Science and Social Studies

Physical Science: Recognize that energy comes in many forms such as light, heat, sound, magnetic, chemical, and electrical and can move from place to place; understand collisions between objects can impact motion; recognize that waves have regular patterns of motion, and that patterns can be used to encode, send, receive, and decode information, explain how an object can be seen.

Life Science: Recognize that organisms have both internal and external structures that serve various functions, and describe how animals receive and process information through their senses.

Earth and Space Science: Understand how Earth has changed over time, and how energy and fuels that humans use are derived from natural sources and their uses affect the environment in multiple ways.

History: Explain the role of individuals, diverse cultural groups, and ideas in the historical development of Colorado; organize and sequence events in Colorado history in chronological order; recognize the connections between important Colorado events and important events in the history of the United States.

Geography: Use maps to ask and answer questions about the geography of Colorado and to understand the interactions between humans and their environment.

Economics: Explain the relationship between choice and “opportunity cost” (the value of something that you give up when choosing something else).

Personal Financial Literacy: Define positive and negative incentives.

Civics: Discuss multiple perspectives on an issue; explain the formation and structure of Colorado state government (General Assembly, Judicial, and Executive branches).