SEP 1:Asking Questions and Defining Problems: Asks testable questions that arise from observations of phenomena, models, or unexpected results.
SEP 3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations: Plan an investigation individually and collaboratively, and in the design: identify independent and dependent variables and controls, what tools are needed to do the gathering, how measurements will be recorded, and how many data are needed to support a claim.
MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
SEP 2: Develop and Use a Model: Develops, uses, evaluates, and revises models to describe, test, and predict phenomena and design solutions.
SEP 5: Mathematical and Computational Thinking: Uses mathematical and computational thinking to identify patterns and trends in data sets in order to evaluate and support scientific conclusions.
MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
7-PS1-1: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
7-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.
7-PS1-5: Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
7-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
7-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
7-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
SEP 4: Analyzes and interprets data, using graphical displays, to provide evidence for phenomena.
MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
7-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.
7-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
7-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
7-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
SEP 6: Constructs explanations based on valid and reliable evidence and applies scientific ideas and principles to explain the phenomena or design a solution to a problem.
7-LS1-6: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
7-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
7-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
7-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.
7-PS1-6: Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.*
SEP 7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence: Engages with evidence to construct or critique a convincing argument that supports or refutes a claim and uses argumentation to listen to, compare, and evaluate competing ideas supported by scientific reasoning.
SEP 8: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information: Gather, read, and evaluate scientific and technical information from multiple sources to effectively communicate their findings and ideas through various formats.
MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
7-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
7-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
7-PS1-3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
