NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 15: Climate Patterns
Lesson 16: Global Circulation of the Atmosphere
Lesson 17: How the Ocean Affects Climate
Lesson 18: Local Climate
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Microclimate
Lesson 19: Earth's Climate Over Time
Lesson 20: Climate Today and Tomorrow

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

    2. MS-ESS2-6. Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating ...more

    MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monit...more

    MS-ESS3-5. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that ha...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

  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

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Cause and Effect

    Energy and Matter

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Stability and Change

    Structure and Function

    Systems and System Models

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

    ESS2.D: Weather and Climate

    ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

    ESS3.D: Global Climate Change

    ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions