Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
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This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the Kansas College and Career
Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) Next Generation Science Standards.

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Kansas Science Standards

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Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-LS1-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.

Parent and Offspring Behaviors KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-LS1-2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Parent and Offspring Behaviors KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-LS3-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. *Students focus on animals in this unit.

Plant Structures KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-LS3-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Living and Nonliving Things KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-LS3-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Making Sounds and Instruments KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Light KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Sounds and Senses KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
Engineering Communication Devices KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Materials and Light KS Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) 1-PS4-3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Kansas Science Standards.

State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

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.

State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. *Students focus on animals in this unit.

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Light
State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Sounds and Senses
State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
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.
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: KS
Standards: Kansas Science Standards-- The Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS)
Performance Expectation:

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

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is designed for the Kansas College and Career
Ready Standards for Science (KCCRSS) Next Generation Science 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.