NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 1: What Are Some Clues That Earth's Surface Changes?
Lesson 2: How Does Water Change Earth's Surface?
Lesson 3: How Does Wind Change Earth's Surface?
Lesson 4: How Do Living Things Change Earth's Surface?
Lesson 5: How Do Fossils Form and What Do They Show?
Lesson 6: Where on Earth Are Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountains Found?
Lesson 7: What Can People Do About Natural Hazards?

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

    2. 3-5-ETS1-1. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a w...more

    3-5-ETS1-2. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a p...more

    4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fo...more

    4-ESS2-1. Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence...more

    4-ESS2-2. Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns...more

    4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the imp...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

    Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

    Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Cause and Effect

    Patterns

    Stability and Change

  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.E: Biogeology

    ESS3.B: Natural Hazards

    ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions