Engineering Wind Turbines UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.2.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Design an object, tool, or process that minimizes or maximizes heat energy transfer. Identify criteria and constraints, develop a prototype for iterative testing, analyze data from testing, and propose modifications for optimizing the design solution.
Chemical Reactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.2.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Design an object, tool, or process that minimizes or maximizes heat energy transfer. Identify criteria and constraints, develop a prototype for iterative testing, analyze data from testing, and propose modifications for optimizing the design solution.

Sun Angle and Temperature UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe how the cycling of water through Earth's systems is driven by energy from the Sun, gravitational forces, and density.
Convection and Weather UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model to describe how the cycling of water through Earth's systems is driven by energy from the Sun, gravitational forces, and density.
Earth-Sun-Moon System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe how the cycling of water through Earth's systems is driven by energy from the Sun, gravitational forces, and density.
Convection and Weather UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Investigate the interactions between air masses that cause changes in weather conditions. Collect and analyze weather data to provide evidence for how air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure causing a change in weather.
Sun Angle and Temperature UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to show how unequal heating of the Earth's systems causes patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. Emphasize how warm water and air move from the equator toward the poles.
Convection and Weather UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to show how unequal heating of the Earth's systems causes patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. Emphasize how warm water and air move from the equator toward the poles.
Greenhouse Effect UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation supported by evidence for the role of the natural greenhouse effect in Earth's energy balance, and how it enables life to exist on Earth.
Engineering Greenhouses UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.3.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation supported by evidence for the role of the natural greenhouse effect in Earth's energy balance, and how it enables life to exist on Earth.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations in an ecosystem. Ask questions to predict how changes in resource availability affects organisms in those ecosystems.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations in an ecosystem. Ask questions to predict how changes in resource availability affects organisms in those ecosystems.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasize consistent interactions in different environments such as competition, predation, and mutualism.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasize consistent interactions in different environments such as competition, predation, and mutualism.
Food Webs UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasize consistent interactions in different environments such as competition, predation, and mutualism.
Food Webs UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Emphasize food webs and the role of producers, consumers, and decomposers in various ecosystems.

Engineering Shoreline Barriers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an argument supported by evidence that the stability of populations is affected by changes to an ecosystem. Emphasize how changes to living and nonliving components in an ecosystem affect populations in that ecosystem.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an argument supported by evidence that the stability of populations is affected by changes to an ecosystem. Emphasize how changes to living and nonliving components in an ecosystem affect populations in that ecosystem.

Engineering Shoreline Barriers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Evaluate competing design solutions for preserving ecosystem services that protect resources and biodiversity based on how well the solutions maintain stability within the ecosystem. Emphasize obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information of differing design solutions.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.4.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Evaluate competing design solutions for preserving ecosystem services that protect resources and biodiversity based on how well the solutions maintain stability within the ecosystem. Emphasize obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information of differing design solutions.
Chemical Reactions (MA) UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 6.MS-PS1-6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Plan and conduct an experiment using exothermic and endothermic reactions to explain that the type and concentration of the reacting substances affects the amount of thermal energy released or absorbed.
Engineering Wind Turbines UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Carry out an investigation which provides evidence that a change in an object's motion is dependent on the mass of the object and the sum of the forces acting on it.
Mass and Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Carry out an investigation which provides evidence that a change in an object's motion is dependent on the mass of the object and the sum of the forces acting on it.
Engineering Wind Turbines UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects in a system.
Mass and Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects in a system.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects in a system.
Light and Information Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Mechanical Waves and Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Electric and Magnetic Interactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Magnetism and Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Mass and Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Earth's Place in the Solar System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Electric and Magnetic Interactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Collect and analyze data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Magnetism and Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Collect and analyze data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Engineering Seismograph UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.

Earth-Sun-Moon System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Earth's Place in the Solar System UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Electric and Magnetic Interactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.1.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.2.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions to identify constraints of specific geologic hazards and evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining the stability of human engineered structures, such as homes, roads, and bridges.
Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
DNA and Proteins UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
Comparing Cells UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
Cellular Respiration UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
DNA and Mutations UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell in living systems and the way parts of cells contribute to cell function. Emphasize the cell as a system, including the interrelating roles of the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell membrane, and cell wall.
Comparing Cells UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell in living systems and the way parts of cells contribute to cell function. Emphasize the cell as a system, including the interrelating roles of the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell membrane, and cell wall.
Cellular Respiration UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell in living systems and the way parts of cells contribute to cell function. Emphasize the cell as a system, including the interrelating roles of the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell membrane, and cell wall.
Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation using evidence to explain how body systems have various levels of organization. Emphasize that cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems specialized for particular body functions.
Reproduction UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation using evidence to explain how body systems have various levels of organization. Emphasize that cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems specialized for particular body functions.
Sucrose and Heart Rate UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.3.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation using evidence to explain how body systems have various levels of organization. Emphasize that cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems specialized for particular body functions.
Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.
Natural Selection UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.
Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.

DNA and Mutations UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.
Reproduction UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.

Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.

Natural Selection UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.

DNA and Mutations UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Reproduction UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.

Natural Selection UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.
DNA and Proteins UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.
DNA and Mutations UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.
Natural Selection UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
DNA and Proteins UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
Heredity and Traits UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
DNA and Mutations UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.5.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation that describes how the genetic variation of traits in a population can affect some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Reproduction UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.5.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation that describes how the genetic variation of traits in a population can affect some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.5.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth, under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Comparing Cells UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.5.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct explanations that describe the patterns of body structure similarities and differences within modern organisms and between ancient and modern organisms to infer possible evolutionary relationships.
Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.5.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct explanations that describe the patterns of body structure similarities and differences within modern organisms and between ancient and modern organisms to infer possible evolutionary relationships.

Animal Diversity UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.5.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze data to compare patterns in the embryological development across multiple species to identify similarities and differences not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
The Rock Cycle UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Mass and Heat Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Apply scientific principles of energy and heat transfer to design, construct, and test a device to minimize or maximize thermal energy transfer.
Mass and Heat Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Conduct an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, how well the type of matter retains or radiates heat, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Chemical Reactions (MA) UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Present evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Mass and Heat Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Present evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
The Rock Cycle UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-6 (MA) [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to explain how thermal energy is transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones by convection, conduction, and radiation.
Mass and Heat Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-6 (MA) [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to explain how thermal energy is transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones by convection, conduction, and radiation.
Chemical Reactions (MA) UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-7 (MA) [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use informational text to describe the relationship between kinetic and potential energy and illustrate conversions from one form to another.
Renewable Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 7.MS-PS3-7 (MA) [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use informational text to describe the relationship between kinetic and potential energy and illustrate conversions from one form to another.
Chemical Reactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe the scale and proportion of atoms and molecules. Emphasize developing atomic models of elements and their numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons, as well as models of simple molecules.

Polymer Structure and Function UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe the scale and proportion of atoms and molecules. Emphasize developing atomic models of elements and their numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons, as well as models of simple molecules.

Polymer Structure and Function UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain information about various properties of matter, evaluate how different materials' properties allow them to be used for particular functions in society, and communicate your findings. Emphasize general properties of matter.
Chemical Reactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and conduct an investigation and then analyze and interpret the data to identify patterns in changes in a substance's properties to determine whether a chemical reaction has occurred.

Mass and Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Obtain and evaluate information to describe how synthetic materials come from natural resources, what their functions are, and how society uses these new materials.
Mass and Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model that uses computational thinking to illustrate cause and effect relationships in particle motion, temperature, density, and state of a pure substance when heat energy is added or removed.
Chemical Reactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model that uses computational thinking to illustrate cause and effect relationships in particle motion, temperature, density, and state of a pure substance when heat energy is added or removed.
Chemical Reactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction, indicating that matter is conserved.
Polymer Structure and Function UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction, indicating that matter is conserved.
Engineering Seismograph UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Engineering Wind Turbines UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Engineering Greenhouses UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.1.7 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.

Mass and Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use computational thinking to analyze data about the relationship between the mass and speed of objects and the relative amount of kinetic energy of the objects. Emphasis should be on the quantity of mass and relative speed to the observable effects of the kinetic energy.
Engineering Wind Turbines UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions about how the amount of potential energy varies as distance within the system changes. Plan and conduct an investigation to answer a question about potential energy.

Magnetism and Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions about how the amount of potential energy varies as distance within the system changes. Plan and conduct an investigation to answer a question about potential energy.
Magnetism and Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument to identify the strongest evidence that supports the claim that the kinetic energy of an object changes as energy is transferred to or from the object.

Engineering Wind Turbines UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Engage in argument to identify the strongest evidence that supports the claim that the kinetic energy of an object changes as energy is transferred to or from the object.

Mass and Motion UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Engage in argument to identify the strongest evidence that supports the claim that the kinetic energy of an object changes as energy is transferred to or from the object.
Light and Information Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use computational thinking to describe a simple model for waves that shows the pattern of wave amplitude being related to wave energy. Emphasize describing waves with both quantitative and qualitative thinking.
Engineering Seismograph UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use computational thinking to describe a simple model for waves that shows the pattern of wave amplitude being related to wave energy. Emphasize describing waves with both quantitative and qualitative thinking.
Mechanical Waves and Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use computational thinking to describe a simple model for waves that shows the pattern of wave amplitude being related to wave energy. Emphasize describing waves with both quantitative and qualitative thinking.
Engineering Seismograph UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to describe the structure of waves and how they are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. Emphasize both light and mechanical waves.
Light and Information Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe the structure of waves and how they are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. Emphasize both light and mechanical waves.
Mechanical Waves and Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe the structure of waves and how they are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. Emphasize both light and mechanical waves.
Light and Information Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.2.6 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Obtain and evaluate information to communicate the claim that the structure of digital signals are a more reliable way to store or transmit information than analog signals. Emphasize the basic understanding that waves can be used for communication purposes.

Food Webs UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and conduct an investigation and use the evidence to construct an explanation of how photosynthetic organisms use energy to transform matter. Emphasize molecular and energy transformations during photosynthesis.

Cellular Respiration UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Plan and conduct an investigation and use the evidence to construct an explanation of how photosynthetic organisms use energy to transform matter. Emphasize molecular and energy transformations during photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.3.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and conduct an investigation and use the evidence to construct an explanation of how photosynthetic organisms use energy to transform matter. Emphasize molecular and energy transformations during photosynthesis.
Sucrose and Heart Rate UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.3.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model to describe how food is changed through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter cycles through an organism. Emphasize describing that during cellular respiration molecules are broken apart and rearranged into new molecules, and that this process releases energy.
Chemical Reactions UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.3.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop a model to describe how food is changed through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter cycles through an organism. Emphasize describing that during cellular respiration molecules are broken apart and rearranged into new molecules, and that this process releases energy.

Cellular Respiration UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.3.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model to describe how food is changed through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter cycles through an organism. Emphasize describing that during cellular respiration molecules are broken apart and rearranged into new molecules, and that this process releases energy.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.3.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions to obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how changes to an ecosystem affect the stability of cycling matter and the flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Emphasize describing the cycling of matter and flow of energy through the carbon cycle.
Engineering Greenhouses UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.4.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Design a solution to monitor or mitigate the potential effects of the use of natural resources. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well each solution meets the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Greenhouse Effect UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Analyze and interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates
Convection and Weather UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.4.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Analyze and interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.4.5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret patterns of the occurrence of natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and investigate how data are used to develop technologies to mitigate their effects.
The Rock Cycle UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to illustrate that energy from the Earth’s interior drives convection which cycles Earth’s crust leading to melting, crystallization, weathering, and deformation of large rock formations, including generation of ocean seafloor at ridges, submergence of ocean seafloor at trenches, mountain building, and active volcanic chains.
Mass and Heat Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to illustrate that energy from the Earth’s interior drives convection which cycles Earth’s crust leading to melting, crystallization, weathering, and deformation of large rock formations, including generation of ocean seafloor at ridges, submergence of ocean seafloor at trenches, mountain building, and active volcanic chains.
Natural Resources UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Analyze and interpret data to explain that the Earth’s mineral and fossil fuel resources are unevenly distributed as a result of geologic processes.
Manufacturing Processes UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-ETS2-4 (MA) [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use informational text to illustrate that materials maintain their composition under various kinds of physical processing; however, some material properties may change if a process changes the particulate structure of a material.
Manufacturing Processes UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-ETS2-5 (MA) [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Present information that illustrates how a product can be created using basic processes in manufacturing systems, including forming, separating, conditioning, assembling, finishing, quality control, and safety. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of human vs. computer control of these processes.
Chemical Reactions (MA) UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
The Rock Cycle UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
Natural Resources UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
Renewable Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
Chemical Reactions (MA) UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Renewable Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Chemical Reactions (MA) UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model that describes and predicts changes in particle motion, relative spatial arrangement, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Mass and Heat Transfer UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop a model that describes and predicts changes in particle motion, relative spatial arrangement, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Chemical Reactions (MA) UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to explain that atoms are rearranged during a chemical reaction to form new substances with new properties. Explain that the atoms present in the reactants are all present in the products and thus the total number of atoms is conserved.
The Rock Cycle UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to explain that atoms are rearranged during a chemical reaction to form new substances with new properties. Explain that the atoms present in the reactants are all present in the products and thus the total number of atoms is conserved.
Renewable Energy UT Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards 8.MS-PS1-5 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Use a model to explain that atoms are rearranged during a chemical reaction to form new substances with new properties. Explain that the atoms present in the reactants are all present in the products and thus the total number of atoms is conserved.
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Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Place 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: 8
State ID: 6.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use computational thinking to analyze data and determine the scale and properties of objects in the solar system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.1.3
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to show that molecules are made of different kinds, proportions, and quantities of atoms. Emphasize understanding that there are differences between atoms and molecules, and that certain combinations of atoms form specific molecules.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.2.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to show that molecules are made of different kinds, proportions, and quantities of atoms. Emphasize understanding that there are differences between atoms and molecules, and that certain combinations of atoms form specific molecules.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design an object, tool, or process that minimizes or maximizes heat energy transfer. Identify criteria and constraints, develop a prototype for iterative testing, analyze data from testing, and propose modifications for optimizing the design solution.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.2.4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design an object, tool, or process that minimizes or maximizes heat energy transfer. Identify criteria and constraints, develop a prototype for iterative testing, analyze data from testing, and propose modifications for optimizing the design solution.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.2.4
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how the cycling of water through Earth's systems is driven by energy from the Sun, gravitational forces, and density.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.1
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe how the cycling of water through Earth's systems is driven by energy from the Sun, gravitational forces, and density.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.1
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how the cycling of water through Earth's systems is driven by energy from the Sun, gravitational forces, and density.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.1
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Investigate the interactions between air masses that cause changes in weather conditions. Collect and analyze weather data to provide evidence for how air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure causing a change in weather.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.2
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to show how unequal heating of the Earth's systems causes patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. Emphasize how warm water and air move from the equator toward the poles.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.3
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to show how unequal heating of the Earth's systems causes patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. Emphasize how warm water and air move from the equator toward the poles.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.3
Science Lesson : Greenhouse Effect
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation supported by evidence for the role of the natural greenhouse effect in Earth's energy balance, and how it enables life to exist on Earth.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Greenhouses
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation supported by evidence for the role of the natural greenhouse effect in Earth's energy balance, and how it enables life to exist on Earth.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.3.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations in an ecosystem. Ask questions to predict how changes in resource availability affects organisms in those ecosystems.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.1
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations in an ecosystem. Ask questions to predict how changes in resource availability affects organisms in those ecosystems.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasize consistent interactions in different environments such as competition, predation, and mutualism.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.2
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasize consistent interactions in different environments such as competition, predation, and mutualism.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.2
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasize consistent interactions in different environments such as competition, predation, and mutualism.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.2
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Emphasize food webs and the role of producers, consumers, and decomposers in various ecosystems.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence that the stability of populations is affected by changes to an ecosystem. Emphasize how changes to living and nonliving components in an ecosystem affect populations in that ecosystem.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.4
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence that the stability of populations is affected by changes to an ecosystem. Emphasize how changes to living and nonliving components in an ecosystem affect populations in that ecosystem.

Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions for preserving ecosystem services that protect resources and biodiversity based on how well the solutions maintain stability within the ecosystem. Emphasize obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information of differing design solutions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.5
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions for preserving ecosystem services that protect resources and biodiversity based on how well the solutions maintain stability within the ecosystem. Emphasize obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information of differing design solutions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.4.5
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions (MA)
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an experiment using exothermic and endothermic reactions to explain that the type and concentration of the reacting substances affects the amount of thermal energy released or absorbed.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6.MS-PS1-6
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Carry out an investigation which provides evidence that a change in an object's motion is dependent on the mass of the object and the sum of the forces acting on it.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.1
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Carry out an investigation which provides evidence that a change in an object's motion is dependent on the mass of the object and the sum of the forces acting on it.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects in a system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects in a system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects in a system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.2
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.3
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.3
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.3
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.3
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.3
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct a model using observational evidence to describe the nature of fields existing between objects that exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.3
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Collect and analyze data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.4
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Collect and analyze data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.5
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.5
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.5
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.5
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument from evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions within a system are attractive and dependent upon the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.1.5
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to identify constraints of specific geologic hazards and evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining the stability of human engineered structures, such as homes, roads, and bridges.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.2.3
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.1
Science Lesson : DNA and Proteins
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.1
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.1
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Plan and carry out an investigation that provides evidence that the basic structures of living things are cells. Emphasize that cells can form single-celled or multicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms are made of different types of cells.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.1
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell in living systems and the way parts of cells contribute to cell function. Emphasize the cell as a system, including the interrelating roles of the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell membrane, and cell wall.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.2
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell in living systems and the way parts of cells contribute to cell function. Emphasize the cell as a system, including the interrelating roles of the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell membrane, and cell wall.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.2
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell in living systems and the way parts of cells contribute to cell function. Emphasize the cell as a system, including the interrelating roles of the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell membrane, and cell wall.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.2
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation using evidence to explain how body systems have various levels of organization. Emphasize that cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems specialized for particular body functions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.3
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation using evidence to explain how body systems have various levels of organization. Emphasize that cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems specialized for particular body functions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.3
Science Lesson : Sucrose and Heart Rate
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation using evidence to explain how body systems have various levels of organization. Emphasize that cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems specialized for particular body functions.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.3.3
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.1
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.1
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.1
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.1
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to explain the effects that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation. Emphasize genetic variation through asexual and sexual reproduction.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.2
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.2
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.2
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.2
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about specific animal and plant adaptations and structures that affect the probability of successful reproduction.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.3
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.3
Science Lesson : DNA and Proteins
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.3
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why genetic mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. Emphasize the conceptual idea that changes to traits can happen because of genetic mutations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.3
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.4
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.4
Science Lesson : DNA and Proteins
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.4
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans affect the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. Analyze data from tests or simulations to determine the best solution to achieve success in cultivating selected desired traits in organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.4.4
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that describes how the genetic variation of traits in a population can affect some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.5.1
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation that describes how the genetic variation of traits in a population can affect some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.5.1
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth, under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.5.2
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Construct explanations that describe the patterns of body structure similarities and differences within modern organisms and between ancient and modern organisms to infer possible evolutionary relationships.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.5.3
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct explanations that describe the patterns of body structure similarities and differences within modern organisms and between ancient and modern organisms to infer possible evolutionary relationships.

Grades: 8
State ID: 7.5.3
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze data to compare patterns in the embryological development across multiple species to identify similarities and differences not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.5.4
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.MS-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Apply scientific principles of energy and heat transfer to design, construct, and test a device to minimize or maximize thermal energy transfer.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.MS-PS3-3
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Conduct an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, how well the type of matter retains or radiates heat, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.MS-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions (MA)
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Present evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Present evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7.MS-PS3-5
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use a model to explain how thermal energy is transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones by convection, conduction, and radiation.
Grades: 8
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use a model to explain how thermal energy is transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones by convection, conduction, and radiation.
Grades: 8
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions (MA)
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use informational text to describe the relationship between kinetic and potential energy and illustrate conversions from one form to another.
Grades: 8
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use informational text to describe the relationship between kinetic and potential energy and illustrate conversions from one form to another.
Grades: 8
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the scale and proportion of atoms and molecules. Emphasize developing atomic models of elements and their numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons, as well as models of simple molecules.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the scale and proportion of atoms and molecules. Emphasize developing atomic models of elements and their numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons, as well as models of simple molecules.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information about various properties of matter, evaluate how different materials' properties allow them to be used for particular functions in society, and communicate your findings. Emphasize general properties of matter.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.2
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation and then analyze and interpret the data to identify patterns in changes in a substance's properties to determine whether a chemical reaction has occurred.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.3
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Obtain and evaluate information to describe how synthetic materials come from natural resources, what their functions are, and how society uses these new materials.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.4
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model that uses computational thinking to illustrate cause and effect relationships in particle motion, temperature, density, and state of a pure substance when heat energy is added or removed.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.5
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model that uses computational thinking to illustrate cause and effect relationships in particle motion, temperature, density, and state of a pure substance when heat energy is added or removed.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.5
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction, indicating that matter is conserved.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.6
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction, indicating that matter is conserved.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.6
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.7
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.7
Science Lesson : Engineering Greenhouses
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.7
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.7
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Design, construct, and test a device that can affect the rate of a phase change. Compare and identify the best characteristics of competing devices and modify them based on data analysis to improve the device to better meet the criteria for success.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.1.7
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use computational thinking to analyze data about the relationship between the mass and speed of objects and the relative amount of kinetic energy of the objects. Emphasis should be on the quantity of mass and relative speed to the observable effects of the kinetic energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how the amount of potential energy varies as distance within the system changes. Plan and conduct an investigation to answer a question about potential energy.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.2
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how the amount of potential energy varies as distance within the system changes. Plan and conduct an investigation to answer a question about potential energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.2
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument to identify the strongest evidence that supports the claim that the kinetic energy of an object changes as energy is transferred to or from the object.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Engage in argument to identify the strongest evidence that supports the claim that the kinetic energy of an object changes as energy is transferred to or from the object.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.3
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Engage in argument to identify the strongest evidence that supports the claim that the kinetic energy of an object changes as energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.3
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use computational thinking to describe a simple model for waves that shows the pattern of wave amplitude being related to wave energy. Emphasize describing waves with both quantitative and qualitative thinking.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use computational thinking to describe a simple model for waves that shows the pattern of wave amplitude being related to wave energy. Emphasize describing waves with both quantitative and qualitative thinking.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.4
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use computational thinking to describe a simple model for waves that shows the pattern of wave amplitude being related to wave energy. Emphasize describing waves with both quantitative and qualitative thinking.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe the structure of waves and how they are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. Emphasize both light and mechanical waves.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.5
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the structure of waves and how they are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. Emphasize both light and mechanical waves.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.5
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the structure of waves and how they are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. Emphasize both light and mechanical waves.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.5
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and evaluate information to communicate the claim that the structure of digital signals are a more reliable way to store or transmit information than analog signals. Emphasize the basic understanding that waves can be used for communication purposes.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.2.6
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation and use the evidence to construct an explanation of how photosynthetic organisms use energy to transform matter. Emphasize molecular and energy transformations during photosynthesis.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.3.1
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation and use the evidence to construct an explanation of how photosynthetic organisms use energy to transform matter. Emphasize molecular and energy transformations during photosynthesis.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.3.1
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation and use the evidence to construct an explanation of how photosynthetic organisms use energy to transform matter. Emphasize molecular and energy transformations during photosynthesis.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.3.1
Science Lesson : Sucrose and Heart Rate
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe how food is changed through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter cycles through an organism. Emphasize describing that during cellular respiration molecules are broken apart and rearranged into new molecules, and that this process releases energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.3.2
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe how food is changed through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter cycles through an organism. Emphasize describing that during cellular respiration molecules are broken apart and rearranged into new molecules, and that this process releases energy.

Grades: 8
State ID: 8.3.2
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe how food is changed through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter cycles through an organism. Emphasize describing that during cellular respiration molecules are broken apart and rearranged into new molecules, and that this process releases energy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.3.2
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how changes to an ecosystem affect the stability of cycling matter and the flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Emphasize describing the cycling of matter and flow of energy through the carbon cycle.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.3.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Greenhouses
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Design a solution to monitor or mitigate the potential effects of the use of natural resources. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well each solution meets the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.4.3
Science Lesson : Greenhouse Effect
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.4.4
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the factors that change global temperatures and their effects on regional climates.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.4.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret patterns of the occurrence of natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and investigate how data are used to develop technologies to mitigate their effects.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.4.5
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use a model to illustrate that energy from the Earth’s interior drives convection which cycles Earth’s crust leading to melting, crystallization, weathering, and deformation of large rock formations, including generation of ocean seafloor at ridges, submergence of ocean seafloor at trenches, mountain building, and active volcanic chains.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use a model to illustrate that energy from the Earth’s interior drives convection which cycles Earth’s crust leading to melting, crystallization, weathering, and deformation of large rock formations, including generation of ocean seafloor at ridges, submergence of ocean seafloor at trenches, mountain building, and active volcanic chains.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data to explain that the Earth’s mineral and fossil fuel resources are unevenly distributed as a result of geologic processes.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Manufacturing Processes
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use informational text to illustrate that materials maintain their composition under various kinds of physical processing; however, some material properties may change if a process changes the particulate structure of a material.
Grades: 8
Science Lesson : Manufacturing Processes
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Present information that illustrates how a product can be created using basic processes in manufacturing systems, including forming, separating, conditioning, assembling, finishing, quality control, and safety. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of human vs. computer control of these processes.
Grades: 8
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions (MA)
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model to describe that (a) atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce pure substances which make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter, (b) atoms form molecules and compounds that range in size from two to thousands of atoms, and (c) mixtures are composed of different proportions of pure substances.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions (MA)
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-2
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions (MA)
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model that describes and predicts changes in particle motion, relative spatial arrangement, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Develop a model that describes and predicts changes in particle motion, relative spatial arrangement, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions (MA)
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use a model to explain that atoms are rearranged during a chemical reaction to form new substances with new properties. Explain that the atoms present in the reactants are all present in the products and thus the total number of atoms is conserved.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-5
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use a model to explain that atoms are rearranged during a chemical reaction to form new substances with new properties. Explain that the atoms present in the reactants are all present in the products and thus the total number of atoms is conserved.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-5
Science Lesson : Renewable Energy
State: UT
Standards: Utah Science With Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards
Performance Expectation: Use a model to explain that atoms are rearranged during a chemical reaction to form new substances with new properties. Explain that the atoms present in the reactants are all present in the products and thus the total number of atoms is conserved.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8.MS-PS1-5
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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