Standards Matrix K-4
Orbital Laboratory® Module 3 Lessons

Lesson	Pre-flight	Launch Plan	Lift-off Day	Fat-Face	Make Way	Work-out	No Bones	Back Home
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES
Systems, order, and organization
Evidence, models, and explanation				x	x	x	x
Change, constancy, and measurement
Evolution and equilibrium
Form and function				x	x	x	x
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry		x				x
Understandings about scientific inquiry
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Properties of objects and materials
Position and motion of objects					x	x
Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism
LIFE SCIENCE
Characteristics of organisms				x	x	x	x
Life cycles of organisms
Organisms and environments				x	x	x	x
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
Properties of Earth materials
Objects in the sky			x					x
Changes in Earth and sky
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abilities of technological design		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	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Characteristics and changes in populations
Types of resources
Changes in environments
Science and technology in local challenges	x	x						x
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
Science as a human endeavor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x