Curriculum & Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Kindergarten

K-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
K-ESS3 Earth’s Systems

Grade 2

2-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
2-LS4 Biologcal Evolution: Unity and Diversity
2-ESS2 Earth’s Systems

Grade 3

3-LS4 Ecosystem’s: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
3-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

Grade 4

4-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
4-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
4-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

Grade 5

5-PS3 Energy
5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
5-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
5-ESS2 Earth and Human Activity

Grade 6 (MS)
MS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

CA State Standards

Kindergarten – 2, Types of plants

Grade 1 – 2a, b, e, Plants need water and light to survive, different plants live in different places

Grade 2 – 2b Life stages of butterflies

Grade 4 – 2, energy is needed to grow   3, ecosystems introduction

Grade 5 – 2f, photosynthesis

Grade 6 – 5a, b, c, Food webs and ecosystems

Earth Science – 9c, CA water needs