The NGSS in Iowa

PS Physical Science

• 1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technology for Information Transfer

  • 1-PS4-1 Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.

  • 1-PS4-2 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects in darkness can be seen only when illuminated.

    • More light or less light (1-F.1)

  • 1-PS4-3 Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.

    • Investigate shadows (1-F.2)
    • Which lets light go through? (1-F.3)

  • 1-PS4-4 Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.

    • How do we use light and sound to communicate? (1-F.4)

LS Life Science

• 1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

  • 1-LS1-1 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.

    • How do animals use their body parts? (1-H.2)
    • Identify plant parts (1-I.2)
    • Identify what plant parts do (1-I.3)

  • 1-LS1-2 Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

• 1-LS3 Heredity, Inheritance and Variation of Traits

  • 1-LS3-1 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

    • Match animals to their parents (1-H.3)
    • Match plants to their parents (1-I.4)
    • Compare young living things to their parents (1-J.4)

ESS Earth and Space Science

• 1-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

  • 1-ESS1-1 Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

    • The daytime sky (1-O.1)
    • The night sky (1-O.2)

  • 1-ESS1-2 Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

ETS Engineering, Technology & Society

• 1-ETS1 Engineering Design

  • 1-ETS1-1 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.

    • Design a race car track (1-P.1)
    • Design a sunshade (1-P.2)

  • 1-ETS1-2 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.

    • Design a race car track (1-P.1)
    • Design a sunshade (1-P.2)

  • 1-ETS1-3 Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.

    • Design a race car track (1-P.1)
    • Design a sunshade (1-P.2)