MS.SPM: Structure and Properties of Matter
MS-PS1-1: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Dehydration Synthesis
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.
Melting Points
Phase Changes
Phases of Water
Temperature and Particle Motion
MS.FI: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-1: Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
Crumple Zones
MS-PS2-2: 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.
Crumple Zones
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Free-Fall Laboratory
MS.SS: Space Systems
MS-ESS1-1: Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
2D Eclipse
3D Eclipse
Eclipse
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Phases of the Moon
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter
MS-ESS1-2: Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
Gravity Pitch
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
MS-ESS1-3: Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
Weight and Mass
MS.HE: History of Earth
MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Erosion Rates
Plate Tectonics
River Erosion
Rock Cycle
Weathering
MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Building Pangaea
Plate Tectonics
MS.ES: Earth’s Systems
MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Carbon Cycle
Cell Energy Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle
Weathering
MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Water Cycle
MS.WC: Weather and Climate
MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
Hurricane Motion - Metric
Weather Maps - Metric
MS.MEO: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
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.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
MS.IRE: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020