Kindergarten

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

• K-PS2-1(Performance Expectation)

  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.

• K-PS2-2(Performance Expectation)

  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.

Energy

• K-PS3-1(Performance Expectation)

  Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.

• K-PS3-2(Performance Expectation)

  Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

• K-LS1-1(Performance Expectation)

  Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Earth's Systems

• K-ESS2-1(Performance Expectation)

  Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

• K-ESS2-2(Performance Expectation)

  Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

Earth and Human Activity

• K-ESS3-1(Performance Expectation)

  Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

• K-ESS3-2(Performance Expectation)

  Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.

• K-ESS3-3(Performance Expectation)

  Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

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.