From this browse and search tool, you will find the New York State (NYS) Learning Standards statements for all seven standard areas across grades PreK - 12. The NYS Learning Standards provides the foundation for the NYS Assessments and the local core curriculum.
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Major Understandings - 3.1g : Some properties of an object are dependent on the conditions of the present
surroundings in which the object exists. For example:
- temperature - hot or cold
- lighting - shadows, color
- moisture - wet or dry
Major Understandings - 3.1f : Objects and/or materials can be sorted or classified according to their properties.
Major Understandings - 3.1e : The material(s) an object is made up of determine some specific properties of the
object (sink/float, conductivity, magnetism). Properties can be observed or measured
with tools such as hand lenses, metric rulers, thermometers, balances, magnets, circuit
testers, and graduated cylinders.
Major Understandings - 3.1d : Measurements can be made with standard metric units and nonstandard units.
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Note: Exceptions to the metric system usage are found in meteorology.)
Major Understandings - 3.1c : Objects have properties that can be observed, described, and/or measured: length,
width, volume, size, shape, mass or weight, temperature, texture, flexibility, reflectiveness
of light.
Major Understandings - 3.1b : Matter has properties (color, hardness, odor, sound, taste, etc.) that can be
observed through the senses.
Major Understandings - 3.1a : Matter takes up space and has mass. Two objects cannot occupy the same place at
the same time.
Major Understandings - 3.2c :
Changes in the properties or materials of objects can be observed and described.
Major Understandings - 3.2b : Temperature can affect the state of matter of a substance.
Major Understandings - 3.2a : Matter exists in three states: solid, liquid, gas.
- solids have a definite shape and volume
- liquids do not have a definite shape but have a definite volume
- gases do not hold their shape or volume
Major Understandings - 3.1i :
Buoyancy is determined by comparative densities.
Major Understandings - 3.1h : Density can be described as the amount of matter that is in a given amount of
space. If two objects have equal volume, but one has more mass, the one with more
mass is denser.
Major Understandings - 3.1g : Characteristic properties can be used to identify different materials, and separate a
mixture of substances into its components. For example, iron can be removed from a
mixture by means of a magnet. An insoluble substance can be separated from a soluble
substance by such processes as filtration, settling, and evaporation.
Major Understandings - 3.1f : A solid has definite shape and volume. Particles resist a change in position.
Major Understandings - 3.1e : A liquid has definite volume, but takes the shape of a container.
Major Understandings - 3.1d : Gases have neither a determined shape nor a definite volume. Gases assume the
shape and volume of a closed container.
Major Understandings - 3.1c : The motion of particles helps to explain the phases (states) of matter as well as
changes from one phase to another. The phase in which matter exists depends on the
attractive forces among its particles.
Major Understandings - 3.1b : Solubility can be affected by the nature of the solute and solvent, temperature, and
pressure. The rate of solution can be affected by the size of the particles, stirring,
temperature, and the amount of solute already dissolved.
Major Understandings - 3.1a : Substances have characteristic properties. Some of these properties include color,
odor, phase at room temperature, density, solubility, heat and electrical conductivity,
hardness, and boiling and freezing points.
Major Understandings - 3.2e : The Law of Conservation of Mass states that during an ordinary chemical reaction
matter cannot be created or destroyed. In chemical reactions, the total mass of the
reactants equals the total mass of the products.
Major Understandings - 3.2d : Substances are often placed in categories if they react in similar ways. Examples
include metals, nonmetals, and noble gases.
Major Understandings - 3.2c : During a chemical change, substances react in characteristic ways to form new
substances with different physical and chemical properties. Examples of chemical
changes include burning of wood, cooking of an egg, rusting of iron, and souring of
milk.
Major Understandings - 3.2b : Mixtures are physical combinations of materials and can be separated by physical
means.
Major Understandings - 3.2a : During a physical change a substance keeps its chemical composition and properties. Examples of physical changes include freezing, melting, condensation, boiling,
evaporation, tearing, and crushing.
Major Understandings - 3.3g :
The periodic table is one useful model for classifying elements. The periodic table
can be used to predict properties of elements (metals, nonmetals, noble gases).
Major Understandings - 3.3f : There are more than 100 elements. Elements combine in a multitude of ways to
produce compounds that account for all living and nonliving substances. Few elements
are found in their pure form.
Major Understandings - 3.3e : The atoms of any one element are different from the atoms of other elements.
Major Understandings - 3.3d : Interactions among atoms and/or molecules result in chemical reactions.
Major Understandings - 3.3c : Atoms may join together in well-defined molecules or may be arranged in regular
geometric patterns.
Major Understandings - 3.3b : Atoms and molecules are perpetually in motion. The greater the temperature, the
greater the motion.
Major Understandings - 3.3a : All matter is made up of atoms. Atoms are far too small to see with a light
microscope.
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