MS-ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe
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-ESS2: 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-ESS2-2: 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-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-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
Hurricane Motion - Metric
Weather Maps - Metric
MS-ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Carbon Cycle
MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Hurricane Motion - Metric
MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
GMOs and the Environment
MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Carbon Cycle
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
Correlation last revised: 9/19/2023