Browse Standards
From this browse and search tool, you will find the New York State (NYS) Learning Standards statements for all seven standard areas across grades Pre K - 12. The NYS Learning Standards provides the foundation for the NYS Assessments and the local core curriculum.
- - Drill Down
- - Print
- - Create PDF
- - Send to a Friend
- - Add to My ePortfolio
- - Educational Resources
- - Assessments
- - Common Core
- - Standard Level
- - Higher Level
- - Support Standard
- - Readiness Standard
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.4.1:
Students who demonstrate understanding can analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.4.2:
Students who demonstrate understanding can apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.4.3:
Students who demonstrate understanding can analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.4.4:
Students who demonstrate understanding can construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Performance Expectation - S.MS.LS.4.6:
Students who demonstrate understanding can use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Today is Friday, April 04, 2025
Hello, Guest!
