NGSS Correlations
  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

  2. 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-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and di...more

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

    MS-LS1-6. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for ...more

    MS-LS1-7. Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged throug...more

    MS-LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the ef...more

    MS-LS2-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of intera...more

    MS-LS2-3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flo...more

    MS-LS2-4. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence tha...more

    MS-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodi...more

  3. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

  4. 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

    Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

    Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  5. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

  6. Cause and Effect

    Energy and Matter

    Patterns

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Stability and Change

    Structure and Function

    Systems and System Models

  7. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

  8. 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

    LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

    LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    LS2.B: Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

    LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience

    LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans

    PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life