Alabama Science Standards

Kindergarten

Motion and Stability: Forces and interactions

1. Pushes, Pulls, and Motion
2. Motion Design Solution

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics

3. Plant and Animal Needs
4. Environmental Change
5. Environmental Relationships
6. Environmental Solutions

Earth's Systems

7. Sunlight Warms the Earth
8. Shade Structure Design
9. Weather Patterns

Earth and Human Activity

10. Forecasting Severe Weather

Grade 1

Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

1. Sound and Vibrating Materials
2. Illumination and Darkness
3. Light and Materials
4. Communication Device Design

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

5. Biomimicry Design Solution
6. Behavior - Parents and Offspring

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

7. Plant and Animal Structures 

Earth’s Place in the Universe

8. Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns
9. Seasonal Sunlight

Grade 2

Matter and its Interactions

1. Material Properties
2. Materials Testing
3. Objects and Pieces
4. Reversible and Irreversible Changes

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

5. Environmental Plant Needs
6. Seed Dispersal and Pollination
7. Habitats and Biodiversity

Earth's Systems

8. Earth Events - Slow and Quick
9. Mapping Land and Water
10. Water on Earth

Earth and Human Activity

11. Erosion Design Solution

Grade 3

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

1. Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
2. Predicting Future Motion
3. Electric and Magnetic Forces
4. Magnetic Design Solution

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

7. Plant and Animal Traits*
8. Plant and Animal Life Cycles

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

7. Inheritance and Variation of Traits
8. Environmental Influence of Traits

Unity and Diversity

9. Fossil Evidence of Past Environments
10. Variation, Survival, and Reproduction
11. Habitats and Organism Survival
12. Environmental Change Solution

Earth's Systems

13. Seasonal Weather Conditions
14. World Climates

Earth and Human Activity

15. Weather-Related Hazard Solution

Grade 4

Energy

1. Motion Energy
2. Energy Transfer
3. Energy in Collisions
4. Energy Conversion Device 
5. Renewable and Non-renewable Energy

Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

6. Wave Model
7. Information Transfer Solution
8. Light and Vision

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

9. Internal and External Structures
10. Human Body Systems*  
11. Sensation, Processing, and Response

Earth’s Systems

12. Evidence from Rock Layers
13. Soil: Properties and Types*
14. Landform Creation*
15. Weathering and Erosion
16. Mapping Earth's Features
17. Natural Hazard Design Solution

Grade 5

Matter and Its Interactions

1. Particle Model of Matter
2. Conservation of Matter
3. Material Properties
4. Mixing Substances
5. Density

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

6. Earth's Gravitational Force
7. Falling Object Design Solution*

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

8. Plant Requirements - Air and Water
9. Photosynthesis*
10. Food Energy from the Sun
11. Environmental Matter Cycling

Earth’s Place in the Universe 

12. Stellar Brightness and Distance
13. Daily and Seasonal Sky Changes

Earth's Systems

14. Earth Sphere Interactions
15. Water Availability and Distribution

Earth and Human Activity

16. Protecting Earth's Resources and Environment
17. Pollution Solution*