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

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to NGSS Science Standards

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Engineering Roller Coasters NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Sound Barriers NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Filtration Devices NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Library Scopes NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Engineering Roller Coasters NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Sound Barriers NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Library Scopes NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Filtration Devices NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Engineering Roller Coasters NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Engineering Sound Barriers NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Engineering Filtration Devices NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Engineering Library Scopes NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Earth's Interacting Systems NGSS 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Earth's Interacting Systems NGSS 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain NGSS 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Ecosystem Dynamics NGSS 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

Ecosystem Dynamics NGSS 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Ecosystem Dynamics NGSS 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Ecosystem Dynamics NGSS 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Magnets and Motors NGSS 3-PS2-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

Weathering Rocks NGSS 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. *In this unit, students focus on the role of weathering in erosion, deposition, and Earth’s changing landscape.

Weathering Rocks NGSS 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

Earth's Surface Features NGSS 4-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.  how different kinds of rock are mechanically weathered, analyzing how the sediment caused by the weathering can then be eroded. *In this unit, students focus on patterns in the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes.

Plant and Animal Cells NGSS 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Plant Growth NGSS 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain NGSS 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Friction and Motion NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Roller Coasters NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Electrical Currents and Circuits NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Magnets and Motors NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Sound Energy NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Sound Energy and Materials NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Sound Barriers NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Library Scopes NGSS 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Engineering Roller Coasters NGSS 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. 

Electrical Currents and Circuits NGSS 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Magnets and Motors NGSS 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Sound Energy NGSS 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

Engineering Library Scopes NGSS 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System NGSS 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Patterns NGSS 5-ESS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Weathering Rocks NGSS 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth's Water NGSS 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth's Interacting Systems NGSS 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Earth's Water NGSS 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

Engineering Filtration Devices NGSS 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Engineering Library Scopes NGSS 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Plant Growth NGSS 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Plant Growth and Acid Rain NGSS 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Energy and Matter in Food Webs NGSS 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Ecosystem Dynamics NGSS 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Decomposition NGSS 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Electrical Currents and Circuits NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Sound Energy NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Sound Energy and Materials NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Engineering Sound Barriers NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

 Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Conservation of Matter NGSS 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Conservation of Matter NGSS 5-PS1-2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Magnets and Motors NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Sound Energy and Materials NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Properties of Minerals NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Electrical Currents and Circuits NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Engineering Sound Barriers NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Engineering Library Scopes NGSS 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Weathering Rocks NGSS 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Conservation of Matter NGSS 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Engineering Roller Coasters NGSS 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System NGSS 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Energy and Matter in Food Webs NGSS 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) .

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. *In this unit, students focus on the role of weathering in erosion, deposition, and Earth’s changing landscape.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.  how different kinds of rock are mechanically weathered, analyzing how the sediment caused by the weathering can then be eroded. *In this unit, students focus on patterns in the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes.

Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, and reproduction.

Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. 

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Science Lesson : Patterns
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Science Lesson : Earth's Water
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Science Lesson : Plant Growth
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Science Lesson : Decomposition
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Sound Energy
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

 Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Standards: NGSS
Performance Expectation:

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

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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.