1st Grade

Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

• 1-PS4-1(Performance Expectation)

  Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.

• 1-PS4-2(Performance Expectation)

  Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.

• 1-PS4-3(Performance Expectation)6

  Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.

• 1-PS4-4(Performance Expectation)

  Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

• 1-LS1-1(Performance Expectation)6

  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.

• 1-LS1-2(Performance Expectation)7

  Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

• 1-LS3-1(Performance Expectation)9

  Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

Earth's Place in the Universe

• 1-ESS1-1(Performance Expectation)7

  Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

• 1-ESS1-2(Performance Expectation)6

  Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Engineering Design

• K-2-ETS1-1(Performance Expectation)

  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.

• K-2-ETS1-2(Performance Expectation)

  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.

• K-2-ETS1-3(Performance Expectation)

  Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.