NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 1: What Is Matter Made Of?
Lesson 2: Why Are Materials Different?
Lesson 3: How Can Substances Be Identified?
Lesson 4: How Do Scientists Know When Substances Change?
Lesson 5: What Causes Substances to Change?
Lesson 6: How Do Changes to Substances Affect Their Weights?
Lesson 7: How Do Engineers Improve Materials?

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

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

    3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are co...more

    5-PS1-1. Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particl...more

    5-PS1-2. Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that rega...more

    5-PS1-3. Make observations and measurements to identify materials b...more

    5-PS1-4. Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing o...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

    Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

    Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Cause and Effect

    Energy and Matter

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter

    PS1.B: Chemical Reactions