Standards Alignment
Standards Alignment
YES Elementary and YES Middle School units integrate with science ideas and standards. We carefully design engineering challenges so students develop and use science knowledge as they generate solutions.
By using scientific disciplinary ideas and crosscutting concepts as they engage in engineering and science practices students strengthen their understanding of and facility with both science and engineering.
We recommend that teachers choose units that connect with performance expectations that they address. YES units are designed to be implemented with science units focused on these topics.
| Grade | Unit | Science Topic(s) | NGSS Performance Expectations | NGSS Crosscutting Concept(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Engineering Sun Hats | Sun and Shade | K-PS3-1 K-PS3-2 K-2-ETS1-1 K-2-ETS1-2 K-2-ETS1-3 |
Structure and Function |
| 1 | Engineering Nightlights | Light | 1-PS4-2 1-PS4-3 1-PS4-4 K-2-ETS1-1 K-2-ETS1-2 K-2-ETS1-3 |
Cause and Effect |
| 2 | Engineering Pumpkin Pollinators | Pollination
Life Cycles of Plants |
2-PS1-2 2-LS2-2 K-2-ETS1-1 K-2-ETS1-2 K-2-ETS1-3 |
Structure and Function Cause and Effect |
| 3 | Engineering Magnetic Dog Doors | Magnetic Forces
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces |
3-PS2-1 3-PS2-3 3-PS2-4 3-5-ETS1-2 |
Systems and System Models |
| 4 | Engineering Safety Vests | Circuits
Information Transfer |
4-PS3-4 4-PS4-3 3-5-ETS1-1 3-5-ETS1-2 |
Patterns Energy and Matter |
| 5 | Engineering Plastic Filters | Ecosystems
Pollution |
5-LS2-1 5-ESS1-1 5-ESS3-1 3-5-ETS1-1 3-5-ETS1-2 |
Stability and Change |
| 6-8 | Engineering Medicine Coolers | Thermal Energy Transfer | MS-PS1-6 MS-PS3-3 MS-ETS1-1 MS-ETS1-2 |
Energy and Matter |
| 6-8 | Engineering Eco- friendly Slippers | Force and Motion
Friction Balanced and Unbalanced Forces |
MS-PS3-1 MS-PS2-2 MS-ETS1-1 MS-ETS1-2 |
Stability and Change |
| 6-8 | Engineering Landing Pads | Kinetic Energy Transfer
Collisions |
MS-PS2-1 MS-PS3-2 MS-PS3-5 MS-ETS1-1 MS-ETS1-2 MS-ETS1-3 MS-ETS1-4 |
Energy and Matter Structure and Function |
| 6-8 | Engineering Vision Extenders | Reflection of Light | MS-PS4-2 MS-ETS1-1 MS-ETS1-2 MS-ETS1-3 MS-ETS1-4 |
Structure and Function |
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