K-5 DRAFT NGSS Units

Below are the DRAFT units, proficiency scales, essential learning goals for K-5 Elementary Science based on the Next Generation Science Standards.

These will be updated throughout the summer to prepare and improve them for implementation.

DESE's reaction to the NGSS: http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/ngss.html

Find out more about the NGSS here: http://nextgenscience.org/

As of today we have no timeline for implementation however these are ready and will continue to be improved as we determine what the timeline may be as dictated by state adoption of the NGSS as the next Grade Level Expectations.

Kindergarten

• Weather and Climate: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBVmN3alZrX2tGZWM/edit?usp=sharing
• Forces and Interactions: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBUGpmMFZTcHZQdmc/edit?usp=sharing
• Ecosystems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBcXZVYnotNjQwS28/edit?usp=sharing

1st Grade

• Structure, Function and Information Processing: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBN2VFcThiT25udEU/edit?usp=sharing
• Waves: Light and Sound: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBRDhWazRZRlIxakE/edit?usp=sharing
• Space Systems - Patterns and Cycles: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBelJqNzdJVUtsN2c/edit?usp=sharing

2nd Grade

• Structure and Properties of Matter: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBS05wTXg0N1F4b2c/edit?usp=sharing
• Processes that Shape the Earth: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBQXlIOHpjcDZiOHM/edit?usp=sharing
• Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBNUFfZ1NOYm5SYnc/edit?usp=sharing

3rd Grade

• Weather and Climate: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBLWoyZm5lOEFCTDQ/edit?usp=sharing
• Life Cycles and Traits: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBUEhTRmdTUFQwN28/edit?usp=sharing
• Relationships in Ecosystems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBZ1ZmRy1XYmV2Tm8/edit?usp=sharing
• Forces and interactions: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBeWJ1YkhaaXZiVG8/edit?usp=sharing

4th Grade

• Waves and Information: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBd3dIZ3ZUcng4dzg/edit?usp=sharing
• Structure, Function and Information Processing: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBLTVpcllpQUYtakU/edit?usp=sharing
• Energy: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBcS1Tdjg1M2p5LTg/edit?usp=sharing
• Processes that Shape the Earth: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBdHhoN0pFVVhGVzg/edit?usp=sharing

5th Grade

• Structure and Properties of Matter: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBZkdEOWFPX1lnWmM/edit?usp=sharing
• Earth's Systems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBNXVPNl9KLTVVNDg/edit?usp=sharing
• Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBWG15THF6Ymd4MzQ/edit?usp=sharing
• Space Systems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBam80eUVOUC1KczA/edit?usp=sharing