NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 1: What Does Gravity Do?
Lesson 2: Why Is the Sun Brighter Than Other Stars?
Lesson 3: Why Is There Day and Night?
Lesson 4: How Do Shadows Change During the Day and Year?
Lesson 5: How Do Stars Seem to Move During the Night and Year?
Lesson 6: How Does the Moon Seem to Move and Change Shape?
Lesson 7: What Tools Do Scientists Use to Observe Space?

  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

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

    5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brig...more

    5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns o...more

    5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted b...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

    Patterns

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Stability and Change

    Structure and Function

    Systems and System Models

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ESS1.A: The Universe and Its Stars

    ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System

    ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

    PS2.B: Types of Interactions