NCES.K.E.1 - Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year.
NCES.K.L.1 - Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals and nonliving things.
NCES.K.P.1 - Understand the positions and motions of objects and organisms observed in the environment.
NCES.K.P.2 - Understand how objects are described based on their physical properties and how they are used.
NCES.1.E.1 - Recognize the features and patterns of the earth/moon/sun system as observed from Earth.
NCES.1.E.2 - Understand the physical properties of Earth materials that make them useful in different ways.
NCES.1.L.1 - Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors that enable plants and animals to survive.
NCES.1.L.2 - Summarize the needs of living organisms for energy and growth.
NCES.1.P.1 - Understand how forces (pushes or pulls) affect the motion of an object.
NCES.2.E.1 - Understand patterns of weather and factors that affect weather.
NCES.2.L.1 - Understand animal life cycles.
NCES.2.L.2 - Remember that organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
NCES.2.P.1 - Understand the relationship between sound and vibrating objects.
NCES.2.P.2 - Understand properties of solids and liquids and the changes they undergo.
NCES.3.E.1 - Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the earth/moon/sun system.
NCES.3.E.2 - Compare the structures of the Earth's surface using models or three-dimensional diagrams.
NCES.3.L.1 - Understand human body systems and how they are essential for life: protection, movement and support.
NCES.3.L.2 - Understand how plants survive in their environments.
NCES.3.P.1 - Understand motion and factors that affect motion.
NCES.3.P.2 - Understand the structure and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change.
NCES.3.P.3 - Recognize how energy can be transferred from one object to another.
NCES.4.E.1 - Explain the causes of day and night and phases of the moon.
NCES.4.E.2 - Understand the use of fossils and changes in the surface of the earth as evidence of the history of Earth and its changing life forms.
NCES.4.L.1 - Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats.
NCES.4.L.2 - Understand food and the benefits of vitamins, minerals and exercise.
NCES.4.P.1 - Explain how various forces affect the motion of an object.
NCES.4.P.2 - Understand the composition and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change or interaction.
NCES.4.P.3 - Recognize that energy takes various forms that may be grouped based on their interaction with matter.
NCES.5.E.1 - Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.
NCES.5.L.1 - Understand how structures and systems of organisms (to include the human body) perform functions necessary for life.
NCES.5.L.2 - Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem.
NCES.5.L.3 - Understand why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
NCES.5.P.1 - Understand force, motion and the relationship between them.
NCES.5.P.2 - Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur.
NCES.5.P.3 - Explain how the properties of some materials change as a result of heating and cooling.
NCES.6.E.1 - Understand the earth/moon/sun system, and the properties, structures and predictable motions of celestial bodies in the Universe.
NCES.6.E.2 - Understand the structure of the earth and how interactions of constructive and destructive forces have resulted in changes in the surface of the Earth over time and the effects of the lithosphere on humans.
NCES.6.L.1 - Understand the structures, processes and behaviors of plants that enable them to survive and reproduce.
NCES.6.L.2 - Understand the flow of energy through ecosystems and the responses of populations to the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment.
NCES.6.P.1 - Understand the properties of waves and the wavelike property of energy in earthquakes, light and sound waves.
NCES.6.P.2 - Understand the structure, classifications and physical properties of matter.
NCES.6.P.3 - Understand characteristics of energy transfer and interactions of matter and energy.
NCES.7.E.1 - Understand how the cycling of matter (water and gases) in and out of the atmosphere relates to Earth
NCES.7.L.1 - Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce and carry out the basic functions of life.
NCES.7.L.2 - Understand the relationship of the mechanisms of cellular reproduction, patterns of inheritance and external factors to potential variation among offspring.
NCES.7.P.1 - Understand motion, the effects of forces on motion and the graphical representations of motion.
NCES.7.P.2 - Understand forms of energy, energy transfer and transformation and conservation in mechanical systems.
NCES.8.E.1 - Understand the hydrosphere and the impact of humans on local systems and the effects of the hydrosphere on humans.
NCES.8.E.2 - Understand the history of Earth and its life forms based on evidence of change recorded in fossil records and landforms.
NCES.8.L.1 - Understand the hazards caused by agents of diseases that effect living organisms.
NCES.8.L.2 - Understand how biotechnology is used to affect living organisms.
NCES.8.L.3 - Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment.
NCES.8.L.4 - Understand the evolution of organisms and landforms based on evidence, theories and processes that impact the Earth over time.
NCES.8.L.5 - Understand the composition of various substances as it relates to their ability to serve as a source of energy and building materials for growth and repair of organisms.
NCES.8.P.1 - Understand the properties of matter and changes that occur when matter interacts in an open and closed container.
NCES.8.P.2 - Explain the environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, managing, and using energy resources.