Construct an explanation of observed relationships.

Use evidence to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.

Identify the evidence that supports particular points in an explanation.

Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the design solution.

Read and comprehend grade-appropriate complex texts and/or other reliable media to summarize and obtain scientific and technical ideas and describe how they are supported by evidence.

Compare and/or combine across complex texts and/or other reliable media to support the engagement in other scientific and/or engineering practices.

Combine information in written text with that contained in corresponding tables, diagrams, and/or charts to support the engagement in other scientific and/or engineering practices.

Obtain and combine information from books and/or other reliable media to explain phenomena or solutions to a design problem.

Communicate scientific and/or technical information orally and/or in written formats, including various forms of media as well as tables, diagrams, and charts.

Students identify similarities and differences in order to sort and classify natural objects and designed products. They identify patterns related to time, including simple rates of change and cycles, and to use these patterns to make predictions.

When the environment changes some organisms survive and reproduce, some move to new locations, some move into the transformed environment, and some die.