What relationships can be seen or formed on Earth?
How can one explain and predict interactions between objects and within systems of objects?
How can one predict an object’s continued motion, changes in motion, or stability?
What underlying forces explain the variety of interactions observed?
Do you have to apply a force to make an object move?
QFT Materials
Forces are Here. Forces are There. Forces are Everywhere
Teacher Manual
Science Notebooks
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
PS2.A: (3-PS2-1), (3-PS2-2)
PS2.B: (3-PS2-1), (3-PS2-3), (3-PS2-4)
The parentheses represent the Performance Expectations that are connected to each Core Idea.
How and why do organisms interact with their environment and what are the effects of these interactions?
How can there be so many similarities among organisms yet so many different kinds of plants, animals, and microorganisms?
How does biodiversity affect humans?
How and why do organisms interact with their environment and what are the effects of these interactions?
How can there be so many similarities among organisms yet so many different kinds of plants, animals, and microorganisms?
How does biodiversity affect humans?
What happens to ecosystems when the environment changes?
How do organisms interact in groups so as to benefit individuals?
What evidence shows that different species are related?
How does the environment influence populations of organisms over multiple generations?
What is biodiversity, how do humans affect it, and how does it affect humans?
How do organisms interact with each other and their environment to survive?
Teacher Manual
Science Notebooks
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
LS2.C: ( 3-LS4-4)
LS2.D: (3-LS2-1)
LS4.A: (3-LS4-1), (3-LS4-1)
LS4.C: (3-LS4-3)
LS4.D: (3-LS4-4)
The parentheses represent the Performance Expectations that are connected to each Core Idea.
How and why is Earth constantly changing?
How do Earth’s surface processes and human activities affect each other?
What regulates weather and climate?
How do natural hazards affect individuals and societies?
What are the different ways that we can use weather and climate data?
Teacher Manual
Science Notebooks
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
ESS2.D: (3-ESS2-1), (3-ESS2-2), (3-ESS2-3)
ESS3.B: (3-ESS3-1)
The parentheses represent the Performance Expectations that are connected to each Core Idea.
How do organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce?
How are characteristics of one generation passed to the next?
How can individuals of the same species and even siblings have different characteristics?
How can there be so many similarities among organisms yet so many different kinds of plants, animals, and microorganisms?
How does biodiversity affect humans?
How do organisms grow and develop?
How are the characteristics of one generation related to the previous generation?
Why do individuals of the same species vary in how they look, function, and behave?
How does genetic variation among organisms affect survival and reproduction?
How do traits help plants and animals look the way they do?
QFT Materials
Teacher Manual
Science Notebooks
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
LS1.B: (3-LS1-1)
LS3.A: (3-LS3-1), (3-LS3-2), (3-LS3-2)
LS3.B: (3-LS3-1), (3-LS3-2)
LS4.B: (3-LS4-2)
The parentheses represent the Performance Expectations that are connected to each Core Idea.