Georgia Science Standards Alignment

Georgia standards alignment
Stile unit	Grade	Code	Statement
Our place in space	6	S6E1.a	Ask questions to determine changes in models of Earth’s position in the solar system, and origins of the universe as evidence that scientific theories change with the addition of new information.
Our place in space	6	S6E1.b	Develop a model to represent the position of the solar system in the Milky Way galaxy and in the known universe.
Our place in space	6	S6E1.c	Analyze and interpret data to compare and contrast the planets in our solar system in terms of: size relative to Earth, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life.
Our place in space	6	S6E1.d	Develop and use a model to explain the interaction of gravity and inertia that governs the motion of objects in the solar system.
Our place in space	6	S6E1.e	Ask questions to compare and contrast the characteristics, composition, and location of comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.
Our place in space	6	S6E2.a	Develop and use a model to demonstrate the phases of the moon by showing the relative positions of the sun, Earth, and moon.
Our place in space	6	S6E2.b	Construct an explanation of the cause of solar and lunar eclipses.
Our place in space	6	S6E2.c	Analyze and interpret data to relate the tilt of the Earth to the distribution of sunlight throughout the year and its effect on seasons.
Earth Systems	6	S6E3.b	Plan and carry out an investigation to illustrate the role of the sun’s energy in atmospheric conditions that lead to the cycling of water.
Earth Systems	6	S6E4.a	Analyze and interpret data to compare and contrast the composition of Earth’s atmospheric layers (including the ozone layer) and greenhouse gases.
Earth Systems	6	S6E4.b	Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate how energy from the sun transfers heat to air, land and water at different rates.
Earth Systems	6	S6E4.c	Develop a model demonstrating the interaction between unequal heating and the rotation of the Earth that causes local and global wind systems.
Earth Systems	6	S6E4.d	Construct an explanation of the relationship between air pressure, weather fronts, and air masses and meteorological events such as tornados and thunderstorms.
Earth Systems	6	S6E4.e	Analyze and interpret weather data to explain the effects of moisture evaporating from the ocean on weather patterns and weather events such as hurricanes.
Earth Systems	6	S6E6.b	Design and evaluate solutions for sustaining the quality and supply of natural resources such as water, soil, and air.
The hydrosphere	6	S6E3.a	Ask questions to determine where water is located on Earth’s surface (oceans, rivers, lakes, swamps, groundwater, aquifers, and ice) and communicate the relative proportion of water at each location.
The hydrosphere	6	S6E3.c	Ask questions to identify and communicate, using graphs and maps, the composition, location, and subsurface topography of the world’s oceans.
The hydrosphere	6	S6E3.d	Analyze and interpret data to create graphic representations of the causes and effects of waves, currents, and tides in Earth’s systems.
The hydrosphere	6	S6E6.b	Design and evaluate solutions for sustaining the quality and supply of natural resources such as water, soil, and air.
Climate change	6	S6E6.c	Construct an argument evaluating contributions to the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Active earth	6	S6E3.c	Ask questions to identify and communicate, using graphs and maps, the composition, location, and subsurface topography of the world’s oceans.
Active earth	6	S6E5.a	Ask questions to compare and contrast the Earth’s crust, mantle, inner and outer core, including temperature, density, thickness, and composition.
Active earth	6	S6E5.b	Plan and carry out an investigation of the characteristics of minerals and how minerals contribute to rock composition.
Active earth	6	S6E5.c	Construct an explanation of how to classify rocks by their formation and how rocks change through geologic processes in the rock cycle.
Active earth	6	S6E5.d	Ask questions to identify types of weathering, agents of erosion and transportation, and environments of deposition.
Active earth	6	S6E5.e	Develop a model to demonstrate how natural processes (weathering, erosion, and deposition) and human activity change rocks and the surface of the Earth.
Active earth	6	S6E5.f	Construct an explanation of how the movement of lithospheric plates, called plate tectonics, can cause major geologic events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Active earth	6	S6E5.g	Construct an argument using maps and data collected to support a claim of how fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate of the Earth.
Active earth	6	S6E5.h	Plan and carry out an investigation to provide evidence that soil is composed of layers of weathered rocks and decomposed organic material.
Resources	6	S6E6.a	Ask questions to determine the differences between renewable/sustainable energy resources (examples: hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, biomass) and nonrenewable energy resources (examples: nuclear: uranium, fossil fuels: oil, coal, and natural gas), and how they are used in our everyday lives.
Resources	6	S6E6.b	Design and evaluate solutions for sustaining the quality and supply of natural resources such as water, soil, and air.
Cells	7	S7L2.a	Develop a model and construct an explanation of how cell structures (specifically the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts, lysosome, and mitochondria) contribute to the function of the cell as a system in obtaining nutrients in order to grow, reproduce, make needed materials, and process waste.
Cells	7	S7L2.b	Develop and use a conceptual model of how cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms.
Cells	7	S7L2.c	Construct an argument that systems of the body (Cardiovascular, Excretory, Digestive, Respiratory, Muscular, Nervous, and Immune) interact with one another to carry out life processes.
Body systems	7	S7L2.b	Develop and use a conceptual model of how cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms.
Body systems	7	S7L2.c	Construct an argument that systems of the body (Cardiovascular, Excretory, Digestive, Respiratory, Muscular, Nervous, and Immune) interact with one another to carry out life processes.
Food chains and food webs	7	S7L4.a	Construct an explanation for the patterns of interactions observed in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of the ecosystem.
Food chains and food webs	7	S7L4.b	Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.
Food chains and food webs	7	S7L4.d	Ask questions to gather and synthesize information from multiple sources to differentiate between Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e., tropical rain forest, savanna, temperate forest, desert, grassland, taiga, and tundra) and aquatic ecosystems (i.e., freshwater, estuaries, and marine).
Ecosystems	7	S7L4.a	Construct an explanation for the patterns of interactions observed in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of the ecosystem.
Ecosystems	7	S7L4.b	Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.
Ecosystems	7	S7L4.c	Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for how resource availability, disease, climate, and human activity affect individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.
The importance of biodiversity	7	S7L4.c	Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for how resource availability, disease, climate, and human activity affect individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.
Survival of species	7	S7L3.b	Develop and use a model to describe how asexual reproduction can result in offspring with identical genetic information while sexual reproduction results in genetic variation.
Survival of species	7	S7L5.b	Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variation and environmental factors influence the probability of survival and reproduction of a species.
Genetics	7	S7L3.a	Construct an explanation supported with scientific evidence of the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait.
Genetics	7	S7L3.b	Develop and use a model to describe how asexual reproduction can result in offspring with identical genetic information while sexual reproduction results in genetic variation.
Genetics	7	S7L3.c	Ask questions to gather and synthesize information about the ways humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms through selective breeding.
Classification	7	S7L1.a	Develop and defend a model that categorizes organisms based on common characteristics.
Classification	7	S7L1.b	Evaluate historical models of how organisms were classified based on physical characteristics and how that led to the six kingdom system (currently archaea, bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals).
Evolution	7	S7L3.c	Ask questions to gather and synthesize information about the ways humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms through selective breeding.
Evolution	7	S7L5.a	Use mathematical representations to evaluate explanations of how natural selection leads to changes in specific traits of populations over successive generations.
Evolution	7	S7L5.b	Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variation and environmental factors influence the probability of survival and reproduction of a species.
Evolution	7	S7L5.c	Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, and extinction of organisms and their relationships to modern organisms.
Energy	8	S8P2.a	Analyze and interpret data to create graphical displays that illustrate the relationships of kinetic energy to mass and speed, and potential energy to mass and height of an object.
Energy	8	S8P2.b	Plan and carry out an investigation to explain the transformation between kinetic and potential energy within a system (e.g., roller coasters, pendulums, rubber bands, etc.).
Energy	8	S8P2.c	Construct an argument to support a claim about the type of energy transformations within a system [e.g., lighting a match (light to heat), turning on a light (electrical to light)].
States of matter	8	S8P1.a	Develop and use a model to compare and contrast pure substances (elements and compounds) and mixtures.
States of matter	8	S8P1.b	Develop and use models to describe the movement of particles in solids, liquids, gases, and plasma states when thermal energy is added or removed.
States of matter	8	S8P1.c	Plan and carry out investigations to compare and contrast chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility) and physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) properties of matter.
Elements and compounds	8	S8P1.a	Develop and use a model to compare and contrast pure substances (elements and compounds) and mixtures.
Elements and compounds	8	S8P1.e	Develop models (e.g., atomic-level models, including drawings, and computer representations) by analyzing patterns within the periodic table that illustrate the structure, composition, and characteristics of atoms (protons, neutrons, and electrons) and simple molecules.
Elements and compounds	8	S8P1.c	Plan and carry out investigations to compare and contrast chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility) and physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) properties of matter.
Physical and chemical change	8	S8P1.c	Plan and carry out investigations to compare and contrast chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility) and physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) properties of matter.
Physical and chemical change	8	S8P1.d	Construct an argument based on observational evidence to support the claim that when a change in a substance occurs, it can be classified as either chemical or physical.
Physical and chemical change	8	S8P1.f	Construct an explanation based on evidence to describe conservation of matter in a chemical reaction including the resulting differences between products and reactants.
Motion	8	S8P3.a	Analyze and interpret data to identify patterns in the relationships between speed and distance, and velocity and acceleration.
Heat	8	S8P1.d	Construct an argument based on observational evidence to support the claim that when a change in a substance occurs, it can be classified as either chemical or physical.
Heat	8	S8P2.d	Plan and carry out investigations on the effects of heat transfer on molecular motion as it relates to the collision of atoms (conduction), through space (radiation), or in currents in a liquid or a gas (convection).
Newton’s law of motion	8	S8P3.b	Construct an explanation using Newton’s Laws of Motion to describe the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Newton’s law of motion	8	S8P3.c	Construct an argument from evidence to support the claim that the amount of force needed to accelerate an object is proportional to its mass (inertia).
Newton’s law of motion	8	S8P5.a	Construct an argument using evidence to support the claim that fields (i.e., magnetic fields, gravitational fields, and electric fields) exist between objects exerting forces on each other even when the objects are not in contact.
Non-contact forces and electricity	8	S8P5.a	Construct an argument using evidence to support the claim that fields (i.e., magnetic fields, gravitational fields, and electric fields) exist between objects exerting forces on each other even when the objects are not in contact.
Non-contact forces and electricity	8	S8P5.b	Plan and carry out investigations to demonstrate the distribution of charge in conductors and insulators.
Non-contact forces and electricity	8	S8P5.c	Plan and carry out investigations to identify the factors (e.g., distance between objects, magnetic force produced by an electromagnet with varying number of wire turns, varying number or size of dry cells, and varying size of iron core) that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Waves	8	S8P4.a	Ask questions to develop explanations about the similarities and differences between electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
Waves	8	S8P4.b	Construct an explanation using data to illustrate the relationship between the electromagnetic spectrum and energy.
Waves	8	S8P4.c	Design a device to illustrate practical applications of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., communication, medical, military).
Waves	8	S8P4.d	Develop and use a model to compare and contrast how light and sound waves are reflected, refracted, absorbed, diffracted or transmitted through various materials.
Waves	8	S8P4.e	Analyze and interpret data to predict patterns in the relationship between density of media and wave behavior (i.e., speed).
Waves	8	S8P4.f	Develop and use a model (e.g., simulations, graphs, illustrations) to predict and describe the relationships between wave properties (e.g., frequency, amplitude, and wavelength) and energy.
Waves	8	S8P4.g	Develop and use models to demonstrate the effects that lenses have on light (i.e., formation an image) and their possible technological applications.

Georgia Standards Alignment