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Kindergarten Science PA Core Standards

220 standards - PA Core

These are the official Kindergarten Science PA Core — the exact codes and student expectations kindergarten teachers are required to teach and PSSA assesses. Browse every standard below, then generate a print-ready, PA Core-aligned worksheet, lesson plan, exit ticket, or assessment for any of them in seconds.

Standards

3.1

Life Science

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3.1.K.A

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

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3.1.K.na1

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3.1.K.na10

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3.1.K.na11

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3.1.K.na12

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3.1.K.na13

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3.1.K.na2

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3.1.K.na3

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3.1.K.na4

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3.1.K.na5

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3.1.K.na6

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3.1.K.na7

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3.1.K.na8

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3.1.K.na9

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3.2

Physical Science

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3.2.K.A

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.

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3.2.K.B

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.

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3.2.K.C

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.

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3.2.K.D

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.

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3.2.K.na1

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3.2.K.na2

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3.2.K.na3

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3.2.K.na4

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3.2.K.na5

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3.2.K.na6

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3.2.K.na7

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3.2.K.na8

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3.2.K.na9

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3.3

Earth and Space Science

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3.3.K.A

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

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3.3.K.B

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

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3.3.K.C

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

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3.3.K.D

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.

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3.3.K.E

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

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3.3.K.na1

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3.3.K.na2

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3.3.K.na3

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3.3.K.na4

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3.3.K.na5

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3.3.K.na6

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3.4

Environmental Literacy & Sustainability

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3.4.K-2.A

Categorize ways people harvest, redistribute, and use natural resources.

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3.4.K-2.B

Examine how people from different cultures and communities, including one's own, interact and express their beliefs about nature.

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3.4.K-2.C

Explain ways that places differ in their physical characteristics, their meaning, and their value and/or importance.

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3.4.K-2.D

Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in the local environment and community.

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3.4.K-2.na1

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3.4.K-2.na2

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3.4.K-2.na3

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3.4.K-2.na4

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3.4.K-2.na5

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3.5

Technology & Engineering

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3.5.K-2.A

Identify and use everyday symbols.

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3.5.K-2.AA

Demonstrate that creating can be done by anyone.

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3.5.K-2.B

Describe qualities of everyday products.

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3.5.K-2.BB

Compare the natural world and human-made world.

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3.5.K-2.C

Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.

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3.5.K-2.CC

Discuss the roles of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others who work with technology.

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3.5.K-2.D

Select ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources in daily life.

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3.5.K-2.DD

Collaborate effectively as a member of a team.

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3.5.K-2.E

Illustrate helpful and harmful effects of technology.

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3.5.K-2.F

Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community.

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3.5.K-2.G

Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things.

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3.5.K-2.H

Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies.

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3.5.K-2.I

Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts.

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3.5.K-2.J

Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.

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3.5.K-2.K

Safely use tools to complete tasks.

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3.5.K-2.L

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.

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3.5.K-2.M

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.

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3.5.K-2.N

Analyze how things work.

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3.5.K-2.O

Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.

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3.5.K-2.P

Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described.

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3.5.K-2.Q

Apply skills necessary for making in design.

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3.5.K-2.R

Draw connections between technology and human experience

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3.5.K-2.S

Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration

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3.5.K-2.T

Demonstrate that designs have requirements.

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3.5.K-2.U

Explain that design is a response to wants and needs

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3.5.K-2.V

Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics.

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3.5.K-2.W

Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple areas.

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3.5.K-2.X

Develop a plan in order to complete a task.

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3.5.K-2.Y

Discuss how the way people live and work has changed throughout history because of technology.

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3.5.K-2.Z

Illustrate how systems have parts or components that work together to accomplish a goal.

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ELA.K2.1

Examine how people from different cultures and communities, including one's own, interact and express their beliefs about nature.

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ELA.K2.2

Categorize ways people harvest, re-distribute, and use natural resources.

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ELE.K2.1

Explain ways that places differ in their physical characteristics, their meaning, and their value and/or importance.

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ELE.K2.2

Plan and carry out an investigation to address an issue in their local environment and community.

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ESH.K.1

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

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ESH.K.2

Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.

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ESH.K.3

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

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ESS.K.1

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

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ESS.K.2

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

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LSM.K.1

Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

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N-10USI

Applying, Maintaining, and Assessing Technological Products and Systems

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N-122OV

Environmental Justice

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N-12J1Z

Structure and Properties of Matter

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N-13584

Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life

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N-13IJ3

Structure and Function

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N-14CM0

Environmental Literacy Skills

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N-14N85

History of Technology

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N-15SZL

Variation of Traits

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N-171C0

Natural Hazards

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N-196U0

Earth and Human Activity

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N-1BLSI

Growth and Development of Organisms

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N-1BYMP

The Universe and Its Stars

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N-1C5XH

Influence of Society on Technological Development

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N-1C8AG

Core Concepts of Technology and Engineering

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N-1E7H5

Design in Technology and Engineering Education

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N-1EOKJ

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

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N-1EOLM

Types of Interactions

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N-1GOIK

Energy

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N-1GZV5

Physical Science

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N-1H5BQ

Information Processing

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N-1HXJI

Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

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N-1IWX8

Environmental Experiences

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N-1JGRV

Relationship Between Energy and Forces

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N-1KWZM

Biodiversity and Humans

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N-1LNSU

Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

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N-1LVB8

Environmental Literacy and Sustainability

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N-1LX9V

Information Technologies and Instrumentation

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N-1M18S

Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity

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N-1M8LL

Evaluating Solutions

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N-1NIBT

Forces and Motion

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N-1P082

Nature and Characteristics of Technology and Engineering

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N-1PJJB

Environmental Sustainability

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N-1PK85

Nuclear Processes

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N-1PN77

Design and Design Thinking in Technology and Engineering Education

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N-1QLQY

Human Impact on Earth Systems

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N-1R1PH

Life Science

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N-1RAH7

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

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N-1TQHM

Impacts of Technology

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N-1WYX5

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

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N-1XGHJ

Environmental Stewardship

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N-1XM1C

Technology and Engineering

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N-1Y09I

Inheritance of Traits

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N-2D3CW

Natural Selection

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N-2GG0S

Electromagnetic Radiation

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N-5A81F

Environment and Society

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N-5FJL3

The History of Planet Earth

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N-69FP0

Chemical Reactions

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N-6G3FT

Wave Properties

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N-AH4DJ

Agricultural Systems

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N-CDF0P

Watersheds and Wetlands

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N-CZIML

Agricultural and Environmental Systems and Resources

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N-E4KDI

The Roles of Water in Earth's Surface Processes

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N-FRBII

Applying, Maintaining, and Assessing Technological Products and Systems

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N-G2PC9

Natural Resources

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N-GHYYA

Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

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N-IP7B3

Integration of Knowledge, Technologies, and Practices

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N-JDXJ2

Earth Materials and Systems

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N-JRHVH

Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience

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N-KD4Z3

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

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N-MPQIV

Biogeology

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N-NBTTN

Definitions of Energy

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N-NUP0E

Integration of Knowledge, Technologies, and Practices

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N-OHNXA

Earth and Space Sciences

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N-R3EHD

Earth and the Solar System

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N-ROWZ2

Nature and Characteristics of Technology and Engineering

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N-SPMYD

Investigating Environmental Issues

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N-WRDMP

Earth's Systems

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N-X0C3A

Social Interactions and Group Behavior

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N-X66TF

Adaptation

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N-Z7YHA

Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions

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N-ZI845

Weather and Climate

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PSE.K.1

Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.

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PSE.K.2

Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.

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PSM.K.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.

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PSM.K.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.

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TEA.K2.1

Analyze how things work.

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TEA.K2.2

Identify and use everyday symbols.

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TEA.K2.3

Describe qualities of everyday products.

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TEC.K2.1

Illustrate how systems have parts or components that work together to accomplish a goal.

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TEC.K2.2

Safely use tools to complete tasks.

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TEC.K2.3

Explain that materials are selected for use because they possess desirable properties and characteristics.

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TEC.K2.4

Develop a plan in order to complete a task.

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TEC.K2.5

Collaborate effectively as a member of a team.

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TED.K2.1

Apply design concepts, principles, and processes through play and exploration.

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TED.K2.2

Demonstrate that designs have requirements.

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TED.K2.3

Explain that design is a response to wants and needs.

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TED.K2.4

Discuss that all designs have different characteristics that can be described.

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TED.K2.5

Illustrate that there are different solutions to a design and that none are perfect.

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TED.K2.6

Demonstrate essential skills of the engineering design process.

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TED.K2.7

Apply skills necessary for making in design.

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TEH.K2.1

Discuss how the way people live and work has changed throughout history because of technology.

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TEI.K2.1

Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks.

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TEI.K2.2

Illustrate helpful and harmful effects of technology.

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TEI.K2.3

Compare simple technologies to evaluate their impacts.

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TEI.K2.4

Select ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources in daily life.

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TEI.K2.5

Design new technologies that could improve their daily lives.

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TEK.K2.1

Apply concepts and skills from technology and engineering activities that reinforce concepts and skills across multiple content areas.

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TEK.K2.2

Draw connections between technology and human experiences.

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TEN.K2.1

Compare the natural world and human-made world.

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TEN.K2.2

Explain the tools and techniques that people use to help them do things.

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TEN.K2.3

Demonstrate that creating can be done by anyone.

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TEN.K2.4

Discuss the roles of scientists, engineers, technologists and others who work with technology.

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TES.K2.1

Explain the needs and wants of individuals and societies.

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TES.K2.2

Explore how technologies are developed to meet individual and societal needs and wants.

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TES.K2.3

Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community.

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11.1.K-2.A

Identify the production steps that food travels from the farm to the consumer.

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11.1.K-2.B

Describe personal hygiene techniques in food handling.

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11.1.K-2.C

Explain the importance of eating a varied diet in maintaining health.

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11.1.K-2.E

Name and classify culinary measurement tools.

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11.1.K-2.F

Name basic kitchen measuring tools and cooking equipment.

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11.1.K-2.G

Classify foods according to the senses.

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11.1.K-2.H

Classify foods by food group within the current USDA dietary guidelines.

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11.1.K-2.J

Identify career choices that relate to food.

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11.2.K-2.A

Identify waste and practice ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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11.2.K-2.B

Identify individual and family resources and responsibilities.

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11.2.K-2.E

Identify resources used for clothing.

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11.2.K-2.F

Identify how to care for clothing.

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11.3.K-2.A

Explain daily activities that fulfill family functions in meeting responsibilities.

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11.3.K-2.C

Identify how to resolve conflict using interpersonal communication skills.

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11.3.K-2.D

Identify similarities and differences between self and others.

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11.4.K-2.F

Identify community resources and services.

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11.5.K-2.A

Describe self as consumer.

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N-1H6QS

Education and Early Childhood Development

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N-1XA8F

Career, Community, and Family Connections

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N-1Y9G5

Personal Finance and Consumer Skills

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N-525B7

Resource Management

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N-8IOTJ

Food Science and Nutrition

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N-HWVQC

Human Development, Family, and Relationships

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