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Unit 2 - Our Solar System

MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3

  • 2-1 The Planets of Our Solar System
  • 2-2 The Sun
  • 2-3 Stars
  • 2-4 Life Cycle of a Star
  • 2-5 Constellations
  • 2-6 Galaxies
  • 2-7 Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
  • 2-8 The Big Bang
  • 2-9 Conditions for Life
  • 2-10 Discovering Other Planets

Unit 3 - Planet Earth

MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS2-4

  • 3-1 Earth’s Place in the Solar System
  • 3-2 Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
  • 3-3 Day and Night
  • 3-4 Seasons
  • 3-5 The Moon
  • 3-6 Lunar Phases
  • 3-7 Eclipses
  • 3-8 Tides

Unit 4 - Earth's History

MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3

  • 4-1 The Formation of the Earth
  • 4-2 Geological Time Scale
  • 4-3 Early Life on Earth
  • 4-4 Mass Extinction
  • 4-5 Climate on Prehistoric Earth
  • 4-6 Types of Fossils
  • 4-7 The Fossil Record
  • 4-8 Relative and Absolute Dating

Unit 5 - Earth’s Materials and Systems

MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-3

  • 5-1 The Structure of the Earth
  • 5-2 The Earth’s Crust
  • 5-3 Plate Tectonics
  • 5-4 Convection
  • 5-5 Plate Boundaries
  • 5-6 Continental Drift
  • 5-7 Volcanoes
  • 5-8 Earthquakes
  • 5-9 Meteorites

Unit 6 - Earth’s Changing Surface

MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-4

  • 6-1 Chemical Weathering
  • 6-2 Physical Weathering
  • 6-3 Agents of Erosion
  • 6-4 The Erosion Cycle
  • 6-5 Rocks vs Minerals
  • 6-6 Classifying Rocks
  • 6-7 The Rock Cycle
  • 6-8 The Carbon Cycle
  • 6-9 The Nitrogen Cycle

Unit 7 - Water and Earth’s Surface Processes

MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-4

  • 7-1 The Hydrosphere
  • 7-2 Fresh vs. Saltwater
  • 7-3 The Water Cycle
  • 7-4 Water Movement and Earth’s Surface

Unit 8 - Weather and Climate

MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS3-1, MS- ESS3-3

  • 8-1 The Atmosphere
  • 8-2 Atmospheric Gases
  • 8-3 Weather Patterns
  • 8-4 Cloud Formation
  • 8-5 Weather Hazards
  • 8-6 Weather vs Climate
  • 8-7 Biomes
  • 8-8 Climate, Wind and Ocean Currents
  • 8-9 Climate Change – Glacial and Interglacial
    Periods
  • 8-10 Effects of Climate Change

Unit 9 - Human Impact

MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-2, MS- ESS3-3, MS- ESS3-4

  • 9-1 Earth’s Natural Resources
  • 9-2 Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
  • 9-3 Human Impact on Resources
  • 9-4 Resource Extraction
  • 9-5 Water Pollution

NGSS Earth and Space Science Curriculum Standards

We cover all of the NGSS Earth and Space Science Standards in our curriculum.

ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe

  • 1-1 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.
  • 1-2 Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
  • 1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
  • 1-4. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history

ESS2: Earth’s Systems

  • 2-1 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
  • 2-2 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales
  • 2-3 Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
  • 2-4 Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
  • 2-5. Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
  • 2-6 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.

ESS3: Earth and Human Activity

  • 3-1. 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 geosciences processes.
  • 3-2. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
  • 3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
  • 3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
  • 3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

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