New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS)
Elementary Standards
Science Standards Implementation Resources
NOTE: Some of the language of individual NGSS Performance Expectations have been modified. This link will help identify differences.
Kindergarten
Matter and Its Interactions
Pushes and Pulls
K-PS2-1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion
K-PS2-2: Motion Design Solution
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 Design
Grade 1
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 Pollination
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
Grade 3
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
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
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
3-ESS2-3: Weather and the Water Cycle*
Grade 4
Energy
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
Waves and Information
4-PS4-1: Wave Model
4-PS4-3: Information Transfer Solution
Structure, Function, Information Processing
4-PS4-2: Light and Vision
4-LS1-1: Internal and External Structures
4-LS1-2: Sensation, Processing, and Response
Earth 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 Life
5-PS3-1: Food Energy from the Sun
5-LS1-1: Plant Requirements - Air and Water
5-LS2-1: Environmental Matter Cycling
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
Stars and the Solar System
5-PS2-1: Earth's Gravitational Force
5-ESS1-1: Stellar Brightness and Distance
5-ESS1-2: Daily and Seasonal Sky Changes
* Standards Added from the NGSS
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