Wisconsin

SCI.LS Life Science

• SCI.LS1 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of structures and processes (on a scale from molecules to organisms) to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.LS1.A Structure and Function

    • SCI.LS1.A.1 All organisms have external parts that they use to perform daily functions.

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

  • SCI.LS1.B Growth and Development of Organisms

    • SCI.LS1.B.1 Parents and offspring often engage in behaviors that help the offspring survive.

  • SCI.LS1.D Information Processing

    • SCI.LS1.D.1 Animals sense and communicate information and respond to inputs with behaviors that help them grow and survive.

• SCI.LS3 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of heredity to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.LS3.A Inheritance of Traits

    • SCI.LS3.A.1 Young organisms are very much, but not exactly, like their parents, and also resemble other organisms of the same kind.

      • 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)

  • SCI.LS3.B Variation of Traits

    • SCI.LS3.B.1 Individuals of the same kind of plant or animal are recognizable as similar, but can also vary in many ways.

      • Identify types of plants (1-I.5)

SCI.PS Physical Science

• SCI.PS4 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.PS4.A Wave Properties

    • SCI.PS4.A.1 Sound can make matter vibrate, and vibrating matter can make sound.

  • SCI.PS4.B Electromagnetic Radiation

    • SCI.PS4.B.1 Objects can be seen only when light is available to illuminate them.

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

  • SCI.PS4.C Information Technologies and Instrumentation

    • SCI.PS4.C.1 People use devices to send and receive information.

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

SCI.ESS Earth and Space Science

• SCI.ESS1 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of earth's place in the universe to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.ESS1.A The Universe and Its Stars

    • SCI.ESS1.A.1 Patterns of movement of the sun, moon, and stars, as seen from Earth, can be observed, described, and predicted.

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

  • SCI.ESS1.B Earth and the Solar System

    • SCI.ESS1.B.1 Seasonal patterns of sunrise and sunset can be observed, described, and predicted.

SCI.ETS Engineering, Technology, and Society

• SCI.ETS1 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of engineering design to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    • SCI.ETS1.A.1 A situation that people want to change or create can be approached as a problem to be solved through engineering. Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems. Before beginning to design a solution, it is important to clearly understand the problem.

      • Design a sunshade (1-P.2)

  • SCI.ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions

    • SCI.ETS1.B.1 Designs can be conveyed through sketches, drawings, or physical models. These representations are useful in communicating ideas for a problem's solutions to other people.

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

• SCI.ETS2 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of links among engineering, technology, science, and society to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.ETS2.A Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology

    • SCI.ETS2.A.1 Designs can be conveyed through sketches, drawings, or physical models. These representations are useful in communicating ideas for a problem's solutions to other people.

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

  • SCI.ETS2.B Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World

    • SCI.ETS2.B.1 Every human-made product is designed by applying some knowledge of the natural world and is built by using natural materials. Taking natural materials to make things impacts the environment.

• SCI.ETS3 Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of the nature of science and engineering to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.

  • SCI.ETS3.A Science and Engineering Are Human Endeavors

    • SCI.ETS3.A.1 People of diverse backgrounds can become scientists and engineers. People have practiced science and engineering for a long time. Creativity and imagination are important to science and engineering.

  • SCI.ETS3.B Science and Engineering Are Unique Ways of Thinking With Different Purposes

    • SCI.ETS3.B.1 Scientists use evidence to explain the natural world. Science assumes natural events happen today as they happened in the past. Engineers solve problems to meet the needs of people and communities.

  • SCI.ETS3.C Science and Engineering Use Multiple Approaches to Create New Knowledge and Solve Problems

    • SCI.ETS3.C.1 Science and engineers use many approaches to answer questions about the natural world and solve problems. Scientific explanations are strengthened by being supported with evidence. An engineering problem can have many solutions. The strength of a solution depends on how well it solves the problem.