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1  | Password: ScienceFA  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2  | Grade Level | Unit | Amplify Essential Indicators | Phenomenon | Tasks | Task Admin Guide | ||||||||||||||||||
3  | Kindergarten | 1 Needs of Plants and Animals | K.7.2.A/K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive | Can cows live in NYC? | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | ||||||||||||||||||
4  | K.7.2.C/K-ESS3-1. Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5  | 2 Pushes and Pulls | K.1.1.A/K-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. | Coming Soon-Soccer in the Park | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6  | K.1.1.B/K-PS2-2. Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7  | 3 Sunlight and Weather | K.12.3.C/K-PS3-1. Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. | Melting Snowman | Task 1 | Coming Soon | |||||||||||||||||||
8  | SC.K.12.3.D/K-PS3-2. Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9  | 1st Grade | 1 Animal and Plant Defenses | 1.6.2.A/1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. | Barn Mice | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | ||||||||||||||||||
10  | 1.6.2.D/1-LS3-1. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11  | 2 Light and Sound | 1.2.1.B/1-PS4-2. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated. | Coming Soon-Which Umbrella should we use? | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
12  | 1.2.1.C/1-PS4-3. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13  | 3 Spinning Earth | 1.11.3.A/1-ESS1-1. Use observations of the sun, Moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. | Daniel's Pictures | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | |||||||||||||||||||
14  | 1.11.3.B/1-ESS1-2. Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15  | 2nd Grade | 1 Plant and Animal Relationships | 2.7.2.A/2-LS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow. | Class Garden | Task 1 | Coming Soon | ||||||||||||||||||
16  | 2.7.2.B/2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17  | 2 Properties of Materials | **2.3.1.B Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose. 2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.  | Three Little Pigs | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | |||||||||||||||||||
18  | SC.2.3.1.D/2-PS1-3. Make observations to 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. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19  | 3 Changing Landforms | 2.13.3.A/2-ESS1-1. Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly. | Coming Soon-Night of the Twisters | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
20  | 2.13.3.B/2-ESS2-1. Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21  | 3rd Grade | 1 Balancing Forces | 3.1.1.A/3-PS2-1.Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. | Self-moving cart | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | ||||||||||||||||||
22  | 3.1.1.B/3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23  | 3.1.1.C/3-PS2-3. Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24  | 2 Inheritance of Traits | 3.9.3.B/3-LS3-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. | Coming Soon - Farm Cat Genetics | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
25  | 3.9.3.C/3-LS3-2. Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26  | 3 Environments and Survival | 3.9.3.D/3-LS4-2. 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. | Task 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
27  | 3.7.2.C/3-LS4-3. 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. | Moth's Changing Ecosystem | Task 1 | Coming Soon | ||||||||||||||||||||
28  | 3.7.2.D3-LS4-4. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29  | 4 Weather and Climate | 3.12.4.A/3-ESS2-1. Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. | Task 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
30  | 3.12.4.B/3-ESS2-2. Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. | A Trip to Mexico | Task 1 | Coming Soon | ||||||||||||||||||||
31  | 4th Grade | 1 Energy Conversions | 4.4.2.B/4-PS3-2. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. | Solar Car | Task 1 | Coming Soon | ||||||||||||||||||
32  | 4.4.2.D/4-PS3-4. Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
33  | 2 Vision and Light | 4.6.3.A/4-PS4-2. Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. | Fish bowl Late Night Snack | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | |||||||||||||||||||
34  | 4.6.3.B/4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. | Sunflowers Bees | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | ||||||||||||||||||||
35  | 4.6.3.C/4-LS1-2. Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36  | 3 Earth Features | 4.13.4.A/4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. | Ashfalls | Task 1 | Coming Soon | |||||||||||||||||||
37  | 4.13.4.D/4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38  | 4 Waves, Energy, and Information | 4.4.2.C/4-PS3-3. Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide. | Newton's Cradle | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | |||||||||||||||||||
39  | 4.2.1.A/4.2.1.A/4-PS4-1. Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. | Rain Making Waves | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | ||||||||||||||||||||
40  | 5th Grade | 1 Patterns of Earth and Sky | 5.11.3.A/5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. | Gravity in Africa | Task 1 | Task Admin Guide | ||||||||||||||||||
41  | 5.11.3.B/5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. | Flashlight Investigation Flashlight Investigation | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | ||||||||||||||||||||
42  | 5.11.3.C/5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. | Task 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43  | 2 Modeling Matter | 5.3.1.A/5-PS1-1. Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. | Task 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
44  | 5.3.1.B/5-PS1-2. Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.  | Water Bottle Cereal Bars | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | ||||||||||||||||||||
45  | 5.3.1.C/5-PS1-3. Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. | Baking Cookies Melting Candy | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | ||||||||||||||||||||
46  | 3 The Earth System | 5.13.4.A/5-ESS2-1. Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. | Smith Falls Beaver Dam | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | |||||||||||||||||||
47  | 5.13.4.B/5-ESS2-2. Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth. | Ogallala Aquifer NE Water Journal | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | ||||||||||||||||||||
48  | 5.13.4.C/5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment. | Air Pollution Ocean Plastic | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | ||||||||||||||||||||
49  | 4 Ecosystem Restoration | 5.8.2.B/5-LS1-1. Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water | Growing Tomatoes Container Garden | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | |||||||||||||||||||
50  | 5.8.2.C/5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. | Pumpkin Journal Nebraska River Otters | Task 1 Task 2 | Task Admin Guide 1 Task Admin Guide 2  | ||||||||||||||||||||
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