Rhode Island Science Standards
Elementary Model Science Curriculum
Kindergarten
Unit 1: Weather
K-ESS2-1: Weather Patterns
K-ESS3-2: Forecasting Severe Weather
Unit 2: Plants
K-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Needs (plants)
K-ESS3-1: Environmental Relationships
K-ESS2-2: Environmental Change
Unit 3: Animals
K-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Needs (animals)
K-ESS3-1: Environmental Relationships
K-ESS2-2: Environmental Change
Unit 4: The Human Factor
K-ESS3-3: Environmental Solutions
Unit 5: Pushes and Pulls
K-PS2-1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion
K-PS2-2: Motion Design Solution
Unit 6: Effects of the Sun
K-PS3-1: Sunlight Warms the Earth
K-PS3-2: Shade Structure Design
Grade 1
Unit 1: Patterns of Change in the Sky
1-ESS1-1: Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns
1-ESS1-2: Seasonal Sunlight
Unit 2: Characteristics of Living Things
1-LS3-1: Plant and Animal Structures - Parents and Offspring
1-LS1-2: Behavior - Parents and Offspring
UNIT 3: MIMICKING ORGANISMS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
1-LS1-1: Biomimicry Design Solution
Unit 4: Light and Sound
1-PS4-2: Illumination and Darkness
1-PS4-3: Light and Materials
1-PS4-1: Sound and Vibrating Materials
Unit 5: Communicating with Light and Sound
1-PS4-4: Communication Device Design
Grade 2
Unit 1: Relationships in Habitats
2-LS4-1: Habitats and Biodiversity
2-LS2-1: Environmental Plant Needs
2-LS2-2: Seed Dispersal and Pollination
Unit 2: Properties of Matter
2-PS1-1: Material Properties
2-PS1-2: Materials Testing
UNIT 3: Changes to Matter
2-PS1-3: Objects and Pieces
2-PS1-4: Reversible and Irreversible Changes
Unit 4: The Earth's Land and Water
2-ESS2-3: Water on Earth
2-ESS2-2: Mapping Land and Water
Unit 5: Changes to Earth's Land
2-ESS1-1: Earth Events - Slow and Quick
2-ESS2-1: Erosion Design Solution
Grade 3
Unit 1: Weather and Climate
3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Conditions
3-ESS2-2: World Climates
3-ESS3-1: Weather-Related Hazard Solution
Unit 2: Force and Motion
3-PS2-1: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
3-PS2-2: Predicting Future Motion
UNIT 3: Electric and Magnetic Forces
3-PS2-3: Electric and Magnetic Forces
3-PS2-4: Magnetic Design Solution
Unit 4: Traits
3-LS3-1: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
3-LS3-2: Environmental Influence on Traits
Unit 5: Continuing the Cycle
3-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Life Cycles
3-LS4-2: Variation, Survival, and Reproduction
Unit 6: Organisms and Environments
3-LS2-1: Animal Groups
3-LS4-3: Habitats and Organism Survival
Unit 7: Using Evidence to Understand Change in Environments
3-LS4-1: Fossil Evidence of Past Environments
3-LS4-4: Environmental Change Solution
Grade 4
Unit 1: Weathering and Erosion
4-ESS2-1: Weathering and Erosion
4-ESS1-1: Evidence from Rock Layers
Unit 2: Earth Processes
4-ESS2-2: Mapping Earth's Features
4-ESS3-2: Natural Hazard Design Solution
UNIT 3: Structures and Function
4-LS1-1: Internal and External Structures
Unit 4: How Organisms Process Information
4-LS1-2: Sensation, Processing, and Response
4-PS4-2: Light and Vision
Unit 5: Transfer of Energy
4-PS3-2: Energy Transfer
4-ESS3-1: Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
Unit 6: Force and Motion
4-PS3-1: Motion Energy
4-PS3-3: Energy in Collisions
Unit 7: Using Engineering Design with Force and Motion Systems
4-PS3-4: Energy Conversion Device
Unit 8: Waves and Information
4-PS4-1: Wave Model
4-PS4-3: Information Transfer Solution
Grade 5
Unit 1: Properties of Matter
5-PS1-3: Material Properties
5-PS1-1: Particle Model of Matter
Unit 2: Changes to Matter
5-PS1-4: Mixing Substances
5-PS1-2: Conservation of Matter
UNIT 3: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
5-LS1-1: Plant Requirements - Air and Water
5-LS2-1: Environmental Matter Cycling
5-PS3-1: Food Energy from the Sun
Unit 4: Water on Earth
5-ESS2-2: Water Availability and Distribution
5-ESS3-1: Protecting Earth's Resources and Environment
Unit 5: Earth Systems
5-ESS2-1: Earth Sphere Interactions
5-ESS3-1: Protecting Earth's Resources and Environment
Unit 6: Interactions within the Earth, Sun, and Moon Systems
5-PS2-1: Earth's Gravitational Force
5-ESS1-1: Stellar Brightness and Distance
5-ESS1-2: Daily and Seasonal Sky Changes
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