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Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K
Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, 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.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K, 1, 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.
Performance Expectation
Grade: K-2, K, 1, 2