Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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Sucrose and Heart Rate MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 07L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 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 [{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 MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.1.2.1.1 [{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. 
Making Sounds and Instruments MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 1P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 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 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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.
Groundwater Flow MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

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. 
Groundwater Contamination MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

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. 
Climate Analysis MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 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. 
Glacier Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 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. 
Sun Angle and Temperature MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

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. 
Engineering Water Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

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. 
The Water Cycle and Earth's Systems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 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. 
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Earth's Geologic History MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
The Rock Cycle MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Mass and Heat Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Earth Materials MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Earth's Geologic History MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Groundwater Flow MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Groundwater Contamination MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Weathering and Erosion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Earth's Geologic History MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Earth-Sun-Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Sun Angle and Temperature MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Sun-Earth-Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Convection and Weather MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 6E.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
The Nervous System and Senses MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
Cellular Respiration MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
Reproduction MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Chromosomes and Mutations MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
DNA and Mutations MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
DNA and Proteins MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Reproduction MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Inheritance and Variation of Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Reproduction and Fungi Structures MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Observing and Comparing Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Life on Earth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
The Cell Membrane MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Chromosomes and Mutations MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Comparing Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Cellular Respiration MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Life on Earth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Natural Selection MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.2.1.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Natural Selection MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use an algorithm to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations.
Food and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Chromosomes and Mutations MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Comparing Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Observing and Comparing Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
The Cell Membrane MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
The Nervous System and Senses MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Cellular Respiration MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Photosynthesis MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Forest Food Web MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Life on Earth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Food and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Forest Food Web MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Rocky Shore Ecosystems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Food Webs MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Drought and Tree Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Photosynthesis MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
DNA and Mutations MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Inheritance and Variation of Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Reproduction MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Reproduction and Fungi Structures MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Reproduction MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Natural Selection MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
DNA and Proteins MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
DNA and Mutations MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Drought and Tree Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations.
Inheritance and Variation of Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Reproduction and Fungi Structures MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Drought and Tree Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.  
Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Rocky Shore Ecosystems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Comparing Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Photosynthesis MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Food and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Life on Earth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. 
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. 
Forest Food Web MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Natural Selection MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Inheritance and Variation of Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.3.2.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Organ System Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 
Cell Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 
Comparing Cells MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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. 
Cellular Respiration MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 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. 
Sea Star Structures MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Drought and Tree Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Reproduction MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Heredity and Traits MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Reproduction and Fungi Structures MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Forest Food Web MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Animal Diversity MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Food and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Food Webs MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Rocky Shore Ecosystems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Photosynthesis and Oil Spills MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Drought and Tree Growth MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Engineering Water Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.1.2.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Food Webs MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Engineering Shoreline Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Forest Food Web MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 7L.4.2.2.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Atoms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements. 
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements. 
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements. 
Engineering Speakers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Communication Systems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Engineering Wind Turbines MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Electric and Magnetic Interactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Magnetism and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Molecules MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Mass and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Polymer Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Energy Transformation MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Mass and Energy Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Forces and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Engineering Vehicles MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Engineering Wind Turbines MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Mass and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Engineering Meteoroid Shields MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Mechanical Waves and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Magnetism and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Electric and Magnetic Interactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Communication Systems MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Engineering Speakers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Engineering Wind Turbines MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Molecules MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Mass and Heat Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.1.2.1.4 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Mass and Heat Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Polymer Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Energy Transformation MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Mass and Energy Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Forces and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Engineering Vehicles MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Mass and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Wave Properties and Signals MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Engineering Thermal Control MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Mechanical Waves and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Light and Information Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.2.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Create a computer program to illustrate the transfer of energy within a system where energy changes form.
Atoms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Molecules MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Mass and Heat Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Polymer Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Mass and Heat Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Atoms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Energy Transformation MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Engineering Speakers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Electric and Magnetic Interactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Engineering Wind Turbines MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Light and Information Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Wave Properties and Signals MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Engineering Thermal Control MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Mechanical Waves and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.1.1.4 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Mass and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Construct an explanation based on evidence and scientific principles of a common phenomenon that can be explained by the motions of molecules. 
Molecules MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct an explanation based on evidence and scientific principles of a common phenomenon that can be explained by the motions of molecules. 
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, test and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Construct, test and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct, test and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law.
Mass and Energy Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law.
Mass and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law.
Engineering Greenhouses MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.3 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Mass and Heat Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.3 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Chemical Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Engineering Thermal Control MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.3.2.2.3 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Glacier Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Earth's Place in the Solar System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Engineering Meteoroid Shields MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Mass and Energy Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Sun-Earth-Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Engineering Thermal Control MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Magnetism and Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Engineering Vehicles MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Mass and Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8 Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Thermal Energy and Particle Motion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Engineering Wind Turbines MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Mass and Energy Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Energy Transformation MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Sun-Earth-Moon System MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Mass and Heat Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Intertidal Zone Temperature Change MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.1.1.2 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Natural Resources MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7 Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Earthquake-Resistant Skyscrapers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Polymer Structure and Function MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.2.1.1 [{id=111674358587, createdAt=1681899844234, updatedAt=1681899846599, 1='{type=string, value=7}'}] 7

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Wave Properties and Signals MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.2.1.2 [{id=111674358586, createdAt=1681899841084, updatedAt=1681899843589, 1='{type=string, value=6}'}] 6

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Light and Information Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Engineering Seismograph MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science 8P.4.2.1.2 [{id=111674358588, createdAt=1681899846200, updatedAt=1681899848547, 1='{type=string, value=8}'}] 8

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Engineering Skyscrapers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Materials and Light MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.
Controlling Erosion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Launchers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Marble Movers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

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.
Engineering Boats MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Engineering Electric Cars MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Information Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.
Engineering Communication Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

sk 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.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.
Engineering Hand Pollinators MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Engineering Owl Shelters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Flood Control Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Engineering Launchers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Controlling Erosion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Communication Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.
Engineering Owl Shelters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

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.
Engineering Marble Movers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

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.
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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.
Engineering Hand Pollinators MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Engineering Boats MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

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.
Engineering Skyscrapers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Flood Control Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Electric Cars MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Information Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS2 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Sunlight and Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Communication Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Controlling Erosion MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Owl Shelters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Boats MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Marble Movers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358579, createdAt=1681899815574, updatedAt=1681899818274, 1='{type=string, value=K}'}] K

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Litter Collectors MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Dams MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Engineering Hand Pollinators MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358581, createdAt=1681899819948, updatedAt=1681899821915, 1='{type=string, value=2}'}] 2

Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
Flood Control Engineering MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Skyscrapers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Filtration Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Sound Barriers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Water Prisms MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358582, createdAt=1681899821720, updatedAt=1681899824999, 1='{type=string, value=3}'}] 3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Launchers MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Electric Cars MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Information Transfer MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Roller Coasters MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Engineering Library Scopes MN Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science ETS3 [{id=111674358585, createdAt=1681899838675, updatedAt=1681899841076, 1='{type=string, value=5}'}] 5

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
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Science Lesson : Sucrose and Heart Rate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 07L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Windy Weather
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : The Water Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Water
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Extreme Weather
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to obtain information from weather forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how a person may reduce the amount of natural resources the individual uses.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather and Seasons
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Grades: K
State ID: 0E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Earth and Human Activity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Human Shelter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Characteristics of Living Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Living Things in Their Habitat
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Animal Habitats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Germinating Seeds
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Parts of Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Growing Plants
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Temperature
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sun and Shade
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Color and Temperature
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Collect and organize observational data to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Who Scientists Are
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Sort objects in terms of natural/human-made, color, size, shape, and texture, then communicate the reasoning for the sorting system. 
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Pushes and Pulls
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and build a structure to reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate design ideas for a structure that reduces the warming effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Grades: K
State ID: 0P.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Earth Events
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 2
State ID: 1E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Controlling Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence to evaluate multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.
Grades: 2
State ID: 1E.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 4
State ID: 1E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 4
State ID: 1E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: 1E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about the similarities and differences between young plants and animals and their parents. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Butterfly Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 2
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Living and Nonliving Things
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Bird Beak Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Ant Behavior and Food
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Insect Anatomy - Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Parent and Offspring Behaviors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information using various features of texts and other media to determine patterns in the behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Making Sounds and Instruments
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Sounds and Senses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Making Sounds and Instruments
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate solutions that use materials to provide shelter, food, or warmth needs for communities including Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.
Grades: 1
State ID: 1P.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Sun Position and Shadow Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Seasonal Temperatures and Water Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Seasonal Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Represent data to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mapping Land and Water
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and use information from multiple sources to identify where water is found on Earth. 
Grades: 2
State ID: 2E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and use information from multiple sources to identify where water is found on Earth. 
Grades: 2
State ID: 2E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and use information from multiple sources, including electronic sources, to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Grades: 3
State ID: 2E.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hand Pollinators
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Engineer a device that mimics the structures and functions of plants or animals in seed dispersal.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2L.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Flowers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Engineer a device that mimics the structures and functions of plants or animals in seed dispersal.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2L.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : How Plants Grow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 2
State ID: 2L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Habitats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 2
State ID: 2L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Butterfly Life Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 2
State ID: 2L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Matter and Properties
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about an object’s motion based on observation, that can be answered by an investigation.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Floating and Sinking
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about an object’s motion based on observation, that can be answered by an investigation.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Property of Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to describe how heating and cooling affects different kinds of materials based upon their observable properties.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to describe how heating and cooling affects different kinds of materials based upon their observable properties.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Owl Shelters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to describe how heating and cooling affects different kinds of materials based upon their observable properties.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Floating and Sinking
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and predict quantitative patterns of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Action-Reaction Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and predict quantitative patterns of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Friction
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify and predict quantitative patterns of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Property of Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple diagram or physical model to illustrate how some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a simple diagram or physical model to illustrate how some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Boats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Owl Shelters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Property of Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 2
State ID: 2P.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Earth and Moon Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 1
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sun Position and Shadow Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 1
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Organize and electronically present collected data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of daylight in the different times of the year.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Organize and electronically present collected data to identify and describe patterns in the amount of daylight in the different times of the year.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use patterns in stars to make predictions and plans.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : How Plants Grow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how amounts of sunlight and water impact the growth of a plant.
Grades: 2
State ID: 3L.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Decomposition
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Life Cycles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant and Animal Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3L.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 3P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 3P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 3P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions based on observations about why objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated. 
Grades: 1
State ID: 3P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 1
State ID: 3P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 3
State ID: 3P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Grades: 5
State ID: 3P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about how water moves through the Earth system and identify the type of question.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Water
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Evaporation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossil Organisms and their Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Weather and Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model based in part on student observations or data to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Surface Features
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Weathering Rocks
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4E.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 4L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4L.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 4P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Grades: 3
State ID: 4P.1.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4P.1.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Patterns
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5E.2.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Motion in the Solar System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Scaling the Sun Earth Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Plant Growth and Acid Rain
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Plant Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5L.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Decomposition
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Energy and Matter in Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Create an electronic visualization of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Environmental Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Ecosystem Dynamics
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Patterns in Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask investigatable questions and predict reasonable outcomes about the changes in energy, related to speed, that occur when objects interact. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Magnetic Fields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Properties of Minerals
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate appropriate methods and tools to identify materials based on their properties prior to investigation.
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Forces and Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Properties of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Structure of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Heat and Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy and Mediums
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hearing Toys
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sound Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Conservation of Matter
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Electrical Currents and Circuits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Static Charge
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and refine a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy from the Sun
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth's Interacting Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Windmill Forces
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. 
Grades: 3
State ID: 5P.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. 
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Friction and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Magnets and Motors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 5
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Sun-Earth-Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from observations of patterns in the movement of night sky objects to test the limitations of a solar system model. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Geologic History
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to examine an interpretation about the relative ages of different rock layers within a sequence of several rock layers. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Ask questions to examine an interpretation about the relative ages of different rock layers within a sequence of several rock layers. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth’s Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.1.1.1.3
Science Lesson : The Water Cycle and Earth's Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Greenhouse Effect
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth’s Climate
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sun-Earth-Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data to determine similarities and differences among features and processes occurring on solar system objects. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Geologic History
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils, rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils, rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Earthquake-Resistant Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Bridges
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Earth Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Weathering and Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Rain Harvesting Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Ocean Salinity and Density
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Earth Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Weathering and Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Climate Analysis
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: 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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : The Water Cycle and Earth's Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

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. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Geologic History
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : The Rock Cycle
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth Materials
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Earth's Geologic History
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Groundwater Flow
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, or groundwater resources is the result of past geological processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Groundwater Contamination
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Weathering and Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Geologic History
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an argument, supported by evidence, for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Grades: 7
State ID: 6E.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth-Sun-Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Sun Angle and Temperature
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Sun-Earth-Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Grades: 6
State ID: 6E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Convection and Weather
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Communicate how a series of models, including those used by Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures, are used to explain how motion in the Earth-Sun-Moon system causes the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
Grades: 8
State ID: 6E.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : The Nervous System and Senses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Ask questions about the processes and outcomes of various methods of communication between cells of multicellular organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : DNA and Proteins
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena or models to clarify and/or seek additional information about how changes in genes can affect organisms.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Inheritance and Variation of Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Reproduction and Fungi Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Observing and Comparing Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Life on Earth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Life on Earth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze visual data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.2.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use an algorithm to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Chromosomes and Mutations
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Observing and Comparing Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Living Things: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : The Cell Membrane
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : The Nervous System and Senses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and describe the way cell parts contribute to the cell’s function. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Forest Food Web
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Life on Earth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Forest Food Web
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Drought and Tree Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Inheritance and Variation of Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Reproduction and Fungi Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : DNA and Proteins
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : DNA and Mutations
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Drought and Tree Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Inheritance and Variation of Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Reproduction and Fungi Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms and/or populations. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Drought and Tree Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.  
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Animal and Plant Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Life on Earth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Forest Food Web
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Natural Selection
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Inheritance and Variation of Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.3.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Organ System Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Cell Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Comparing Cells
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Cellular Respiration
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sea Star Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Drought and Tree Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Reproduction
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Heredity and Traits
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Reproduction and Fungi Structures
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Forest Food Web
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Animal Diversity
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Food and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Support or refute an explanation by arguing from evidence and scientific reasoning for how animal behavior and plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Rocky Shore Ecosystems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Photosynthesis and Oil Spills
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes in physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.2
Science Lesson : Drought and Tree Growth
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Grades: 7
State ID: 7L.4.1.2.2
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Shoreline Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Grades: 8
State ID: 7L.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Forest Food Web
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather multiple sources of information and communicate how Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities and other cultures use knowledge to predict or interpret patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Grades: 6
State ID: 7L.4.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Atoms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about locations of common elements on the periodic table to note patterns in the properties of similarly grouped elements. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Communication Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Molecules
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation of changes in pure substances when thermal energy is added or removed and relate those changes to particle motion.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy Transformation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Energy Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Communication Systems
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.3
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Molecules
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and conduct an investigation to determine how the temperature of a substance is affected by the transfer of energy, the amount of mass, and the type of matter.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.1.2.1.4
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Energy Transformation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Energy Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Forces and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Wave Properties and Signals
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Thermal Control
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Create a computer program to illustrate the transfer of energy within a system where energy changes form.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.2.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Atoms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Molecules
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and crystals. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Atoms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Energy Transformation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Speakers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Electric and Magnetic Interactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and revise a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.3
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Wave Properties and Signals
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Thermal Control
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Mechanical Waves and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Develop and use a model to qualitatively describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.1.1.4
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct an explanation based on evidence and scientific principles of a common phenomenon that can be explained by the motions of molecules. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Molecules
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct an explanation based on evidence and scientific principles of a common phenomenon that can be explained by the motions of molecules. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, test and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, test and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct, test and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Energy Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects using Newton’s 3rd Law.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Greenhouses
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.3
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.3
Science Lesson : Chemical Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.3
Science Lesson : Engineering Thermal Control
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.3.2.2.3
Science Lesson : Glacier Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Earth's Place in the Solar System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Fossils and Tectonic Plate Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Meteoroid Shields
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Mass and Energy Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Sun-Earth-Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Thermal Control
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.1
Science Lesson : Magnetism and Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass, Speed, and Kinetic Energy
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Vehicles
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Wind Turbines
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Energy Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Energy Transformation
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Sun-Earth-Moon System
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Mass and Heat Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Intertidal Zone Temperature Change
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Compare and evaluate evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.1.1.2
Science Lesson : Natural Resources
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation: Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Earthquake-Resistant Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Polymer Structure and Function
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Engineering Chemical Cold Pack Reactions
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 
Grades: 7
State ID: 8P.4.2.1.1
Science Lesson : Wave Properties and Signals
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Grades: 6
State ID: 8P.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Light and Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Seismograph
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Grades: 8
State ID: 8P.4.2.1.2
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Controlling Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Boats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

sk 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: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Hand Pollinators
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Owl Shelters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Controlling Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Owl Shelters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Hand Pollinators
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Boats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS2
Science Lesson : Sunlight and Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Communication Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Controlling Erosion
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Owl Shelters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Boats
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Marble Movers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Litter Collectors
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Dams
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 1
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Hand Pollinators
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
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: 2
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Flood Control Engineering
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Skyscrapers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Filtration Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Sound Barriers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Pick-and-Place Devices
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Water Prisms
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 3
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 4
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Roller Coasters
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS3
Science Lesson : Engineering Library Scopes
State: MN
Standards: Minnesota’s K-8 Academic Standards in Science
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Grades: 5
State ID: ETS3
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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