California Science Standards

Kindergarten

Animals, Plants, and Their Environment

K-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Needs
K-ESS2-2: Environmental Change
K-ESS3-1: Environmental Relationships
K-ESS3-3: Environmental Solutions

Weather and Climate

K-PS3-1: Sunlight Warms the Earth
K-PS3-2: Shade Structure Design
K-ESS2-1: Weather Patterns
K-ESS3-2 Forecasting Severe Weathe

Pushes and Pulls

K-PS2-1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion
K-PS2-2: Motion Design Solution

Grade 1

Structure, Function, and Information Processing

1-LS1-1: Biomimicry Design Solution
1-LS1-2: Behavior - Parents and Offspring
1-LS3-1: Plant and Animal Structures 

Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles

1-ESS1-1: Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns
1-ESS1-2: Seasonal Sunlight

Light and Sound

1-PS4-1: Sound and Vibrating Materials
1-PS4-2: Illumination and Darkness
1-PS4-3: Light and Materials
1-PS4-4: Communication Device Design

Grade 2

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

2-LS2-1: Environmental Plant Needs
2-LS2-2: Seed Dispersal and Pollinatio

Unity and Diversity

2-LS4-1: Habitats and Biodiversity

Processes that Shape the Earth

2-ESS1-1: Earth Events - Slow and Quick
2-ESS2-1: Erosion Design Solution
2-ESS2-2: Mapping Land and Water
2-ESS2-3: Water on Earth

Structure and Properties of Matter

2-PS1-1: Material Properties
2-PS1-2: Materials Testing
2-PS1-3: Objects and Pieces
2-PS1-4: Reversible and Irreversible Changes

Grade 3

Life Cycles and Traits

3-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Life Cycles
3-LS3-1: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
3-LS3-2: Environmental Influence of Traits
3-LS4-2: Variation, Survival, and Reproduction

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

3-LS2-1: Animal Groups
3-LS4-1: Fossil Evidence of Past Environments
3-LS4-3: Habitats and Organism Survival
3-LS4-4: Environmental Change Solution

Weather and Climate

3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Conditions
3-ESS2-2: World Climates
3-ESS3-1: Weather-Related Hazard Solution

Forces and Interactions

3-PS2-1: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
3-PS2-2: Predicting Future Motion
3-PS2-3: Electric and Magnetic Forces
3-PS2-4: Magnetic Design Solution