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# 2-PS3-1 (MA)

Develop and use models to compare how plans and animals depend on their surroundings and other living things to meet their needs in the places they live.

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 Science & Engineering Practices

- [Developing and using models](https://www.knowatom.com/developing-and-using-models)
- [Planning and carrying out investigations](https://www.knowatom.com/planning-and-carrying-out-investigations)
- [Constructing explanations and designing solutions](https://www.knowatom.com/constructing-explanations-and-designing-solutions)
- [Engaging in argument from evidence](https://www.knowatom.com/engaging-in-argument-from-evidence)
- [Obtaining evaluating and communicating information](https://www.knowatom.com/obtaining-evaluating-and-communicating-information)

 Disciplinary Core Ideas

- [Weather and Climate](https://www.knowatom.com/weather-and-climate)
- [Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer](https://www.knowatom.com/conservation-of-energy-and-energy-transfer)

 Crosscutting Concepts

- [Patterns](https://www.knowatom.com/patterns)
- [Cause and Effect](https://www.knowatom.com/cause-and-effect)

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## Browse 2-PS3-1 (MA) Lesson Plans

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## [Friction In this unit, students use propeller cars to explore the science phenomena of forces. They investigate action-reaction forces and see if a propeller car travels farther when its rubber band releases a smaller or larger force. Students then explore how friction affects motion by testing how far their car moves after rolling over smooth and rough surfaces.](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/2nd-grade-science/friction)

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Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. *Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By State*s. 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.

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