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Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 2
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 3
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 3
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 3
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 4
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 4
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 4
Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 4
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 4
Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth.
Performance Expectation
Grade: 3-5, 5