Tennessee

PS Physical Sciences

• K.PS1 Matter and Its Interactions

  • K.PS1.1 Plan and conduct an investigation using patterns to classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties, by their uses, and by whether they occur naturally or are manufactured.

    • 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)

  • K.PS1.2 Conduct investigations to understand that matter can exist in different states and has properties that can be observed and tested.

    • Classify solids and liquids (K-D.1)
    • Identify solids and liquids (K-D.2)

  • K.PS1.3 Construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

• K.PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

  • K.PS4.1 Record data from an investigation using senses to detect light, sound, and vibrations and communicate observations.

LS Life Sciences

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

  • K.LS1.1 Use information from observations to identify the differences between plants and animals and how they live and grow.

    • What do animals need to survive? (K-G.1)
    • How do animals use their body parts? (K-G.2)
    • What do plants need to survive? (K-H.1)
    • Identify plant parts (K-H.2)
    • Identify what plant parts do (K-H.3)
    • Identify plants and animals (K-I.2)
    • Compare plants and animals (K-I.3)

  • K.LS1.2 Recognize differences between living organisms and non-living materials and sort them into groups by observable physical attributes.

    • Identify living and nonliving things (K-I.1)

  • K.LS1.3 Explain how animals, including humans, use their five senses to interact with the environment.

    • The five senses (K-G.7)

• K.LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

  • K.LS3.1 Collect and analyze observational data to show that young living things are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

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

ESS Earth and Space Sciences

• K.ESS2 Earth's Systems

  • K.ESS2.1 Make observations to gather weather data using tools.

    • Describe the weather (K-M.1)
    • Types of precipitation (K-M.3)

  • K.ESS2.2 Use simple graphs and pictorial weather symbols to describe weather patterns that occur over time.

    • Weather patterns (K-M.4)

  • K.ESS2.3 Develop and use models to predict weather and identify patterns in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

    • Weather patterns (K-M.4)

• K.ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

  • K.ESS3.1 Use a model to represent the way the environment meets the basic needs (shelter, food, water) of living things (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.ESS3.3 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact from humans on land, water, air, and other living things in the local environment.

    • Reduce, reuse, recycle (K-L.1)

ETS Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

• K.ETS1 Engineering Design

  • K.ETS1.1 Apply an engineering design approach to identify and solve practical problems.

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

  • K.ETS1.2 Use drawings and labels to communicate ideas and designs accurately.

  • K.ETS1.3 Ask and answer questions about the scientific world and gather information using the senses.

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

• K.ETS2 Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society

  • K.ETS2.1 Use appropriate tools to make observations and answer testable scientific questions.