Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

This lesson is building toward:

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION (PE)

K-PS2-1

Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. [Clarification Statement: Examples of pushes or pulls could include a string attached to an object being pulled, a person pushing an object, a person stopping a rolling ball, and two objects colliding and pushing on each other.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to different relative strengths or different directions, but not both at the same time. Assessment does not include non-contact pushes or pulls such as those produced by magnets.]

K-PS2-2

Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of problems requiring a solution could include having a marble or other object move a certain distance, follow a particular path, and knock down other objects. Examples of solutions could include tools such as a ramp to increase the speed of the object and a structure that would cause an object such as a marble or ball to turn.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include friction as a mechanism for change in speed.]

NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES (SEP)

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

With guidance, plan and conduct an investigation in collaboration with peers.
Make predictions based on prior experiences.
Make observations (first hand or from media) and/or measurements to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Compare predictions (based on prior experiences) to what occurred (observable events).
Record information (observations, thoughts, and ideas).

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Communicate information or design ideas and/or solutions with others in oral and/or written forms using models, drawings, writing, or numbers that provide detail about scientific ideas, practices, and or/design ideas.
Obtain information using various texts, text features (e.g., heading, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) and other media that will be useful in answering a scientific question and/or supporting a scientific claim.

DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS (DCI)

PS2.A: Forces and Motion

Pushes and pulls can have different strengths and directions.
Pushing or pulling on an object can change the speed or direction of its motion and can start or stop it.

PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces

A bigger push or pull makes things speed up or slow down more quickly.

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS (CCC)

Cause and Effect

Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute student ideas about causes.

“Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts” are reproduced verbatim from A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13165. National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Science Education; Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards. National Academies Press, Washington, DC. This material may be reproduced for noncommercial purposes and used by other parties with this attribution. If the original material is altered in any way, the attribution must state that the material is adapted from the original. All other rights reserved.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

CCSS ELA READING

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.R1.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS ELA SPEAKING & LISTENING

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.3
Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

CCSS MATH PRACTICES

CCSS.Math.MP2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

CCSS MATH MEASUREMENT AND DATA

CCSS.Math.K.MD.A.1
Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

CCSS.Math.K.MD.A.2
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/”less of” the attribute, and describe the difference.

California English Language Development (ELD) Standards

CA ELD

Part I.K.5: Listening actively and asking questions about what was heard

EMERGING

EXPANDING

BRIDGING

P1.K.5 Demonstrate active listening to read-alouds and oral presentations by asking and answering yes-no and wh-questions with oral sentence frames and substantial prompting and support.

P1.K.5 Demonstrate active listening to read-alouds and oral presentations by asking and answering questions with oral sentence frames and occasional prompting and support.

P1.K.5 Demonstrate active listening to read-alouds and oral presentations by asking and answering detailed questions with minimal prompting and light support.

In addition to the standard above, you may find that you touch on the following standards in this lesson as well:

P1.K.1: Exchanging information and ideas via oral communication and conversations
P1.K.2: Interacting with written English (print and multimedia)
P1.K.12: Selecting and applying varied and precise vocabulary and other language resources