NGSS: Science

MS-ESS3-1

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earths mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how these resources are limited and typically non-renewable, and how their distributions are significantly changing as a result of removal by humans. … Read More “MS-ESS3-1”

October 1, 2018
MS-PS3-2

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.

October 1, 2018
MS-LS4-4

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals? probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.

October 1, 2018
MS-LS4-5

Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.

October 1, 2018
MS-LS4-6

Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.

October 1, 2018
MS-PS1-1

Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

October 1, 2018
MS-PS1-2

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

October 1, 2018
MS-PS1-3

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

October 1, 2018
MS-LS2-1

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

October 1, 2018
MS-PS1-4

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

October 1, 2018
MS-LS2-2

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

October 1, 2018
MS-PS1-5

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

October 1, 2018