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3-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.*

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-LS1-1 From molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-LS2-1 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-LS3-2 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3

3-LS4-2 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Performance Expectation

Grade: 
3-5
3