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North Carolina Science Standards4Motion and Stability - Forces and InteractionsPS.4.1Understand how various forces affect the motion of an object.
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PS.4.1.1Ask questions to summarize the relationship of magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.Not currently covered in elementary - see Electricity & Magnetism Middle School
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PS.4.1.2Carry out investigations to explain how electrically charged objects push or pull other objects to produce motion.Not currently covered in elementary - see Electricity & Magnetism Middle School
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North Carolina Science Standards4EnergyPS.4.2Understand that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat and electric currents.
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PS.4.2.1 Ask questions to identify basic forms of energy (light, sound, heat, and electrical) that cause motion or create change.Energy Transfer
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PS.4.2.2 Use models to explain a simple electrical circuit and the necessary components.Energy Transfer
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PS.4.2.3Carry out investigations on common materials to classify them as insulators or conductors of electricity.Not currently covered in elementary - see Electricity & Magnetism Middle School
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North Carolina Science Standards4Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information TransferPS.4.3 Understand the nature of light and how light interacts with objects.Energy Transfer
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North Carolina Science Standards4From Molecules to Organisms- Structures and ProcessesLS.4.1Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations, and behaviors that enable organisms to survive in changing habitats.
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LS.4.1.1Use models to explain that plants and animals have external structures that function to support survival.Plant & Animal Structures
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LS.4.1.2Use models to explain that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information, and respond to the information in different ways.Plant & Animal Structures
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LS.4.1.3Engage in argument from evidence to explain how differences among animals of the same population sometimes gives individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing in changing habitats.Plant & Animal Structures
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North Carolina Science Standards4Biological Evolution- Unity and DiversityLS.4.2 Understand the use of fossils as evidence of the history of Earth and its changing life forms.
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LS.4.2.1Analyze and interpret data to compare fossils to one another and living organisms.Earth's Processes & Mapping
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LS.4.2.2 Analyze and interpret data to explain how fossils suggest ideas about Earth's early environment.Earth's Processes & Mapping
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North Carolina Science Standards4Earth’s Place in the UniverseESS.4.1 Understand the causes of day and night and phases of the moon.
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ESS.4.1.1 Use models to explain the cause of day and night based on the rotation of the Earth on its axis.Earth's Place in the Universe
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ESS.4.1.2Use models to explain the repeating pattern of the phases of the moon (new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full).Not currently covered in elementary - see Sun-Earth and Solar System Gravity (Lunar Phases) Middle School
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North Carolina Science Standards4Earth’s SystemsESS.4.2Understand patterns of change in the Earth's surface over time.
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ESS.4.2.1Carry out investigations to classify minerals using tests for the physical properties of hardness, color, luster, cleavage and streak.Not currently covered
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ESS.4.2.2Carry out investigations to classify rocks as metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous based on their composition, how they are formed, and the processes that create them.Not currently covered in elementary- see Rock Cycle & Earth's History Middle School
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ESS.4.2.3Use models to explain changes in Earth's surface over time (to include slow changes of erosion and weathering, and fast changes of earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic activity).Earth's Processes & Mapping
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North Carolina Science Standards4Earth and Human ActivityESS.4.3Understand changes caused by human impact on the environment.Earth Spheres
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ESS.4.3.1Ask questions to infer whether changes in an organism's environment are beneficial or harmful.Earth Spheres
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ESS.4.3.2Engage in argument from evidence to explain how humans can adapt their behavior to live in changing environments (e.g. recycling wastes, establishing rain gardens, planting native species to prevent flooding and erosion).Earth Spheres
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ESS.4.3.3Obtain, evaluate and communicate information to compare solutions to environmental problems impacting plants and animals.Earth Spheres
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North Carolina Standards5Matter and its InteractionsPS.5.1 Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur.
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PS 5.1.1 Carry out investigations to compare the weight of objects before and after an interaction.Not currently covered in elementary- see Atoms & Molecules Middle School
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PS 5.1.2 Carry out investigations to explain whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.Matter and Its Interactions
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PS 5.1.3 Carry out investigations to compare how heating and cooling affect some materials and how this relates to their purpose and practical applications.Not currently covered in elementary- see Thermal Energy Middle School
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North Carolina Standards5Motion and Stability- Forces and InteractionsPS.5.2 Understand force, motion, and the relationship between them.
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PS.5.2.1 Carry out investigations to explain how factors such as gravity, friction, and change in mass affect the motion of objects.Gravity
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PS.5.2.2 Use mathematics and computational thinking to infer the motion of an object (including position, direction, and speed).Energy Transfer
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North Carolina Standards5From Molecules to Organisms- Structures and ProcessesLS.5.1 Understand how structures and systems of the human body perform functions necessary for life.
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LS.5.1.1 Use models to recognize the organizational structure of humans as a multicellular organism (cell, tissue, organ, system, organism).Not currently covered in elementary- see Interactions of Body Systems Middle School
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LS.5.1.2 Use models to compare the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, muscular, skeletal, nervous) as it relates to their functions necessary for life.Not currently covered in elementary- see Interactions of Body Systems Middle School
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North Carolina Standards5Ecosystems- Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsLS.5.2 Understand the interdependence of plants and animals within their ecosystem.
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LS.5.2.1Engage in argument from evidence to compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems (including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, rivers and streams, forests, and grasslands) in terms of their ability to support a variety of populations.Not currently covered in elementary- see Biodiversity Middle School
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LS.5.2.2 Use models to classify organisms within an ecosystem according to the function they serve: producers, consumers, or decomposers.Food Webs
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LS.5.2.3 Use models to infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationships of plants and animals to their ecosystem.Food Webs
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North Carolina Standards5Heredity- Inheritance and Variation of TraitsLS.5.3 Understand some characteristics of an organism are inherited and other characteristics are acquired.
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LS.5.3.1 Ask questions to compare instincts and learned behaviors.Not currently covered in elementary- see Genetic Variation Middle School
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LS.5.3.2 Ask questions to compare inherited and acquired traits.Not currently covered in elementary- see Genetic Variation Middle School
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North Carolina Standards5Earth’s SystemsESS.5.1 Understand how Earth systems (hydrosphere and atmosphere) impact patterns of weather and climate.
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ESS.5.1.1 Analyze and interpret data to compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.Not currently covered in elementary- see Weather Middle School
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ESS.5.1.2 Analyze and interpret weather data to explain current and upcoming weather conditions (including severe weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes) in a given location.Not currently covered in elementary- see Weather Middle School
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ESS.5.1.3 Construct an explanation to summarize the ocean's influences on weather and climate in North Carolina.Not currently covered in elementary- see Oceans & Climate Middle School
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ESS.5.1.4 Use models to explain how the sun’s energy drives the processes of the water cycle (including evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation).Not currently covered in elementary- see Water Cycle Middle School
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