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-6 practice Review Space-7 practice Review Space-9 practice Review Space-12 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.Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Planets and Pennies video, ClosedCaptions Making a Scale Model of the Solar System 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: Law of Superposition video Reading the Rocks: Law of Crosscutting video What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked Reading the Rocks: The Present is the Key to the Past video, ClosedCaptions Imagining Geologic Time video 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.Definition of a Mineral video, checked Igneous Rocks and Bubbles video, free, learnalong, Updated 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 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.Change: Fast and Slow video Erosion video, checked Continuous Change video, checked Weathering and Erosion video, learnalong, checked Faults video, free, Updated 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.Making a Solar Still video Wonderful Water video, checked Cloud Formation, part 1 video, ClosedCaptions, checked The Water Cycle video, checked A Model of the Water Cycle video, ClosedCaptions, checked Cloud Formation, part 2 video 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.Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Weather and Climate video Cloud Formation, part 2 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.What is a Mineral? video, checked Identifying Minerals video, learnalong Definition of a Mineral video, checked Evaporites video, learnalong, checked 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.Color Changing Flowers video, checked Investigating Acid Rain 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.