New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
New Jersey

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S).

Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to New Jersey Science Standards

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Science Lesson State Standards State ID Grades Performance Expectation
Engineering Litter Collectors NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-LS1-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Parent and Offspring Behaviors NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-LS1-2 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Parent and Offspring Behaviors NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-LS3-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Living and Nonliving Things NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-LS3-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Plant Structures NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-LS3-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Sounds and Senses NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
Engineering Communication Devices NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1 Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Light NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Making Sounds and Instruments NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-PS4-1 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

Materials and Light NJ New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S) 1-PS4-3 [{id=111674358580, createdAt=1681899818338, updatedAt=1681899820544, 1='{type=string, value=1}'}] 1

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

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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to New Jersey Science Standards.

State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Sounds and Senses
State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation: Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation: Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
Science Lesson : Light
State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

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

State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

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

Science Lesson : Materials and Light
State: NJ
Standards: New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S)
Performance Expectation:

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

This alignment guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of science curriculum is aligned with the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Science (NJSLS-S).

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Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.