NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 1: What Is Weather?
Lesson 2: When Does Weather Change?
Lesson 3: What Keeps Earth Warm?
Lesson 4: How Can People Stay Cool in Hot Weather?
Lesson 5: What Makes Storms on Earth?
Lesson 6: How Can People Prepare for Storms?

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

    2. K-2-ETS1-1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather informatio...more

    K-2-ETS1-2. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to ...more

    K-2-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solv...more

    K-ESS2-1. Use and share observations of local weather conditions to...more

    K-ESS3-2. Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of ...more

    K-PS3-1. Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on E...more

    K-PS3-2. Use tools and materials to design and build a structure th...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

    Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

    Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Cause and Effect

    Patterns

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Stability and Change

    Structure and Function

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ESS2.D: Weather and Climate

    ESS3.B: Natural Hazards

    ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

    PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer