College- and Career-Readiness Standards
PS.S.3.1: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
PS.S.3.2: Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
Charge Launcher
Force and Fan Carts
Measuring Motion
Pendulum Clock
PS.S.3.3: Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
LS.S.3.6: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
LS.S.3.7: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Comparing Climates (Customary)
Comparing Climates (Metric)
Pond Ecosystem
LS.S.3.9: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Flower Pollination
Honeybee Hive
LS.S.3.11: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Growing Plants
Measuring Trees
LS.S.3.12: Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
ESS.S.3.13: Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
Comparing Climates (Customary)
Comparing Climates (Metric)
Observing Weather (Customary)
Observing Weather (Metric)
ESS.S.3.14: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Comparing Climates (Customary)
Comparing Climates (Metric)
Observing Weather (Customary)
Observing Weather (Metric)
ESS.S.3.15: Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
ETAS.S.3.16: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Earthquake-Proof Homes
Flood and Storm-Proof Homes
ETAS.S.3.17: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Earthquake-Proof Homes
Flood and Storm-Proof Homes
ETAS.S.3.18: Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Earthquake-Proof Homes
Flood and Storm-Proof Homes
Correlation last revised: 8/29/2022