New Jersey Student Learning Standards: Science

New Jersey Student Learning Standards

Science

KINDERGARTEN	FIRST GRADE	SECOND GRADE
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-PS3 Energy	1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	2-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
K-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	1-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	2-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
K-ESS2 Earth's Systems	1-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe	2-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity	K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design	2-ESS2 Earth's Systems
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design		K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
THIRD GRADE	FOURTH GRADE	FIFTH GRADE
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions	4-PS3 Energy	5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer	5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	5-PS3 Energy
3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	4-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe	5-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity	4-ESS2 Earth's Systems	5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
3-ESS2 Earth's Systems	4-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity	5-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe
3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity	3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design	5-ESS2 Earth's Systems
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design		5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
		3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
Grades 6-8
Earth and Space Sciences	Life Sciences	Physical Sciences
MS-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe	MS -LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	MS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
MS-ESS2 Earth's Systems	MS -LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS -ESS3 Earth and Human Activity	MS -LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	MS-PS3 Energy
	MS -LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity	MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
Grades 9-12
Earth and Space Sciences	Life Sciences	Physical Sciences
HS-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe	HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes	HS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
HS-ESS2 Earth's Systems	HS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics	HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS -ESS3 Earth and Human Activity	HS -LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits	HS-PS3 Energy
	HS-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity	HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design