NGSS Correlations
  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

    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-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy an...more

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

    4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have interna...more

    4-LS1-2. Use a model to describe that animals receive different typ...more

    4-PS3-1. Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the spee...more

    4-PS3-2. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be t...more

    4-PS3-3. Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in en...more

    4-PS3-4. Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a devic...more

    4-PS4-1. Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of ...more

    4-PS4-2. Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from obj...more

    4-PS4-3. Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns ...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. 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.A: Natural Resources

    ESS3.B: Natural Hazards

    ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

    LS1.A: Structure and Function

    LS1.D: Information Processing

    PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

    PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

    PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces

    PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life

    PS4.A: Wave Properties

    PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation

    PS4.C: Information Technologies and Instrumentation