NGSS Correlations
  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

  2. MS-ESS1-4. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence fro...more

    MS-ESS2-1. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's mater...more

    MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geosc...more

    MS-ESS2-3. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossil...more

    MS-ESS2-4. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through...more

    MS-ESS3-1. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for...more

    MS-ESS3-2. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecas...more

    MS-ESS3-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how incr...more

    MS-ETS1-1. Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem ...more

    MS-ETS1-2. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic p...more

    MS-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and di...more

    MS-ETS1-4. Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing a...more

    MS-LS1-6. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for ...more

    MS-LS1-7. Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged throug...more

    MS-LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the ef...more

    MS-LS2-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of intera...more

    MS-LS2-3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flo...more

    MS-LS2-4. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence tha...more

    MS-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodi...more

    MS-PS1-1. Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simp...more

    MS-PS1-2. Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substance...more

    MS-PS1-3. Gather and make sense of information to describe that syn...more

    MS-PS1-4. Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in pa...more

    MS-PS1-5. Develop and use a model to describe how the total number ...more

    MS-PS1-6. Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify...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.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

    ESS3.A: Natural Resources

    ESS3.B: Natural Hazards

    ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

    ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

    LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

    LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    LS2.B: Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

    LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience

    LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans

    PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter

    PS1.B: Chemical Reactions

    PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

    PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life