ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT

1. Key Idea: The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective.
          Performance Indicators--Students:
• recognize patterns of daily, monthly and seasonal changes in their environment

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2. Key Idea: Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land.
          Performance Indicators--Students:
• observe the relationships among air, water, and land on Earth

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3. Key Idea: Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristics of matter and its reactivity.
          Performance Indicators--Students:
• observe and describe properties of materials using appropriate tools

• observe chemical and physical changes, including changes in states of matter

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4. Key Idea: Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved.
          Performance Indicators--Students:
• observe a variety of forms of energy (e.g., heat, chemical, light) and the changes that occur in objects when they interact with those forms of energy

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5. Key Idea: Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.
          Performance Indicators--Students:
• investigate the use of common forces (pushes and pulls) on objects, such as those caused by gravity, magnetism, and mechanical forces