ES- GRC Lessons by Grade Level
Elementary School Lessons utilize local phenomenon and are organized by grade level. By organizing instruction around local phenomenon, students are provided with a reason to learn shifting the focus from learning about a disconnected topic to figuring out why or how something happens.
To access lessons, click on the grade level. Lessons are organized in a table by standard and may be copied or downloaded.
Standards and Lessons by Grade Level
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-PS3 Energy
K-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
K-ESS2 Earth's Systems
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
1-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
1-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
2-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
2-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
2-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe
2-ESS2 Earth's Systems
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
3-ESS2 Earth's Systems
3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
4-PS3 Energy
4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
4-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe
4-ESS2 Earth's Systems
4-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS3 Energy
5-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
5-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe
5-ESS2 Earth's Systems
5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity