This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the Vermont Science Standards (NGSS).
Science Lesson | State | Standards | State ID | Grades | Performance Expectation |
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Earth and Moon Patterns | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. |
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-ESS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. |
Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-ESS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year. |
Seasonal Patterns | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-ESS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year. |
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Plant Structures | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Living and Nonliving Things | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Engineering Dams | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Ant Behavior and Food | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Bird Beak Structure and Function | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. |
Parent and Offspring Behaviors | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. |
Plant Structures | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. |
Parent and Offspring Behaviors | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. *Students focus on animals in this unit. |
Living and Nonliving Things | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-LS3-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. |
Engineering Communication Devices | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. |
Making Sounds and Instruments | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. |
Light | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. |
Sounds and Senses | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-PS4-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. |
Materials and Light | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | 1-PS4-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. |
Engineering Communication Devices | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. |
Engineering Dams | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-1 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. |
Engineering Communication Devices | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. |
Engineering Dams | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-2 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. |
Engineering Communication Devices | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 | Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform. |
Engineering Dams | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform. |
Engineering Litter Collectors | VT | Vermont Science Standards (NGSS) | K-2-ETS1-3 | [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 |
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform. |
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. *Students focus on animals in this unit.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform.
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each perform.
Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.