Physical Science Progression Map
Matter, forces, energy, and waves as they articulate across elementary, middle, and high school.
Hover a standard to trace what it builds on and what it leads to. Click for details. Solid lines are essential prerequisites, dashed lines are supporting connections. A dashed outline marks a connected standard from a neighboring topic.
How to read this map
Each chip is one standard, placed in its grade. A line between two standards means the earlier one was verified as a prerequisite for the later one, against the official framework documents and published curriculum progressions. If a student is stuck on a standard, look one column left. If they have mastered it, the lines to the right show where that skill goes next. Every chip links to a full breakdown of the standard with teaching ideas. How these connections are verified.
All standards on this map, as a list
Matter and its interactions
2-PS1-1 → 2-PS1-2 → 2-PS1-3 → 2-PS1-4 → 5-PS1-1 → 5-PS1-2 → 5-PS1-3 → 5-PS1-4 → HS-PS1-1 → HS-PS1-2 → HS-PS1-3 → HS-PS1-4 → HS-PS1-5 → HS-PS1-6 → HS-PS1-7 → HS-PS1-8 → MS-PS1-1 → MS-PS1-2 → MS-PS1-3 → MS-PS1-4 → MS-PS1-5 → MS-PS1-6
Motion and stability
3-PS2-1 → 3-PS2-2 → 3-PS2-3 → 3-PS2-4 → 5-PS2-1 → HS-PS2-1 → HS-PS2-2 → HS-PS2-3 → HS-PS2-4 → HS-PS2-5 → HS-PS2-6 → K-PS2-1 → K-PS2-2 → MS-PS2-1 → MS-PS2-2 → MS-PS2-3 → MS-PS2-4 → MS-PS2-5