K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom's integrated model of curriculum is aligned with the Indiana Academic Science Standards in Grades K-8 for the  K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards.
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Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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. 
Grades: K
State ID: K-2-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-2-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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. 
Grades: K
State ID: K-2-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-2-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-2-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-2-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Windy Weather
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : The Water Cycle
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather Patterns
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Heat and Water
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Weather and Seasons
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Human Shelter
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Extreme Weather
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-ESS3-3
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: K-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Pushes and Pulls
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Pushes and Pulls
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
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.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS2-2
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Temperature
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Sun and Shade
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Color and Temperature
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: IN
Standards: K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards
Performance Expectation:

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
Grades: K
State ID: K-PS3-2
This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom's integrated model of curriculum is aligned with the Indiana Academic Science Standards in Grades K-8 for the  K-12 Science Indiana Academic Standards.
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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.

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