Use Advancing STEM to help prepare your students for the new NYS Science Investigations.

Each of the four NYS Science Investigations aligns with an Advancing STEM kit.  The table below shows the Advancing STEM title that aligns with each of the Investigations based on performance expectations alignment.  

NYS Elementary-Level Science Investigation	Weather and Climate:  Cloud in a Bottle	Inheritance and Variation of Traits:  Cycles and Traits Circle of Life	Energy:  Light It Up	Structure and Properties of Matter:  What's In the Bag?
Recommended Administration Grade Level **	Grade 3	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Primary Performance Expectations	3-ESS2-3	3-LS1-1	4-PS3-4	5-PS1-4
Related Performance Expectations	3-ESS2-1; 3-ESS2-2	3-LS4-3; 5-PS3-1	4-PS3-2	5-PS1-2

Aligned Advancing STEM Curriculum	Grade 3 Weather Around the World: Data Trends, Water Cycle, and Weather Hazards	Grade 3 ​Hand-Me-Down Genes: Life Cycles and Traits of Butterflies  ​	Grade 4 ​Full of Potential: The Effects of Energy ​	Grade 5 Chemistry in the Kitchen:  Structure and Properties of Matter ​
Performance Expectations	3-ESS2-1; 3-ESS2-2; ​3-ESS2-3	3-LS1-1; 3-LS3-1; 3-LS3-2; 3-LS4-2 ***	4-PS3-1; 4-PS3-2; ​4-PS3-3; 4-PS3-4	5-PS1-1; 5-PS1-2; ​5-PS1-3; 5-PS1-4

 ** Recommended administration grade levels are based on the alignment of Performance Expectations in the Investigation and curriculum. It is a “local decision” to determine grade levels for which Investigations are administered. 
*** Related PE's found in:  "Grade 4 - I Will Survive:  Organisms Surviving in Different Environments" (3-LS4-3) and "Grade 5 - A Light Snack:  Energy and Matter in Ecosystems" (5-PS3-1)