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Atoms & Molecules NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS1-2 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Chemical Reactions NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS1-3 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Synthetic Materials NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS1-4 Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Intro to Thermal Energy NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS1-5 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.
Chemical Reactions NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS1-6 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.
Intro to Thermal Energy NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS1-7 Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Newton’s Laws of Motion NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS2-2 Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
Newton’s Laws of Motion NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS2-3 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.
Electric & Magnetic Fields NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS2-4 Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Gravitational Forces Between Objects NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS2-5 Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Electric & Magnetic Fields NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS2-6 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.
Potential vs. Kinetic Energy NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS3-2 Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Potential vs. Kinetic Energy NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS3-3 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.
Heat: Transfer of Thermal Energy NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS3-4 Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Heat: Transfer of Thermal Energy NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS3-5 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.
Potential vs. Kinetic Energy NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS3-6 Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Wave Reflection, Absorption & Transmittance NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS4-2 Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Sound Waves NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS4-3 Integrate qualitative and quantitative information to describe how the frequency and wavelength of a wave depend on the medium through which it is traveling.
Electromagnetic Waves NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS4-4 Apply scientific principles to design an experiment to test the effects of different frequencies of electromagnetic waves on matter.
Electromagnetic Spectrum NGSS MS Physical Sciences MS-PS4-5 Evaluate the evidence for the role of the electromagnetic spectrum in technology and everyday life.
Plant & Animal Cells NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-1 Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Plant & Animal Cells NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-2 Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function.
Multicellular Organisms NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-3 Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Reproduction of Living Things NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-4 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.
Competition in Ecosystems NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-5 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Photosynthesis & Respiration NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-6 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Food Webs: Cycling of Matter & Flow of Energy NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-7 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.
Multicellular Organisms NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS1-8 Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
Competition in Ecosystems NGSS MS Life Sciences 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.
Symbiosis (Interactions Between Organisms) NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Food Webs: Cycling of Matter & Flow of Energy NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS2-3 Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Competition in Ecosystems NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Maintaining Biodiversity NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Genes & Mutations NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS3-1 Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Reproduction of Living Things NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS3-2 Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
The Fossil Record NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Comparative Anatomy NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS4-2 Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Comparative Anatomy NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS4-3 Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Natural Selection NGSS MS Life Sciences 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.
Biotechnology NGSS MS Life Sciences MS-LS4-5 Gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
Natural Selection NGSS MS Life Sciences 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.

MS EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

MS PHYSICAL SCIENCE

MS LIFE SCIENCE

MS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
  1. Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Resources
  2. Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Resources
  3. Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Resources