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ELEMENTARY SCIENCE PHYSICAL SETTING KEY IDEAS AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
1. The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective. **2. Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land.**
 * describe patterns of daily, monthly, and seasonal changes in their environment
 * describe the relationsships among air, water, and land on Earth

**3. Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristics of matter and its reactivity.**
 * observe and describe properties of materials using appropriate tools
 * describe chemical and physical changes, including changes in states of matter

4. Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved.
 * describe a variety of forms of energy and the changes that occur in objects when they interact with those forms of energy
 * observe the way one form of energy can be transformed into another form present in common situations

5. Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.
 * describe the effects of common forces on objects, such as those caused by gravity, magnetism, and mechanical forces
 * describe how forces can operate across distances