Minnesota Science Standards

Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science

This guide shows how KnowAtom’s K-8 integrated model of NGSS-designed curriculum is aligned with Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science.

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Science Lesson	State	Standards	State ID	Grades	Performance Expectation
Sucrose and Heart Rate	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	07L.4.1.1.1	8	Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Windy Weather	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0E.1.1.1.1	K	Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
The Water Cycle	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0E.1.1.1.1	K	Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Heat and Water	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0E.1.1.1.1	K	Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Extreme Weather	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0E.1.1.1.1	K	Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Earth and Human Activity	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0E.1.1.1.2	K	Ask questions about how a person may reduce the amount of natural resources the individual uses.
Weather Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0E.2.1.1.2	K	Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Weather and Seasons	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0E.2.1.1.2	K	Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Living Things in Their Habitat	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.1.2.1.2	K	Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Animal Habitats	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.1.2.1.2	K	Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Characteristics of Living Things	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.1.2.1.2	K	Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Parts of Plants	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.2.1.1.3	K	Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Growing Plants	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.2.1.1.3	K	Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.2.1.1.3	K	Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Earth and Human Activity	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.2.1.1.3	K	Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Germinating Seeds	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.2.1.1.3	K	Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Human Shelter	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.2.1.1.3	K	Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Characteristics of Living Things	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.2.1.1.3	K	Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Living Things in Their Habitat	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.3.1.1.1	K	Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Animal Habitats	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.3.1.1.1	K	Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Germinating Seeds	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.3.1.1.1	K	Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Parts of Plants	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.3.1.1.1	K	Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Growing Plants	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0L.3.1.1.1	K	Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Sunlight and Temperature	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.1.2.1.1	K	Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Sun and Shade	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.1.2.1.1	K	Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Color and Temperature	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.1.2.1.1	K	Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Sunlight and Engineering	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.1.2.1.1	K	Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Who Scientists Are	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.2.1.1.1	K	Sort objects in terms of natural/human-made, color, size, shape, and texture, then communicate the reasoning for the sorting system.
Pushes and Pulls	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.2.2.1.1	K	Identify and describe patterns that emerge from the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Forces and Motion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.2.2.1.1	K	Identify and describe patterns that emerge from the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Sunlight and Engineering	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.3.2.2.1	K	Design and build a structure to reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Engineering Marble Movers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.4.1.1.1	K	Construct an argument supported by evidence for whether a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
Sunlight and Engineering	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	0P.4.2.2.1	K	Communicate design ideas for a structure that reduces the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Earth Events	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.2.2.1.1	2	Use quantitative data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of time it takes for Earth processes to occur and determine whether they occur quickly or slowly.
Ant Behavior and Food	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.4.1.1.1	1	Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Engineering Dams	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.4.1.1.1	1	Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Living and Nonliving Things	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.4.1.1.1	1	Construct an argument based on observational evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the non-living aspects of the environment to meet their needs.
Controlling Erosion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.4.1.2.1	2	Construct an argument with evidence to evaluate multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.
Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.4.2.1.1	4	Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Changing Earth's Surface	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.4.2.1.1	4	Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Engineering Dams	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1E.4.2.1.1	1	Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Parent and Offspring Behaviors	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.1.1.1.1	1	Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents.
Plant Structures	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.1.1.1.1	1	Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents.
Butterfly Structure and Function	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	2	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Living and Nonliving Things	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	1	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Parent and Offspring Behaviors	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	1	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Engineering Litter Collectors	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	1	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Bird Beak Structure and Function	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	1	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Ant Behavior and Food	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	1	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	1	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Plant Structures	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.1.1.1	1	Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent how plants or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.2.2.2	1	Plan and 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	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.2.2.2	1	Plan and 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 Dams	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.3.2.2.2	1	Plan and 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	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1L.4.2.1.2	1	Obtain information using various features of texts and other media to determine patterns in the behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Making Sounds and Instruments	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1P.1.2.1.1	1	Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
Sounds and Senses	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1P.1.2.1.1	1	Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
Making Sounds and Instruments	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1P.2.1.1.1	1	Identify and describe patterns obtained from testing different materials and determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for producing and/or transmitting sound.
Light	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1P.3.2.2.1	1	Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Materials and Light	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1P.3.2.2.1	1	Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Engineering Communication Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1P.3.2.2.1	1	Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Engineering Dams	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	1P.4.2.2.1	1	Communicate solutions that use materials to provide shelter, food, or warmth needs for communities including Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.2.1.1.1	1	Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.2.1.1.1	1	Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Seasonal Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.2.1.1.1	1	Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Environmental Change	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.2.1.1.2	3	Analyze data from tests of objects designed to reduce the impacts of a weather-related hazards and compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.2.1.1.2	2	Analyze data from tests of objects designed to reduce the impacts of a weather-related hazards and compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Mapping Land and Water	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.4.2.1.1	2	Obtain and use information from multiple sources to identify where water is found on Earth.
Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.4.2.1.1	2	Obtain and use information from multiple sources to identify where water is found on Earth.
Weather and Climate	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2E.4.2.1.2	3	Obtain and use information from multiple sources, including electronic sources, to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Engineering Hand Pollinators	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2L.3.2.2.1	2	Engineer a device that mimics the structures and functions of plants or animals in seed dispersal.
Flowers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2L.3.2.2.1	2	Engineer a device that mimics the structures and functions of plants or animals in seed dispersal.
How Plants Grow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2L.4.1.1.1	2	Construct an argument with evidence that evaluates how in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Habitats	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2L.4.1.1.1	2	Construct an argument with evidence that evaluates how in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Butterfly Life Cycle	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2L.4.1.1.1	2	Construct an argument with evidence that evaluates how in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Matter and Properties	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.1.1.1.1	2	Ask questions about an object’s motion based on observation, that can be answered by an investigation.
Floating and Sinking	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.1.1.1.1	2	Ask questions about an object’s motion based on observation, that can be answered by an investigation.
Property of Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.1.2.1.1	2	Plan and conduct an investigation to describe how heating and cooling affects different kinds of materials based upon their observable properties.
Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.1.2.1.1	2	Plan and conduct an investigation to describe how heating and cooling affects different kinds of materials based upon their observable properties.
Engineering Owl Shelters	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.1.2.1.1	2	Plan and conduct an investigation to describe how heating and cooling affects different kinds of materials based upon their observable properties.
Floating and Sinking	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.2.2.1.1	2	Identify and predict quantitative patterns of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Action-Reaction Forces	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.2.2.1.1	2	Identify and predict quantitative patterns of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Friction	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.2.2.1.1	2	Identify and predict quantitative patterns of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Property of Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.3.1.1.1	2	Develop a simple diagram or physical model to illustrate how some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.3.1.1.1	2	Develop a simple diagram or physical model to illustrate how some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Engineering Boats	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.4.2.2.1	2	Obtain information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures apply knowledge of the natural world in determining which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
Engineering Owl Shelters	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.4.2.2.1	2	Obtain information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures apply knowledge of the natural world in determining which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
Property of Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	2P.4.2.2.1	2	Obtain information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures apply knowledge of the natural world in determining which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
Earth and Moon Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	1	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Motion in the Solar System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	3	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Patterns in Motion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	3	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	4	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	5	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	5	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Sun Position and Shadow Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	1	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.1.1.1	5	Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Weather and Climate	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.2.1.1	3	Organize and electronically present collected data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of daylight in the different times of the year.
Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.2.2.1.1	5	Organize and electronically present collected data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of daylight in the different times of the year.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3E.4.2.2.1	5	Gather information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use patterns in stars to make predictions and plans.
Life Cycles	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.1.2.1.2	3	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Energy from the Sun	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.1.2.1.2	3	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.1.2.1.2	5	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.1.2.1.2	5	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Plant Growth	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.1.2.1.2	5	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Plant Structures	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.1.2.1.2	4	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
How Plants Grow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.1.2.1.2	2	Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Life Cycles	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.3.1.1.2	3	Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.3.1.1.2	5	Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common.
Frog Life Cycle	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.3.1.1.2	4	Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common.
Heredity and Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.3.2.1.1	3	Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the variations incharacteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.3.2.1.1	5	Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Selecting Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.3.2.1.1	4	Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the variations i ncharacteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.1.1.1	3	Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Environmental Change	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.1.1.1	3	Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.1.1.1	5	Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Selecting Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.1.1.1	4	Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Mealworm Senses	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.1.1.1	4	Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Heredity and Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.1.1.1	3	Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	3	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Energy from the Sun	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	3	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	5	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Decomposition	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	5	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	5	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	5	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Food Webs	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	4	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Frog Life Cycle	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	4	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Structures	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	4	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Mealworm Senses	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	4	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Life Cycles	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	3	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Selecting Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	4	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant and Animal Cells	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	5	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Plant Growth	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	5	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Heredity and Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3L.4.2.1.1	3	Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Engineering Water Prisms	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.1.1.1.1	3	Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated.
Engineering Library Scopes	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.1.1.1.1	5	Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated.
Engineering Information Transfer	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.1.1.1.1	4	Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated.
Light	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.1.1.1.1	1	Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated.
Engineering Water Prisms	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.1.2.1.1	3	Plan and conduct a controlled investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Engineering Library Scopes	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.1.2.1.1	5	Plan and conduct a controlled investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Materials and Light	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.1.2.1.1	1	Plan and conduct a controlled investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
Engineering Information Transfer	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.3.1.1.1	4	Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Engineering Water Prisms	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.3.1.1.1	3	Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Engineering Library Scopes	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	3P.3.1.1.1	5	Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Heat and Evaporation	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	3	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Flood Control Engineering	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	3	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Earth Materials and Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	4	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Earth's Interacting Systems	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	5	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Engineering Filtration Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	5	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Earth's Water	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	5	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Engineering Permeable Concrete	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	4	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Weather and Climate	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.1.1.2	3	Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Heat and Evaporation	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.1	3	Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Water Erosion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.1	4	Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Earth's Surface Features	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.1	5	Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Weathering Rocks	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.1	5	Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Changing Earth's Surface	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.1	4	Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Flood Control Engineering	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.2	3	Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to improve a model or prototype to prevent erosion.
Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.2	4	Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to improve a model or prototype to prevent erosion.
Engineering Permeable Concrete	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.1.2.1.2	4	Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to improve a model or prototype to prevent erosion.
Earth Materials and Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	4	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Engineering Filtration Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	5	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Earth's Interacting Systems	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	5	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Earth's Water	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	5	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Engineering Permeable Concrete	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	4	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	4	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Heat and Evaporation	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	3	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Flood Control Engineering	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.2.2.1.1	3	Interpret charts, maps and/or graphs of the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Earth Materials and Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.1.1.1	4	Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Weathering Rocks	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.1.1.1	5	Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Fossil Organisms and their Environment	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.1.1.1	3	Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Energy from the Sun	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.1.1.1	3	Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Earth's Interacting Systems	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.1.1.1	5	Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Weather and Climate	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.1.1.1	3	Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Engineering Permeable Concrete	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.1.1.1	4	Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.2.1.1	4	Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Earth's Surface Features	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.2.1.1	5	Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Changing Earth's Surface	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.2.1.1	4	Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Weathering Rocks	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.2.1.1	5	Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Flood Control Engineering	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.2.2.1	3	Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.2.2.1	4	Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Engineering Permeable Concrete	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.3.2.2.1	4	Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Water Erosion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.4.2.1.1	4	Read and comprehend grade-appropriate complex texts and/or other reliable media to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
Earth Materials and Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.4.2.1.1	4	Read and comprehend grade-appropriate complex texts and/or other reliable media to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
Earth Materials and Water Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.4.2.2.1	4	Obtain and combine multiple sources of information about ways individual communities, including Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use evidence and scientific principles to make decisions about the uses of Earth’s resources.
Engineering Filtration Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4E.4.2.2.1	5	Obtain and combine multiple sources of information about ways individual communities, including Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use evidence and scientific principles to make decisions about the uses of Earth’s resources.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4L.4.1.1.1	5	Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Selecting Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4L.4.1.1.1	4	Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Heredity and Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4L.4.1.1.1	3	Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4L.4.2.1.2	5	Obtain information from various media sources to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Mealworm Senses	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4L.4.2.1.2	4	Obtain information from various media sources to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Selecting Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4L.4.2.1.2	4	Obtain information from various media sources to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Heredity and Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4L.4.2.1.2	3	Obtain information from various media sources to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.1.1	3	Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.1.1	3	Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Static Charge	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.1.1	3	Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Magnets and Motors	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.1.1	5	Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Electrical Currents and Circuits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.1.1	5	Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Current Electricity	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.1.1	4	Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Electric Cars	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.1.1	4	Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.2.1	3	Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Engineering Electric Cars	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	4P.1.1.2.1	4	Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Patterns	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5E.2.2.1.2	5	Use data to describe patterns in the daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
Motion in the Solar System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5E.4.1.1.1	3	Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5E.4.1.1.1	5	Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5E.4.1.1.1	4	Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Food Webs	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.1.2.1.4	4	Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Plant Growth and Acid Rain	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.1.2.1.4	5	Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Energy from the Sun	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.1.2.1.4	3	Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Plant Structures	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.1.2.1.4	4	Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Plant Growth	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.1.2.1.4	5	Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.1.2.1.4	5	Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Food Webs	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.3.1.1.3	4	Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Decomposition	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.3.1.1.3	5	Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Energy and Matter in Food Webs	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.3.1.1.3	5	Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Energy from the Sun	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.3.1.1.3	3	Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.3.1.1.3	5	Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Environmental Change	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.4.1.2.1	3	Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Selecting Traits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.4.1.2.1	4	Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Ecosystem Dynamics	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5L.4.1.2.1	5	Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Windmill Forces	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.1.1.1	3	Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact.
Energy and Collisions	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.1.1.1	4	Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.1.1.1	4	Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact.
Patterns in Motion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.1.1.1	3	Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact.
Conservation of Matter	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.2	5	Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	3	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	3	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Hearing Toys	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	3	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Sound Energy and Mediums	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	3	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Roller Coasters	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	5	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Sound Barriers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	5	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Sound Energy and Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	5	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Magnets and Motors	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	5	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Electrical Currents and Circuits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	5	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Pitch and Volume	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	4	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Properties of Minerals	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	5	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Water Prisms	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	3	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Current Electricity	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	4	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Electric Cars	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	4	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Information Transfer	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	4	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Engineering Library Scopes	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	5	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Static Charge	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.1.2.1.3	3	Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Forces and Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	3	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	5	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Energy Transfer and Levers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	4	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Magnets and Motors	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	5	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Roller Coasters	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	5	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Waves and Energy	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	4	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Windmill Forces	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	3	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Mediums	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	3	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Hearing Toys	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	3	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Current Electricity	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	4	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Electric Cars	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	4	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Pitch and Volume	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	4	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Information Transfer	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	4	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Sound Energy and Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	5	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Sound Barriers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	5	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Electrical Currents and Circuits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	5	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Water Prisms	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	3	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Library Scopes	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.1.1.1	5	Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Conservation of Matter	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.2.2.1.1	5	Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Properties of Matter	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	4	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Structure of Matter	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	3	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Heat and Matter	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	3	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Waves and Energy	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	4	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy and Mediums	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	3	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Engineering Hearing Toys	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	3	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Sound Energy	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	5	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Current Electricity	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	4	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Conservation of Matter	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	5	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Electrical Currents and Circuits	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	5	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Static Charge	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.1	3	Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Energy from the Sun	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.2	3	Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Earth's Interacting Systems	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.1.1.2	5	Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Friction and Motion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.1.1	5	Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Windmill Forces	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.1.1	3	Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Energy and Collisions	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.1.1	4	Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Friction and Motion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	5	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Launchers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	4	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Energy Transfer and Levers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	4	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Forces and Levers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	4	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Electric Cars	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	4	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Roller Coasters	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	5	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Magnets and Motors	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	5	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Engineering Information Transfer	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	5P.3.2.2.1	4	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Sun-Earth-Moon System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.1	6	Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model.
Earth's Place in the Solar System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.1	8	Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.1	8	Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model.
Earth's Geologic History	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.2	6	Ask questions to examine an interpretation about the relative ages of different rock layers within a sequence of several rock layers.
The Rock Cycle	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.2	7	Ask questions to examine an interpretation about the relative ages of different rock layers within a sequence of several rock layers.
Earth’s Climate	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.3	6	Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Climate Analysis	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.3	7	Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Convection and Weather	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.1.1.3	8	Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
The Water Cycle and Earth's Systems	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.2.1.1	6	Collect data and use digital data analysis tools to identify patterns to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Greenhouse Effect	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.2.1.1	8	Collect data and use digital data analysis tools to identify patterns to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Earth’s Climate	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.2.1.1	6	Collect data and use digital data analysis tools to identify patterns to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Convection and Weather	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.1.2.1.1	8	Collect data and use digital data analysis tools to identify patterns to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Earth-Sun-Moon System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.1	8	Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects.
Earth's Place in the Solar System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.1	8	Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects.
Sun-Earth-Moon System	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.1	6	Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects.
Earth's Geologic History	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.2	6	Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils, rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.2	7	Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils, rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions.
Earthquake-Resistant Skyscrapers	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.3	6	Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Engineering Bridges	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.3	6	Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.2.1.1.3	7	Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Earth Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.2	6	Develop a model, based on observational evidence, to describe the cycling and movement of Earth’s rock material and the energy that drives these processes.
Weathering and Erosion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.2	6	Develop a model, based on observational evidence, to describe the cycling and movement of Earth’s rock material and the energy that drives these processes.
Groundwater Flow	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.2	7	Develop a model, based on observational evidence, to describe the cycling and movement of Earth’s rock material and the energy that drives these processes.
The Rock Cycle	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.2	7	Develop a model, based on observational evidence, to describe the cycling and movement of Earth’s rock material and the energy that drives these processes.
Natural Resources	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.2	7	Develop a model, based on observational evidence, to describe the cycling and movement of Earth’s rock material and the energy that drives these processes.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.2	7	Develop a model, based on observational evidence, to describe the cycling and movement of Earth’s rock material and the energy that drives these processes.
Engineering Rain Harvesting Systems	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.3	6	Develop a model, based on observational and experimental evidence, to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the Sun and the force of gravity.
Ocean Salinity and Density	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.3	6	Develop a model, based on observational and experimental evidence, to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the Sun and the force of gravity.
Earth Materials	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.3	6	Develop a model, based on observational and experimental evidence, to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the Sun and the force of gravity.
Weathering and Erosion	MN	Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science	6E.3.1.1.3