National Science Standards Framework and Next Generation Science Standards
The LESSON PLANS correlate to the National Science Standards Framework and Next Generation Science Standards.
National Science Standards Framework
3-5.ESS2.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Earth Materials and Systems
3-5.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
3-5.LS1.B – Life Sciences: Growth and Development of Organisms
3-5.LS1.C – Life Sciences: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
3-8.ESS2.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Earth Materials and Systems
3-8.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
3-8.ESS2.D – Earth and Space Sciences: Weather and Climate
3-8.ESS3.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Resources
3-8.ESS3.B – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Hazards
3-8.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
3-8.ETS1.B – Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science: Developing Possible Solutions
3-8.LS1.A – Life Sciences: Structure and Function
3-8.LS2.A – Life Sciences: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
3-8.LS2.C – Life Sciences: Ecosystems Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience
3-8.LS2.D – Life Sciences: Social Interactions and Group Behavior
3-8.PS2.A – Physical Sciences: Forces and Motion
3-8.PS2.B – Physical Sciences: Types of Interactions
3-12.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
3-12.ESS3.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Resources
3-12.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
3-12.ETS1.A – Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science: Defining and Delimiting and Engineering Problem
3-12.ETS1.B – Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science: Developing Possible Solutions
3-12.LS2.A – Life Sciences: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
3-12.LS2.C – Life Sciences: Ecosystems Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience
3-12.LS4.C – Life Sciences: Adaptation
3-12.PS1.B – Physical Sciences: Chemical Reactions
3-12.PS2.A – Physical Sciences: Forces and Motion
3-12.PS4.A – Physical Sciences: Wave Properties
6-8.ESS2.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Earth Materials and Systems
6-8.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
6-8.ESS3.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Resources
6-8.ESS3.B – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Hazards
6-8.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
6-8.LS1.A – Life Sciences: Structure and Function
6-8.LS1.B – Life Sciences: Growth and Development of Organisms
6-8.LS2.C – Life Sciences: Ecosystems Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience
6-8.PS1.A – Physical Sciences: Structure and Properties of Matter
6-8.PS1.B – Physical Sciences: Chemical Reactions
6-8.PS2.B – Physical Sciences: Types of Interactions
6-8.PS3.B – Physical Sciences: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
6-8.PS3.D – Physical Sciences: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
6-12.ESS2.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Earth Materials and Systems
6-12.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
6-12.ESS2.D – Earth and Space Sciences: Weather and Climate
6-12.ESS3.B – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Hazards
6-12.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
6-12.LS2.C – Life Sciences: Ecosystems Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience
6-12.PS1.A – Physical Sciences: Structure and Properties of Matter
9-12.ESS3.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Resources
K-2.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
K-2.ESS3.A – Earth and Space Sciences: Natural Resources
K-2.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
K-2.LS1.A – Life Sciences: Structure and Function
K-5.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
K-5.LS1.A – Life Sciences: Structure and Function
K-5.PS1.A – Physical Sciences: Structure and Properties of Matter
K-5.PS1.B – Physical Sciences: Chemical Reactions
K-5.PS3.B – Physical Sciences: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
K-7.ESS2.B – Earth and Space Sciences: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale Systems
K-8.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
K-8.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
K-12.ESS2.C – Earth and Space Sciences: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
K-12.ESS3.C – Earth and Space Sciences: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
Next Generation Science Standards
3-5-ETS1-1 – Engineering Design
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
3-5-ETS1-2 – Engineering Design
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
3-ESS2-1 – Earth’s Systems
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
3-ESS2-2 – Earth’s Systems
Obtain and combine information to describe climates indifferent regions of the world.
3-PS2-1 – Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
3-PS2-2 – Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
4-ESS2-1 – Earth’s Systems
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
4-ESS3-2 – Earth and Human Activity
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
4-PS3-4 – Energy
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
5-ESS2-1 – Earth’s Systems
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
5-ESS2-2 – Earth’s Systems
Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
5-ESS3-1 – Earth and Human Activity
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
5-LS2-1 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
5-PS1-1 – Matter and its Interactions
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
5-PS1-4 – Matter and its Interactions
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
5-PS3-1 – Energy
Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
HS-ESS2-5 – Earth’s Systems
Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.
HS-ESS3-3 – Earth and Human Activity
Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
HS-ESS3-4 – Earth and Human Activity
Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
HS-ETS1-1 – Engineering Design
Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
HS-ETS1-3 – Engineering Design
Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
HS-LS2-7 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
HS-LS4-2 – Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Construct an explanation based on evidence that the process of evolution primarily results from four factors: (1) the potential for a species to increase in number, (2) the heritable genetic variation of individuals in a species due to mutation and sexual reproduction, (3) competition for limited resources, and (4) the proliferation of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce in the environment.
HS-LS4-4 – Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
HS-PS1-2 – Matter and its Interactions
Construct and revise an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms, trends in the periodic table, and knowledge of the patterns of chemical properties.
HS-PS1-5 – Matter and its Interactions
Apply scientific principles and evidence to provide an explanation about the effects of changing the temperature or concentration of the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs.
HS-PS1-6 – Matter and its Interactions
Refine the design of a chemical system by specifying a change in conditions that would produce increased amounts of products at equilibrium.
HS-PS2-3 – Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision.
HS-PS3-3 – Energy
Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.
K-ESS3-1 – Earth and Human Activity
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-ESS3-3 – Earth and Human Activity
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
MS-ESS2-2 – Earth's Systems
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
MS-ESS2-4 – Earth's Systems
Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
MS-ESS2-5 – Earth's Systems
Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
MS-ESS2-6 – Earth's Systems
Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
MS-ESS3-2 – Earth and Human Activity
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
MS-ESS3-3 – Earth and Human Activity
Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
MS-ESS3-4 – Earth and Human Activity
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.
MS-ETS1-1 – Engineering Design
Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
MS-ETS1-3 – Engineering Design
Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
MS-ETS1-4 – Engineering Design
Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
MS-LS1-2 – From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
MS-LS1-3 – From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
MS-LS1-4 – From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
MS-LS1-7 – From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
MS-LS2-1 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-2 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
MS-PS1-1 – Matter and its Interactions
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
MS-PS1-2 – Matter and its Interactions
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
MS-PS1-3 – Matter and its Interactions
Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
MS-PS1-4 – Matter and its Interactions
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.
MS-PS1-6 – Matter and its Interactions
Undertake a design project to construct,test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
MS-PS2-1 – Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
MS-PS2-2 – Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
MS-PS2-5 – Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
MS-PS3-3 – Energy
Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
MS-PS3-4 – Energy
Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
