NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 4: Capturing the Sun's Energy
Lesson 5: Using Stored Energy
Lesson 6: Food Webs and Trophic Pyramids
Lesson 7: Global Cycles of Matter

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

    2. MS-ETS1-2. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic p...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-LS2-3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flo...more

  2. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

    3. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

    Developing and Using Models

    Engaging in Argument from Evidence

    Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Energy and Matter

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Systems and System Models

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

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

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

    PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life