NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 3: Earth's Tectonic Plates
Lesson 4: The Rock Cycle
Lesson 5: The Water Cycle
Engineering Challenge: Test and Improve a Solar Distiller
Lesson 6: Earth's Natural Resources

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

    2. MS-ESS2-1. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's mater...more

    MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosc...more

    MS-ESS2-3. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossil...more

    MS-ESS2-4. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through...more

    MS-ESS3-1. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for...more

    MS-ESS3-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how incr...more

    MS-ETS1-1. Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem ...more

    MS-ETS1-2. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic p...more

    MS-ETS1-4. Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing a...more

  2. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

    3. Analyzing and Interpreting Data

    Asking Questions and Defining Problems

    Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

    Developing and Using Models

    Engaging in Argument from Evidence

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

    Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Cause and Effect

    Energy and Matter

    Patterns

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Stability and Change

    Structure and Function

    Systems and System Models

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth

    ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems

    ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions

    ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

    ESS3.A: Natural Resources

    ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

    ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution