Nebraska Science Standards
Elementary Science Standards
Kindergarten
Forces and Interactions:
Pushes and Pulls
K-PS2-1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion
K-PS2-2: Motion Design Solution
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems:
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-ESS2-1: Weather Patterns
K-ESS3-2 Forecasting Severe Weather
K-PS3-1: Sunlight Warms the Earth
K-PS3-2: Shade Structure Desig
Grade 1
Waves:
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
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
Grade 2
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
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
2-LS2-1: Environmental Plant Needs
2-LS2-2: Seed Dispersal and Pollinatio
2-LS4-1: Habitats and Biodiversity
Earth's Systems:
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
Grade 3
Forces and Interactions:
Motion and Stability
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
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
Inheritance and Variation of Traits:
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
Weather and Climate
3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Conditions
3-ESS2-2: World Climates
3-ESS3-1: Weather-Related Hazard Solution
Grade 4
Energy:
Waves and Information
4-PS4-1: Wave Model
4-PS4-3: Information Transfer Solution
Energy:
Conservation and Transfer
4-PS3-1: Motion Energy
4-PS3-2: Energy Transfer
4-PS3-3: Energy in Collisions
4-PS3-4: Energy Conversion Device
4-ESS3-1: Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
Structure, Function, and Information Processing
4-PS4-2: Light and Vision
4-LS1-1: Internal and External Structures
4-LS1-2: Sensation, Processing, and Response
Earth's Systems
4-ESS1-1: Evidence from Rock Layers
4-ESS2-1: Weathering and Erosion
4-ESS2-2: Mapping Earth's Features
4-ESS3-2: Natural Hazard Design Solution
Grade 5
Structure and Properties of Matter
5-PS1-1: Particle Model of Matter
5-PS1-2: Conservation of Matter
5-PS1-3: Material Properties
5-PS1-4: Mixing Substances
Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
5-PS3-1: Food Energy from the Sun
5-LS1-1: Plant Requirements - Air and Water
5-LS2-1: Environmental Matter Cycling
Space Systems
5-PS2-1: Earth's Gravitational Force
5-ESS1-1: Stellar Brightness and Distance
5-ESS1-2: Daily and Seasonal Sky Changes
Earth's Systems
5-ESS2-1: Earth Sphere Interactions
5-ESS2-2: Water Availability and Distribution
5-ESS3-1: Protecting Earth's Resources and Environment
Image By Bkell (Own work) [Public domain] |The Bessey Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest, near Halsey, Nebraska, is the largest human-planted forest in the United States. This photo was taken from the top of Scotts Tower.