Life Science

• • Designs a solution to human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. 1-LS1-1 

  • Determines patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. 1-LS1-2 

Physical Science

• • Provides evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and sound can make materials vibrate. 1-PS4-1 

  • Designs and builds a device that uses light or sound to solve problem of communicating over a distance. 1-PS4-4 

Engineering Standards (All Year) 

• Asks questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. K-2-ETS1-1 

• Develops a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. K-2-ETS1-2 

• Analyzes data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs. K-2-ETS1-3