Louisiana’s Science Standards
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This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated, hands-on NGSS - designed curriculum aligns with Louisiana’s Science Standards in
Grades K-8.

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Louisiana Science Standards

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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Engineering Dams LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 1-LS1-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Use tools and 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.

Engineering Litter Collectors LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 1-LS1-2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Plant Structures LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Parent and Offspring Behaviors LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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.

Sounds and Senses LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 1-PS4-2 [{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.

Materials and Light LA Louisiana Student Standards for Science 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 Louisiana Science Standards .

Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

Use tools and 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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Sounds and Senses
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: LA
Standards: Louisiana Student Standards for Science
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 guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated, hands-on NGSS - designed curriculum aligns with Louisiana’s Science Standards in
Grades K-8.
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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.