NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

1 NORTH DAKOTA Science Content Standards Grades K-12 February 2019 NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Kirsten Baesler, State Superintendent 600 E Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 201 Bismarck, NORTH DAKOTA 58505-0440 NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 1 Science Content Standards Writing Team Denise Dietz Beach PUBLIC Schools, Beach Kara Flatland Mckenzie Co. School District #1, Watford City Sherryl Friedt Mott Elementary School, Mott Jacqueline Karges Hazen Elementary School, Hazen Michelle Kukowski BM Hanson Elementary School, Harvey Loni Miller University of Mary, Bismarck Laura Schons Independence Elementary School, Fargo Karla Volrath Washington Elementary School, Fargo Candida Braun Cheney Middle School, West Fargo Bjorn Halvorson Schroeder Middle School, Grand Forks Lisa Held NORTH Star PUBLIC School, Cando Erin Huber Linton PUBLIC Schools, Linton Damian Kennedy Kidder County School District.

2 Steele Judith Krueger Enderlin Area PUBLIC School, Enderlin Debra Nelson Bottineau School District #1, Bottineau Bill Pribula Milnor PUBLIC School, Milnor Jessica DeJong Discovery Middle School, Fargo Doreen Harvey Minot PUBLIC Schools, Minot Linda Hope Langdon Area Schools, Langdon Barry Olson Ben Franklin Middle School, Fargo Jonathan Sailer Schroeder Middle School, Grand Forks JoAnn Schapp Bishop Ryan Catholic High School, Minot Jennifer Shearer Liberty Middle School, West Fargo Meggan Smith Montpelier PUBLIC Schools, Montpelier Kate Solberg West Fargo PUBLIC Schools, West Fargo Patricia Arnold Legacy High School, Bismarck Ned Clooten Wahpeton High School, Wahpeton Susan Duffy West Fargo High School, West Fargo Shaina Eagleson Sheyenne High School, West Fargo Nadia Fronning Fargo South High School, Fargo Marinus Otte NORTH DAKOTA State University, Fargo Emily Schaefer Glenburn PUBLIC Schools, Glenburn Andrea Thiner Davies High School, Fargo Carol Wheeler Red River High School.

3 Grand Forks 2 Project Consultant Kathleen Dempsey Facilitator NORTH Central Comprehensive Center at McREL International 4601 DTC Blvd, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80237 Project Coordinators Robert Bauer Assessment Office NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 600 E Boulevard Ave., Dept 201 Bismarck, ND 58505-0440 Patricia Laubach Program Coordinator NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 600 E Boulevard Ave., Dept 201 Bismarck, ND 58505-0440 3 Foreword These new NORTH DAKOTA academic content standards for science give our educators, school administrators, and parents the information they need about what our students should know, and be able to do, during each step of their education journey, from kindergarten through high school.

4 The NORTH DAKOTA Constitution recognizes the importance of PUBLIC education in nurturing prosperity, happiness, and a high degree of intelligence, patriotism, integrity and morality. Statewide academic content standards, and an assessment system that measures student progress, help us to reach these noble objectives. By using our new, challenging science standards to measure student achievement, we can monitor growth, address deficiencies, and ensure comparability of educational opportunity statewide. While these NORTH DAKOTA science standards represent a statewide reference point for teaching science content in classrooms, local school districts are encouraged to use the standards as a guide for developing their own local, customized science curriculum.

5 This publication is the result of months of conscientious work by 34 NORTH DAKOTA science educators from our K-12 schools and university system. They agreed to devote the many hours needed to write these new standards. They represented various areas of expertise, including general education, special education, English learners, early childhood education, and higher education. The work on these new standards began in January 2018 and continued throughout the year. The writing committee s drafts were made available for PUBLIC comment, which generated useful opinions from teachers, administrators, parents, and the community.

6 A panel of business people, community leaders, and representatives of the general PUBLIC provided another layer of review. These included representatives of private sector business, including representatives of energy and agriculture, and people who have strong beliefs about what our science standards should include. I am grateful to those who devoted their time and talents to go over these drafts and provide their recommendations to the writing committee. No one is better qualified to improve our NORTH DAKOTA science standards than our NORTH DAKOTA educators. This document is an exemplar of the best in NORTH DAKOTA education NORTH DAKOTA teachers, writing statewide standards in an open, transparent and painstaking manner.

7 Each member of the writing team deserves our thanks for their extensive research, analysis and deliberations. Thanks to their work, these standards are ready to be used in our classrooms across the state. Kirsten Baesler Superintendent of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION February 2019 4 Document Revision Log Date Page Standard Section Incorrect Information Change/Corrections 10/25/19 304 4-PS4-2 Appendix Reference to Grade 4 standard Removed from Appendix A 10/25/19 318 4-PS4-2 Appendix Reference to Grade 4 standard Removed from Appendix B 12/10/19 111 ESS1-3 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Systems and System Models Scale, Proportion, and Quantity 12/10/19 112 ESS1-4 Crosscutting Concepts Title.

8 Systems and System Models Scale, Proportion, and Quantity 12/10/19 113 ESS2-1 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Systems and System Models Suitability and Change 12/10/19 114 ESS2-2 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Systems and System Models Scale, Proportion, and Quantity 12/10/19 116 ESS2-4 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Systems and System Models Energy and Matter 12/10/19 123 ESS3-5 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Structure and Function Stability and Change 12/10/19 125 LS1-1 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Systems and System Models Scale, Proportion, and Quantity 12/10/19 126 LS1-2 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Systems and System Models Structure and Function 12/10/19 130 LS1-6 Disciplinary Core Ideas.

9 (Black type) Within individual organisms, food moves through a series of chemical reactions in which it is broken down and rearranged to form new molecules, to support growth, or to release energy Plants, algae (including phytoplankton), and many microorganisms use the energy from light to make sugars (food) from carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water through the process of photosynthesis, which also releases oxygen. These sugars can be used immediately or stored for growth or later use. 12/10/19 130 LS1-6 Disciplinary Core Ideas; (Black type) Cellular respiration in plants and animals involve chemical reactions with oxygen that release stored energy.

10 In these processes, complex molecules containing carbon react with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and other materials. The chemical reaction by which plants produce complex food molecules (sugars) requires an energy input ( , from sunlight) to occur. In this reaction, carbon dioxide and water combine to form carbon-based organic molecules and release oxygen. 12/10/19 134 LS2-3 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Systems and System Models Energy and Matter 12/10/19 135 LS2-4 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Cause and Effect Stability and Change 12/10/19 152 PS2-1 Crosscutting Concepts Title: Structure and Function Stability and Change 5 Document Revision Log Date Page Standard Section Incorrect Information Change/Corrections 12/10/19 223 ESS1-4 Disciplinary Core Ideas : The Universe and Its Stars (whole section).