Teaching Standards by Standard - Unit 2
Next Generation Science Standards: Disciplinary Core Ideas
Earth Science
ESS3.A (K-2)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
ESS3.B (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
ESS3.C (K-2)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
ESS3.C (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
Life Science
LS1.A (3-5)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS1.B (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS1.C (K-2)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS1.C (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS1.D (K-2)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS1.D (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS2.A (K-2)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS2.A (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS2.A (6-8)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS2.B (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS2.C (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS2.D (3-5)
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS3.A (K-2)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS3.A (3-5)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS3.B Variation of Traits (3)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS4.B Natural Selection (3)
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
LS4.B Natural Selection (3-5)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS4.C Adaptations (3-5)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
LS4.D Biodiversity and humans (K-2)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
LS4.D Biodiversity and humans (3-5)
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
Next Generation Science Standards: Science and Engineering Practices
The eight practices of science and engineering that the Framework identifies as essential for all students to learn and describes in detail are listed below:
- Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
- Developing and using models
- Planning and carrying out investigations
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
- Engaging in argument from evidence
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures and Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
Next Generation Science Standards: Crosscutting Concepts
1. Patterns. Observed patterns of forms and events guide organization and classification, and they prompt questions about relationships and the factors that influence them.
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
2. Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation. Events have causes, sometimes simple, sometimes multifaceted. A major activity of science is investigating and explaining causal relationships and the mechanisms by which they are mediated. Such mechanisms can then be tested across given contexts and used to predict and explain events in new contexts.
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
3. Scale, proportion, and quantity. In considering phenomena, it is critical to recognize what is relevant at different measures of size, time, and energy and to recognize how changes in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system’s structure or performance.
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
4. Systems and system models. Defining the system under study—specifying its boundaries and making explicit a model of that system—provides tools for understanding and testing ideas that are applicable throughout science and engineering.
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
5. Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation. Tracking fluxes of energy and matter into, out of, and within systems helps one understand the systems’ possibilities and limitations.
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
6. Structure and function. The way in which an object or living thing is shaped and its substructure determine many of its properties and functions.
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
7. Stability and change. For natural and built systems alike, conditions of stability and determinants of rates of change or evolution of a system are critical elements of study.
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
Common Core State Standards Connections
English Language Arts/ Literacy: Reading
RI.3.1
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
RI.3.2
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
RI.3.7
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
RI.4.7
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
RI.5.7
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
CCSS: ELA/Literacy: Writing
W3.7
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
W.3.8
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
W4.7
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
W.4.8
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
W.5.7
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
W.5.8
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
CCSS: ELA/Literacy: Speaking and Listening
SL.3.3
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
SL.3.4
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
CCSS: Mathematics: Mathematical Practice
MP.2
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
MP.5
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
CCSS: Mathematics: Measurement & Data
3.MD.B.3
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
3.MD.B.4
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
5.MD.A.1
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
CCSS: NBT: Number & Operations in Base Ten
3.NBT
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
- Lesson 4 Interactions
National Geography Standards
1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 3 Structures & Adaptations
2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments
- Lesson 1 Animal Classification
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
4. The physical and human characteristics of places
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions
8. The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems and biomes on Earth’s surface
- Lesson 2 Life Cycles
- Lesson 4 Interactions