Standards in this Framework
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1.1(A)
Ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations. |
How Living Things Survive LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather |
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1.1(B)
Use scientific practices to plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems. |
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather Preventing Erosion Practicing the Design Process |
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1.1(C)
Identify, describe, and demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards. |
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1.1(D)
Use tools, including hand lenses, goggles, heat-resistant gloves, trays, cups, bowls, beakers, sieves/sifters, tweezers, primary balance, notebooks, terrariums, aquariums, stream tables, soil samples (loam, sand, gravel, rocks, and clay), seeds, plants, windsock, pinwheel, student thermometer, demonstration thermometer, rain gauge, straws, ribbons, non-standard measuring items, flashlights, sandpaper, wax paper, items that are magnetic, non-magnetic items, a variety of magnets, hot plate, aluminum foil, Sun-Moon-Earth model, and plant and animal life cycle models to observe, measure, test, and compare. |
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1.1(E)
Collect observations and measurements as evidence. |
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1.1(F)
Record and organize data using pictures, numbers, words, symbols, and simple graphs. |
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1.1(G)
Develop and use models to represent phenomena, objects, and processes or design a prototype for a solution to a problem. |
Designing Solutions from Nature Animal Life Cycles Practicing the Design Process |
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1.2(A)
Identify basic advantages and limitations of models such as their size, properties, and materials. |
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1.2(B)
Analyze data by identifying significant features and patterns. |
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1.2(C)
Use mathematical concepts to compare two objects with common attributes. |
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1.2(D)
Evaluate a design or object using criteria to determine if it works as intended. |
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1.3(A)
Develop explanations and propose solutions supported by data and models. |
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather Preventing Erosion |
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1.3(B)
Communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats. |
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1.3(C)
Listen actively to others' explanations to identify important evidence and engage respectfully in scientific discussion. |
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1.4(A)
Explain how science or an innovation can help others. |
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather |
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1.4(B)
Identify scientists and engineers such as Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, and Ernest Just and explore what different scientists and engineers do. |
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1.5(A)
Identify and use patterns to describe phenomena or design solutions. |
Sun and Moon, Day and Night VEX 123®: Patterns of Living Things |
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1.5(B)
Investigate and predict cause-and-effect relationships in science. |
Types of Motion |
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1.5(C)
Describe the properties of objects in terms of relative size (scale) and relative quantity. |
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1.5(D)
Examine the parts of a whole to define or model a system. |
Ozobot® Cycle |
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1.5(E)
Identify forms of energy and properties of matter. |
Sound and Pitch |
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1.5(F)
Describe the relationship between structure and function of objects, organisms, and systems. |
Adaptations and Survival: Camouflage Designing Solutions from Nature Seed Dispersal |
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1.5(G)
Describe how factors or conditions can cause objects, organisms, and systems to either change or stay the same. |
Adaptations and Survival: Camouflage Needs of Plants Changes in the Environment LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather |
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1.6(A)
Classify objects by observable physical properties, including shape, color, and texture, and attributes such as larger and smaller and heavier and lighter. |
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1.6(B)
Explain and predict changes in materials caused by heating and cooling. |
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1.6(C)
Demonstrate and explain that a whole object is a system made of organized parts such as a toy that can be taken apart and put back together. |
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1.7(A)
Explain how pushes and pulls can start, stop, or change the speed or direction of an object's motion. |
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1.7(B)
Plan and conduct a descriptive investigation that predicts how pushes and pulls can start, stop, or change the speed or direction of an object's motion. |
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1.8(A)
Investigate and describe applications of heat in everyday life such as cooking food or using a clothes dryer. |
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1.8(B)
Describe how some changes caused by heat may be reversed such as melting butter and other changes cannot be reversed such as cooking an egg or baking a cake. |
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1.9
Describe and predict the patterns of seasons of the year such as order of occurrence and changes in nature. |
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1.10(A)
Investigate and document the properties of particle size, shape, texture, and color and the components of different types of soils such as topsoil, clay, and sand. |
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1.10(B)
Investigate and describe how water can move rock and soil particles from one place to another. |
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1.10(C)
Compare the properties of puddles, ponds, streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans, including color, clarity, size, shape, and whether it is freshwater or saltwater. |
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1.10(D)
Describe and record observable characteristics of weather, including hot or cold, clear or cloudy, calm or windy, and rainy or icy, and explain the impact of weather on daily choices. |
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather |
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1.11(A)
Identify and describe how plants, animals, and humans use rocks, soil, and water. |
Living and Nonliving Needs of Plants Seed Dispersal Preventing Erosion |
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1.11(B)
Explain why water conservation is important. |
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1.11(C)
Describe ways to conserve water such as turning off the faucet when brushing teeth and protect natural sources of water such as keeping trash out of bodies of water. |
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1.12(A)
Classify living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs and produce young. |
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1.12(B)
Describe and record examples of interactions and dependence between living and nonliving components in terrariums or aquariums. |
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1.12(C)
Identify and illustrate how living organisms depend on each other through food chains. |
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1.13(A)
Identify the external structures of different animals and compare how those structures help different animals live, move, and meet basic needs for survival. |
Adaptations and Survival: Camouflage Living and Nonliving Communities Modify Their Environment Changes in the Environment |
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1.13(B)
Record observations of and describe basic life cycles of animals, including a bird, a mammal, and a fish. |
Ozobot® Cycle |
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1.13(C)
Compare ways that young animals resemble their parents. |
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