Missouri

PS Physical Sciences

• PS1 Matter and Its Interactions

  • PS1.A Structure and Properties of Matter

    • K.PS1.A.1 Make qualitative observations of the physical properties of objects (i.e., size,shape, color, mass).

      • Classify objects by two-dimensional shape (K-A.1)
      • Sort objects by two-dimensional shape (K-A.2)
      • Classify objects by three-dimensional shape (K-A.3)
      • Sort objects by three-dimensional shape (K-A.4)
      • Classify objects by color (K-A.5)
      • Sort objects by color (K-A.6)
      • Classify objects by texture (K-B.1)
      • Sort objects by texture (K-B.2)
      • Classify objects by material (K-B.3)
      • Sort objects by material (K-B.4)
      • Classify objects by shape, color, material, and texture (K-B.5)
      • Describe objects (K-B.6)
      • Long and short (K-C.1)
      • Light and heavy (K-C.2)
      • Hot and cold (K-C.3)

• PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

  • PS2.A Forces and Motion

    • K.PS2.A.1 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.

      • Push and pull (K-F.1)
      • Investigate pushes and pulls (K-F.2)

    • K.PS2.A.2 Describe ways to change the motion of an object (i.e., how to cause an object to go slower, go faster, go farther, change direction, stop).

      • Design a race car track (K-O.1)

• PS3 Energy

  • PS3.A Definitions of Energy

    • K.PS3.A.1 Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.

      • Investigate sunlight and shade (K-M.2)

  • PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

    • K.PS3.B.1 With prompting and support, use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.

      • Design a sunshade (K-O.2)

LS Life Sciences

• LS1 From Molecules and Organisms: Structure and Processes

  • LS1.C Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

    • K.LS1.C.1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

      • What do animals need to survive? (K-G.1)
      • What do plants need to survive? (K-H.1)

ESS Earth and Space Sciences

• ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

  • ESS1.B Earth and the Solar System

    • K.ESS1.B.1 Make observations during different seasons to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

• ESS2 Earth's Systems

  • ESS2.D Weather and Climate

    • K.ESS2.D.1 Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns overtime.

      • Describe the weather (K-M.1)
      • Weather patterns (K-M.4)

  • ESS2.E Biogeology

    • K.ESS2.E.1 With prompting and support, construct an argument using evidence for how plants and animals (including but not limited to humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

      • How do living things change their environments to meet their needs? (K-J.1)
      • How do gray squirrels change the forest to meet their needs? (K-J.2)

• ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

  • ESS3.A Natural Resources

    • K.ESS3.A.1 Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

      • What do animals need to survive? (K-G.1)
      • Where do dromedary camels and polar bears live? (K-G.4)
      • Where do giraffes and beavers live? (K-G.5)
      • Where do whale sharks and tree frogs live? (K-G.6)
      • What do plants need to survive? (K-H.1)
      • Where do water lilies and saguaros live? (K-H.6)
      • Where do bearberries and powdery strap air plants live? (K-H.7)
      • Where do turtle grass and giant sequoias live? (K-H.8)

  • ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth's Systems

    • K.ESS3.C.1 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

      • Reduce, reuse, recycle (K-L.1)

ETS Engineering Technology and Application of Science

• ETS1 Engineering Design

  • ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    • K.ETS1.A.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 (K-O.1)
      • Design a sunshade (K-O.2)

  • ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions

    • K.ETS1.B.1 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 (K-O.1)
      • Design a sunshade (K-O.2)

  • ETS1.C Optimizing the Solution Process

    • K.ETS1.C.1 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 (K-O.1)
      • Design a sunshade (K-O.2)