DEPT. OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT K-12 Science Standards for Alaska Alaska Board of Education & Early Development James Fields, Chair, REAA Representative Dr. Keith Hamilton, First Vice-Chair, Public-at-Large Lorri Van Diest, Second Vice-Chair, Third Judicial District Sally Stockhausen, Public/First Judicial District Tiffany Scott, Public/Second Judicial District Sandy Kowalski, Public/Fourth Judicial District Bob Griffin, Public-at-Large Lt. Colonel Jeremiah Hammill, Military Advisor Tannis Lorring, Student Advisor For additional information on Alaska’s standards, write: Standards, Department of Education & Early Development PO Box 110500 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500 Or call, (907) 465-2900; or visit our website (http://education.alaska.gov) Table of Contents Science Standards for Alaska ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Development Process ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Relation of the Science Standards for Alaska and the NGSS ..................................................................................................................................... 5 How to Read the Science Standards for Alaska ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 The Framework: A Vision For Science K-12................................................................................................................................................................ 6 System Architecture ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Performance Expectations (PEs) ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Foundation Boxes .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs). ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs). ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs). ............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Using Crosscutting Concepts to Engage Students. .............................................................................................................................................. 12 KINDERGARTEN ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 K. Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 K. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment .................................................................................... 17 K. Weather and Climate ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 FIRST GRADE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 1. Waves: Light and Sound ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 1. Structure, Function, and Information Processing ................................................................................................................................................ 33 1. Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles .................................................................................................................................................................... 37 SECOND GRADE ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 2. Structure and Properties of Matter ..................................................................................................................................................................... 41 2. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 2. Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth ................................................................................................................................................ 50 K-2.Engineering Design ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 55 THIRD GRADE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 3. Forces and Interactions ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 3. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms ....................................................................................... 65 3. Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles and Traits .................................................................................................................................. 70 3. Weather and Climate ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 75 FOURTH GRADE ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 79 4. Energy .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 80 1 4. Waves ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 87 4. Structure, Function, and Information Processing ................................................................................................................................................ 90 4. Earth's Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth ................................................................................................................................................ 94 FIFTH GRADE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 99 5. Structure and Properties of Matter ................................................................................................................................................................... 100 5. Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems ............................................................................................................................................. 105 5. Earth’s Systems .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 110 5. Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System ....................................................................................................................................................... 114 3-5.Engineering Design .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 118 MIDDLE SCHOOL PHYSICAL SCIENCES......................................................................................................................................................................