K-5 Science Standards

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1-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
  • 1st Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 4 Programs

1-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
  • 1st Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 3 Programs

1-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes

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.
  • 1st Grade
  • Life Science
  • 8 Programs

1-LS1-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes

Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
  • 1st Grade
  • Life Science
  • 1 Programs

1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
  • 1st Grade
  • Life Science
  • 2 Programs

1-PS4-1 Waves & Their Application in Technologies for Information Transfer

Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
  • 1st Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 3 Programs

1-PS4-2 Waves & Their Application in Technologies for Information Transfer

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated.
  • 1st Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

1-PS4-3 Waves & Their Application in Technologies for Information Transfer

Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
  • 1st Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

1-PS4-4 Waves & Their Application in Technologies for Information Transfer

Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance
  • 1st Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

2-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 7 Programs

2-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 4 Programs

2-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 2 Programs

2-ESS2-3 Earth’s Systems

Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid, liquid, or gas.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 3 Programs

2-LS2-1 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 2 Programs

2-LS2-2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 8 Programs

2-LS4-1 Biological Unity and Diversity

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 9 Programs

2-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions

Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 3 Programs

2-PS1-2 Matter and Its Interactions

Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 5 Programs

2-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions

Make observations to construct an evidence based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.
  • 2nd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

2-PS1-4 Matter and Its Interactions

Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot
  • 2nd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 6 Programs

3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost
  • 3rd Grade
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 2 Programs

3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

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.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 3 Programs

3-5-ETS1-3 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

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.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 2 Programs

3-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 6 Programs

3-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 3 Programs

3-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 3 Programs

3-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 3 Programs

3-LS2-1 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 4 Programs

3-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

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.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 2 Programs

3-LS3-2 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Use evidence to support the explanation that observable traits can be influenced by the environment.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 3 Programs

3-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 4 Programs

3-LS4-2 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

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.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 10 Programs

3-LS4-3 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

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.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 13 Programs

3-LS4-4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Life Science
  • 5 Programs

3-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

3-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion
  • 3rd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

3-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
  • 3rd Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

4-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time
  • 4th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 2 Programs

4-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
  • 4th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 4 Programs

4-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
  • 4th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 6 Programs

4-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.
  • 4th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 3 Programs

4-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans
  • 4th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 2 Programs

4-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction
  • 4th Grade
  • Life Science
  • 14 Programs

4-LS1-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
  • 4th Grade
  • Life Science
  • 4 Programs

4-PS3-1 Energy

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
  • 4th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

4-PS3-2 Energy

Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
  • 4th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 4 Programs

4-PS3-3 Energy

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
  • 4th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

4-PS3-4 Energy

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
  • 4th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

4-PS4-1 Waves and Their Applications in Technology for Information Transfer

Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
  • 4th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

4-PS4-2 Waves and Their Applications in Technology for Information Transfer

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
  • 4th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

4-PS4-3 Waves and Their Applications in Technology for Information Transfer

Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.
  • 4th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

5-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
  • 5th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 5 Programs

5-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the Universe

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.
  • 5th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 8 Programs

5-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
  • 5th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 2 Programs

5-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

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.
  • 5th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 2 Programs

5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to conserve Earth’s resources and environment.
  • 5th Grade
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 11 Programs

5-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth primarily from air and water.
  • 5th Grade
  • Life Science
  • 3 Programs

5-LS2-1 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
  • 5th Grade
  • Life Science
  • 8 Programs

5-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
  • 5th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

5-PS1-2 Matter and Its Interactions

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.
  • 5th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 3 Programs

5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
  • 5th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

5-PS1-4 Matter and Its Interactions

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
  • 5th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

5-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
  • 5th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 4 Programs

5-PS3-1 Energy

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.
  • 5th Grade
  • Physical Science
  • 4 Programs

HS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the life span of the sun and the role of nuclear fusion in the sun’s core to release energy that eventually reaches Earth in the form of radiation.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Construct an explanation of the Big Bang theory based on astronomical evidence of light spectra, motion of distant galaxies, and composition of matter in the universe.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS1-3 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS1-4 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS1-5 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS1-6 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Apply scientific reasoning and evidence from ancient Earth materials, meteorites, and other planetary surfaces to construct an account of Earth’s formation and early history.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

Develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to form continental and ocean-floor features.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS2-3 Earth’s Systems

Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS2-4 Earth’s Systems

Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS2-5 Earth’s Systems

Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS2-6 Earth’s Systems

Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS2-7 Earth’s Systems

Construct an argument based on evidence about the simultaneous coevolution of Earth’s systems and life on Earth.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity

Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and using energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS3-3 Earth and Human Activity

Use computational tools to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS3-4 Earth and Human Activity

Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS3-5 Earth and Human Activity

Analyze data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impact s to Earth systems.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ESS3-6 Earth and Human Activity

Use the results of a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.
  • High School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ETS1-1 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
  • High School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ETS1-2 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
  • High School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ETS1-3 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
  • High School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ETS1-4 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem.
  • High School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-ETS1-5 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in a variety of materials.
  • High School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS1-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multi-cellular organisms.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS1-3 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS1-4 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Use a model to illustrate the role of cellular division (mitosis) and differentiation in producing and maintaining complex organisms.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS1-5 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS1-6 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Construct explanations and revise, as needed, based on evidence for: 1) how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen may combine with other elements to form amino acids and/or other large carbon-based molecules, and 2) how other hydrocarbons may also combine to form large carbon-based molecules.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS1-7 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of sugar molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-1 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Construct explanations and revise, as needed, based on evidence for: 1) how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen may combine with other elements to form amino acids and/or other large carbon-based molecules, and 2) how other hydrocarbons may also combine to form large carbon-based molecules.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-3 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, and revise as needed.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-4 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-5 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-6 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex biotic and abiotic interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a modified ecosystem.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-7 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Evaluate and assess impacts on the environment and biodiversity in order to refine or design a solution for detrimental impacts or enhancement for positive impacts.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS2-8 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS3-2 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from: (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and /or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS3-3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS4-2 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Construct an explanation based on evidence that the process of evolution primarily result s from four factors: (1) the potential for a species to increase in number, (2) the heritable genetic variation of individuals in a species dueto mutation and sexual reproduction, (3) competition for limited resources, and (4) the proliferation of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce in the environment.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS4-3 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Apply concepts of statistics and probability to support explanations that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking this trait.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS4-4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS4-5 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-LS4-6 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Create and/or use a simulation to evaluate the impacts of human activity on biodiversity.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions

Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-2 Matter and Its Interactions

Construct an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms, trends in the periodic table, and knowledge of the patterns of chemical properties, and revise, as needed.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions

Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the macroscopic scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.
  • High School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-4 Matter and Its Interactions

Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-5 Matter and Its Interactions

Apply scientific principles and use evidence to provide an explanation about the effects of changing the temperature or concentration of the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-6 Matter and Its Interactions

Evaluate the design of a chemical system by changing conditions to produce increased amounts of products at equilibrium, and refine the design, as needed.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-7 Matter and Its Interactions

Use mathematical representations to support the claim that atoms, and therefore mass, are conserved during a chemical reaction.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS1-8 Matter and Its Interactions

Develop models to illustrate the changes in the composition of the nucleus of the atom and the energy released during the processes of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Use mathematical representations to predict the gravitational and/or electrostatic forces between objects using Newton’s Law of Gravitation and/or Coulomb’s Law, respectively.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that an electric current can produce a magnetic field and that a changing magnetic field can produce an electric current.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS2-6 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of materials.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS3-1 Energy

Create or apply a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS3-2 Energy

Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS3-3 Energy

Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS3-4 Energy

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS3-5 Energy

Develop and use a model of two objects interacting through electric or magnetic fields to illustrate the forces between objects and the changes in energy of the objects due to the interaction.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS4-1 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS4-2 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using digital transmission and storage of information.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS4-3 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Evaluate evidence behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and that for some situations one model is more useful than the other.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

HS-PS4-5 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.
  • High School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

K-2-ETS1-1 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

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.
  • Kindergarten
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 1 Programs

K-2-ETS1-2 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

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.
  • Kindergarten
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 2 Programs

K-2-ETS1-3 Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
  • Kindergarten
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 2 Programs

K-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns overtime.
  • Kindergarten
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 4 Programs

K-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
  • Kindergarten
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 2 Programs

K-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
  • Kindergarten
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 5 Programs

K-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
  • Kindergarten
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 3 Programs

K-ESS3-3 Earth and Human Activity

Communicate solutions that will manage the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
  • Kindergarten
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 5 Programs

K-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
  • Kindergarten
  • Life Science
  • 7 Programs

K-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object
  • Kindergarten
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

K-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
  • Kindergarten
  • Physical Science
  • 2 Programs

K-PS3-1 Energy

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
  • Kindergarten
  • Physical Science
  • 3 Programs

K-PS3-2 Energy

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
  • Kindergarten
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS1-3 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS1-4 Earth’s Place in the Universe

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rocks and rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS2-1 Earth’s System

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS2-2 Earth’s System

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-ESS2-3 Earth’s System

Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures toprovide evidence of the past plate motions.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS2-4 Earth’s System

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS2-5 Earth’s System

Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS2-6 Earth’s System

Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-ESS3-3 Earth and Human Activity

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring, evaluating, and managing a human impact on the environment.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 2 Programs

MS-ESS3-4 Earth and Human Activity

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how changes in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ESS3-5 Earth and Human Activity

Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused changes in global temperatures over time.
  • Middle School
  • Earth & Space Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ETS1-1 Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
  • Middle School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-ETS1-2 Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
  • Middle School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ETS1-3 Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
  • Middle School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ETS1-4 Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Develop a model for a proposed object, tool or process and then use an iterative process to test the model, collect data, and generate modification ideas trending toward an optimal design.
  • Middle School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ETS2-1 Engineering, Technology, Science and Society

Ask questions about a common household appliance, collect data to reverse-engineer the appliance and learn how it's design has evolved, describe how scientific discoveries, technological advances, and engineering design played significant roles in its development, and explore how science, engineering and technology might be used together or individually in producing improved versions of the appliance.
  • Middle School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-ETS2-2 Engineering, Technology, Science and Society

Develop a model defining and prioritizing the impacts of human activity on a particular aspect of the environment, identifying positive and negative consequences of the activity, both short and long-term, and investigate and explain how the ethics and integrity of scientists and engineers and respect for individual property rights might constrain future development.
  • Middle School
  • Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-LS1-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Develop and use models to describe the parts, functions, and basic processes of cells.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS1-3 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS1-4 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS1-5 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-LS1-6 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS1-7 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Develop a model to describe how food molecules (sugar) are rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS1-8 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS2-1 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 2 Programs

MS-LS2-2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 2 Programs

MS-LS2-3 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS2-4 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 2 Programs

MS-LS2-5 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS3-2 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

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.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-LS4-2 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS4-4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population affects individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS4-5 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-LS4-6 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
  • Middle School
  • Life Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS1-2 Matter and Its Interactions

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 1 Programs

MS-PS1-4 Matter and Its Interactions

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS1-5 Matter and Its Interactions

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS1-6 Matter and Its Interactions

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Apply Newton’s third law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS3-1 Energy

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS3-2 Energy

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS3-3 Energy

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS3-4 Energy

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS3-5 Energy

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS4-1 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves, which includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS4-2 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs

MS-PS4-3 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
  • Middle School
  • Physical Science
  • 0 Programs