NGSS* Bundles
Elementary Thematic Model
Kindergarten
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Bundle 1: Needs of Plants and Animals
K-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Needs
K-ESS2-2: Environmental Change
K-ESS3-1: Environmental Relationships
K-ESS3-2: Forecasting Severe Weather
K-ESS3-3: Environmental Solutions
Bundle 2: Local Weather
K-PS3-1: Sunlight Warms the Earth
K-PS3-2: Shade Structure Design
K-ESS2-1: Weather Patterns
K-ESS3-2 Forecasting Severe Weather
Bundle 3: Pushes and Pulls
K-PS2-1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion
K-PS2-2: Motion Design Solution
K-ESS2-1: Weather Patterns
Grade 1
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Bundle 1: Seeing Objects
1-PS4-2: Illumination and Darkness
1-ESS1-1: Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns
1-ESS1-2: Seasonal Sunlight
Bundle 2: Sound and Light
1-PS4-1: Sound and Vibrating Materials
1-PS4-3: Light and Materials
1-PS4-4: Communication Device Design
1-ESS1-2: Seasonal Sunlight
Bundle 3: Organisms and Sunlight
1-LS1-1: Biomimicry Design Solution
1-ESS1-2: Seasonal Sunlight
Bundle 4: Patterns in the Natural World
1-LS1-2: Behavior - Parents and Offspring
1-LS3-1: Plant and Animal Structures - Parents and Offspring
Grade 2
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Bundle 1: Matter
2-PS1-1: Material Properties
2-PS1-2: Materials Testing
2-PS1-3: Objects and Pieces
Bundle 2: Habitats
2-PS1-4: Reversible and Irreversible Changes
2-LS2-1: Environmental Plant Needs
2-LS2-2: Seed Dispersal and Pollination
2-ESS2-3: Water on Earth
Bundle 3: Changes to the Land
2-ESS1-1: Earth Events - Slow and Quick
2-ESS2-1: Erosion Design Solution
2-ESS2-2: Mapping Land and Water
Grade 3
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Bundle 1: Movement and Interaction of Objects
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
3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Conditions
Bundle 2: Similarities and Differences in Organisms
3-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Life Cycles
3-LS3-1: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
3-LS3-2: Environmental Influence on Traits
3-LS4-1: Fossil Evidence of Past Environments
3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Conditions
Bundle 3: Survival of Organisms
3-LS2-1: Animal Groups
3-LS4-2: Variation, Survival, and Reproduction
3-LS4-3: Habitats and Organism Survival
3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Conditions
Bundle 4: Changes to Organisms' Environments
3-LS4-1: Fossil Evidence of Past Environments
3-LS4-4: Environmental Change Solution
3-ESS2-2: World Climates
3-ESS3-1: Weather-Related Hazard Solution
Grade 4
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Bundle 1: Energy, Motion, and Weathering
4-PS3-1: Motion Energy
4-PS3-3: Energy in Collisions
4-ESS1-1: Evidence from Rock Layers
4-ESS2-1: Weathering and Erosion
Bundle 2: Transfer of Energy and Information
4-PS3-2: Energy Transfer
4-PS4-2: Light and Vision
4-PS4-3: Information Transfer Solution
4-LS1-1: Internal and External Structures
4-LS1-2: Sensation, Processing, and Response
Bundle 3: Waves and Earth Features
4-PS3-4: Energy Conversion Device
4-PS4-1: Wave Model
4-ESS2-1: Weathering and Erosion
4-ESS2-2: Mapping Earth's Features
4-ESS3-1: Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
4-ESS3-2: Natural Hazard Design Solution
Grade 5
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Bundle 1: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
5-PS1-1: Particle Model of Matter
5-PS1-2: Conservation of Matter
5-PS1-3: Material Properties
5-PS1-4: Mixing Substances
5-ESS1-1: Stellar Brightness and Distance
5-ESS1-2: Daily and Seasonal Sky Changes
Bundle 2: Flow and Cycles of Matter and Energy
5-PS1-1: Particle Model of Matter
5-PS3-1: Food Energy from the Sun
5-LS1-1: Plant Requirements - Air and Water
5-ESS1-2: Daily and Seasonal Sky Changes
5-ESS3-1: Protecting Earth's Resources and Environment
Bundle 3: Stability and Change in Earth's Systems
5-PS1-1: Particle Model of Matter
5-PS2-1: Earth's Gravitational Force
5-ESS1-2: Daily and Seasonal Sky Changes
5-ESS2-1: Earth Sphere Interactions
5-ESS2-2: Water Availability and Distribution
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