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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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Standard Area - MST: Math, Science & Technology

Standard - MST4: Science
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

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Key Idea Code - MST4.PS: Physical Setting

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Key Idea - MST4.PS1: Physical Setting
The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective.

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Academic Level - MST4.E.PS1: Elementary

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Performance Indicator - MST4.E.PS1A:
Students describe patterns of daily, monthly, and seasonal changes in their environment.

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Major Understandings - 1.1a :
Natural cycles and patterns include:

Earth spinning around once every 24 hours (rotation), resulting in day and night
Earth moving in a path around the Sun (revolution), resulting in one Earth year
the length of daylight and darkness varying with the seasons
weather changing from day to day and through the seasons
the appearance of the Moon changing as it moves in a path around Earth to complete a single cycle

Major Understandings - 1.1c :
The Sun and other stars appear to move in a recognizable pattern both daily and seasonally.

Major Understandings - 1.1b :
Humans organize time into units based on natural motions of Earth:

second, minute, hour
week, month