The NGSS in New Jersey

PS Physical Sciences

• K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

  • K-PS2-1 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-PS2-2 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.

    • Design a race car track (K-O.1)

• K-PS3 Energy

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

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

  • K-PS3-2 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 Science

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

  • K-LS1-1 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 Science

• K-ESS2 Earth Systems

  • K-ESS2-1 Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

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

  • K-ESS2-2 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including 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)

• K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

  • K-ESS3-1 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)

  • K-ESS3-2 Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.

    • Severe weather: blizzards (K-M.5)
    • Severe weather: tornadoes (K-M.6)
    • Severe weather: hurricanes (K-M.7)

  • K-ESS3-3 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of climate change and 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 Applications of Science

• K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design

  • K-2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change (e.g., climate 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)

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

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