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View all PreK-12 NYS Learning Standards in a dropdown list format.
Standard Area - ARTS: NYS The Arts
Standard Area - ARTS: NYS The Arts
Standard Area - CDOS: NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies
Standard Area - CDOS: NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies
Standard Area - CSDF: NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency
Standard Area - CSDF: NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency
Standard Area - ELA: NYS Next Generation English Language Arts
Standard Area - ELA: NYS Next Generation English Language Arts
Standard Area - HPF: NYS Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences
Standard Area - HPF: NYS Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences
Standard Area - NY-MATH: NYS Next Generation Mathematics
Standard Area - NY-MATH: NYS Next Generation Mathematics
Standard Area - PE: NYS Physical Education
Standard Area - PE: NYS Physical Education
Standard Area - S: NYS Science
Standard Area - S: NYS Science
Grade Level - S.K: Kindergarten
Grade Level - S.K: Kindergarten
Grade Level - S.1: First Grade
Grade Level - S.1: First Grade
Grade Level - S.2: Second Grade
Grade Level - S.2: Second Grade
Grade Band - S.K-2: Kindergarten - Second Grade
Grade Band - S.K-2: Kindergarten - Second Grade
Grade Level - S.3: Third Grade
Grade Level - S.3: Third Grade
Grade Level - S.4: Fourth Grade
Grade Level - S.4: Fourth Grade
Grade Level - S.5: Fifth Grade
Grade Level - S.5: Fifth Grade
Grade Band - S.3-5: Third - Fifth Grades
Grade Band - S.3-5: Third - Fifth Grades
Grade Level - S.MS: Middle School
Grade Level - S.MS: Middle School
Domain - S.MS.PS: Structure and Properties of Matter
Domain - S.MS.PS: Structure and Properties of Matter
Domain - S.MS.PS: Chemical Reactions
Domain - S.MS.PS: Chemical Reactions
Domain - S.MS.PS: Forces and Interactions
Domain - S.MS.PS: Forces and Interactions
Domain - S.MS.PS: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
Domain - S.MS.PS: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
Domain - S.MS.LS: Structure, Function, and Information Processing
Domain - S.MS.LS: Structure, Function, and Information Processing
Domain - S.MS.LS: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Domain - S.MS.LS: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Domain - S.MS.LS: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Domain - S.MS.LS: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Domain - S.MS.LS: Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms
Domain - S.MS.LS: Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.1.4: Students who demonstrate understanding can use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproducti
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.1.4: Students who demonstrate understanding can use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproducti
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.1.5: Students who demonstrate understanding can construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.1.5: Students who demonstrate understanding can construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Clarification Statement - S.MS.LS.1.5.CS: Examples of local environmental conditions could include availability of food, light, space, and water. Examples of genetic factors could include large breed cattle and species of grass affecting growth of organisms. Examples of evidence could include dr
Clarification Statement - S.MS.LS.1.5.CS: Examples of local environmental conditions could include availability of food, light, space, and water. Examples of genetic factors could include large breed cattle and species of grass affecting growth of organisms. Examples of evidence could include dr
Assessment Boundary - S.MS.LS.1.5.AB: Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms, gene regulation, biochemical processes, or natural selection.
Assessment Boundary - S.MS.LS.1.5.AB: Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms, gene regulation, biochemical processes, or natural selection.
Science and Engineering Practices - 6-8.SEP6.3: Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources (including the students’ own experiments) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and wil
Science and Engineering Practices - 6-8.SEP6.3: Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources (including the students’ own experiments) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and wil
Disciplinary Core Ideas - S.MS.LS.1.5.DCI: LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
•Genetic factors as well as local conditions affect the growthof the adult plant.
Disciplinary Core Ideas - S.MS.LS.1.5.DCI: LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
•Genetic factors as well as local conditions affect the growthof the adult plant.
Crosscutting Concepts - CC2.6: Phenomena may have more than one cause, and some cause and effect relationships in systems can only be described using probability.
Crosscutting Concepts - CC2.6: Phenomena may have more than one cause, and some cause and effect relationships in systems can only be described using probability.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.3.1: Students who demonstrate understanding can develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function o
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.3.1: Students who demonstrate understanding can develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function o
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.3.2: Students who demonstrate understanding can develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.3.2: Students who demonstrate understanding can develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.4.5: Students who demonstrate understanding can gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.4.5: Students who demonstrate understanding can gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
Domain - S.MS.LS: Natural Selection and Adaptations
Domain - S.MS.LS: Natural Selection and Adaptations
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Space Systems
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Space Systems
Domain - S.MS.ESS: History of Earth
Domain - S.MS.ESS: History of Earth
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Earth’s Systems
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Earth’s Systems
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Weather and Climate
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Weather and Climate
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Human Impacts
Domain - S.MS.ESS: Human Impacts
Domain - S.MS.ETS: Engineering Design
Domain - S.MS.ETS: Engineering Design
Grade Level - S.HS: High School
Grade Level - S.HS: High School
Standard Area - SEL: NYS Social Emotional Learning Benchmarks
Standard Area - SEL: NYS Social Emotional Learning Benchmarks
Standard Area - SS: NYS Social Studies Framework
Standard Area - SS: NYS Social Studies Framework
Standard Area - TECH: Learning Standards for Technology (see MST standards under Previous Standard Versions)
Standard Area - TECH: Learning Standards for Technology (see MST standards under Previous Standard Versions)
Standard Area - WL: World Languages
Standard Area - WL: World Languages
Standard Area - Previous Standards Versions
Standard Area - Previous Standards Versions
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