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2023 COS Standard
2015 COS Standard
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SC23.K.1 Plan and carry out investigations to determine the effects of forces of different strengths and directions on the motion of an object, including speed, direction, and distance traveled.SC15.K.1 Investigate the resulting motion of objects when forces of different strengths and directions act upon them (e.g., object being pushed, object being pulled, two objects colliding).
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SC23.K.2 Analyze data from investigations to determine whether a design solution provides sufficient force to change the speed or direction of an object.SC15.K.2 Use observations and data from investigations to determine if a design solution (e.g., designing a ramp to increase the speed of an object in order to move a stationary object) solves the problem of using force to change the speed or direction of an object.*
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SC23.K.3 Use data from observations to distinguish characteristics of living and nonliving things.SC15.K.3 Distinguish between living and nonliving things and verify what living things need to survive (e.g., animals needing food, water, and air; plants needing nutrients, water, sunlight, and air).
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SC23.K.4 Use observations to determine patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive, including light, water, and nutrients.SC15.K.3 Distinguish between living and nonliving things and verify what living things need to survive (e.g., animals needing food, water, and air; plants needing nutrients, water, sunlight, and air).
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SC23.K.5 Gather information from observations and media to explain how plants and animals can provide for their needs by changing their environment.SC15.K.4 Gather evidence to support how plants and animals provide for their needs by altering their environment (e.g., tree roots breaking a sidewalk to provide space, red fox burrowing to create a den to raise young, humans growing gardens for food and building roads for transportation).
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SC23.K.6 Use models of natural habitats to represent the interdependence among plants and animals native to their community.SC15.K.5 Construct a model of a natural habitat (e.g., terrarium, ant farm, diorama) conducive to meeting the needs of plants and animals native to Alabama.
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SC23.K.7 Make observations and describe the effects of sunlight on Earth’s surface.SC15.K.7 Observe and describe the effects of sunlight on Earth's surface (e.g., heat from the sun causing evaporation of water or increased temperature of soil, rocks, sand, and water).
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SC23.K.8 âš™ Design, construct, and test a device to reduce the effects of sunlight.SC15.K.8 Design and construct a device (e.g., hat, canopy, umbrella, tent) to reduce the effects of sunlight.*
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SC23.K.9 Observe, record, and communicate local weather patterns over a period of time.SC15.K.9 Observe, record, and share findings of local weather patterns over a period of time (e.g., increase in daily temperature from morning to afternoon, typical rain and storm patterns from season to season).
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SC23.K.10 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about using weather forecasts to make plans and prepare for severe weather.SC15.K.10 Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasts in planning for, preparing for, and responding to severe weather.*
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SC23.K.11 âš™ Identify a problem and design possible solutions that lessen the human impact on the local environment.SC15.K.6 Identify and plan possible solutions (e.g., reducing, reusing, recycling) to lessen the human impact on the local environment.*
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