Data Lab Standards Matrix K-4

Lesson	Landing Site	Data from Mars	Mining Site	Data from the Moon	Water on the Moon
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES
Systems, order, and organization		x		x	x
Evidence, models, and explanation	x	x	x	x	x
Change, constancy, and measurement		x		x	x
Evolution and equilibrium
Form and function
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry	x	x	x	x	x
Understandings about scientific inquiry
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Properties of objects and materials	x	x	x	x	x
Position and motion of objects
Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism
LIFE SCIENCE
Characteristics of organisms
Life cycles of organisms
Organisms and environments
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
Properties of Earth materials	x	x	x	x	x
Objects in the sky
Changes in Earth and sky
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abilities of technological design	x	x	x	x	x
Understandings about science and technology
Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
Personal health
Characteristics and changes in populations
Types of resources			x
Changes in environments
Science and technology in local challenges
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
Science as a human endeavor