NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 1: What Kinds of Living Things Are There?
Lesson 2: What Do Animals and Plants Need to Survive?
Lesson 3: How Do Plants and Animals Depend on Each Other?
Lesson 4: Why Do Plants and Animals Live in Some Places and Not in Others?
Lesson 5: How Do Plants and Animals Survive in a Rainforest?
Lesson 6: How Do Plants and Animals Survive in a Desert?
Lesson 7: How Do Plants and Animals Survive in a Pond?
Lesson 8: How Do Plants and Animals Survive in the Ocean?

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

    2. 2-LS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants n...more

    2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an anim...more

    2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the div...more

    K-2-ETS1-1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather informatio...more

    K-2-ETS1-2. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to ...more

  2. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

    3. Analyzing and Interpreting Data

    Asking Questions and Defining Problems

    Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

    Developing and Using Models

    Engaging in Argument from Evidence

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

    Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

    Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Cause and Effect

    Patterns

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Structure and Function

    Systems and System Models

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

    LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans