MS-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
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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.Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Why is a Full Moon So Bright? text page, free, checked Review Space-9 practice Review Space-12 practice Review Space-6 practice Review Space-7 practice -
MS-ESS1-2 Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.Planets and Pennies video, ClosedCaptions Review Space-13 quest Review Space-10 practice -
MS-ESS1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.Making a Scale Model of the Solar System video, ClosedCaptions Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Planets and Pennies video, ClosedCaptions How Far is That Planet? text page Review Space-3 practice Review Space-2 practice Review Space-4 practice -
MS-ESS1-4 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.Reading the Rocks: The Present is the Key to the Past video, ClosedCaptions Imagining Geologic Time video Reading the Rocks: Law of Superposition video Reading the Rocks: Law of Crosscutting video What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked Homemade Fossil Dig text page
MS-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
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MS-ESS2-1 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.What is a Mineral? video, checked Identifying Minerals video, learnalong Sedimentary Rocks video, learnalong What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked The Rock Cycle video, learnalong Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals video Evaporites video, learnalong, checked Definition of a Mineral video, checked Igneous Rocks and Bubbles video, free, learnalong, Updated Light and Dark Minerals text page, learnalong Review Rocks-1 practice Review Rocks-2 practice Review Rocks-3 practice Review Rocks-4 practice Review Rocks-5 practice Review Rocks-6 practice Review Rocks-8 practice Review Rocks-9 practice Review Rocks-7 practice Review Rocks-10 practice Review Rocks-10 practice Review Rocks-10 practice -
MS-ESS2-2 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.Weathering and Erosion video, learnalong, checked Faults video, free, Updated Change: Fast and Slow video Erosion video, checked Continuous Change video, checked Understanding the Richter Scale text page, free Making Fault Blocks text page -
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.Sedimentary Rocks video, learnalong -
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.The Water Cycle video, checked A Model of the Water Cycle video, ClosedCaptions, checked Cloud Formation, part 2 video Making a Solar Still video Wonderful Water video, checked Cloud Formation, part 1 video, ClosedCaptions, checked Review Weather-8 practice Review Weather-10 practice -
MS-ESS2-5 Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.Cloud Types video Nephoscope video, checked Cloud Formation, part 1 video, ClosedCaptions, checked Pine Cone Weather text page, free Review Weather-1 practice Review Weather-2 practice Review Weather-6 practice Review Weather-4 practice Review Weather-3 practice -
MS-ESS2-6 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.Cloud Formation, part 2 video Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Weather and Climate video Review Weather-9 practice
MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
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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.Definition of a Mineral video, checked Evaporites video, learnalong, checked What is a Mineral? video, checked Identifying Minerals video, learnalong Review Energy-1 practice -
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.Review Weather-5 practice -
MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.Investigating Acid Rain video, checked Color Changing Flowers video, checked -
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.Recycle video -
MS-ESS3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.