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ESS:Earth and Space Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences
ESS1-MS Earth’s Place in the Universe
Performance Standards
ESS1-MS-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.
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Interactive/Simulation Moon Phases
Presentations Seasons on Earth
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
 
ESS1-MS-2. Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Presentations Earth's Moon
Presentations How the Earth Moves
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
 
ESS1-MS-3. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Presentations How the Earth Moves
Presentations The Inner Planets
Presentations The Outer Planets
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
 
ESS1-MS-4. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s history.
Flip Charts Fossils
 
ESS2-MS Earth’s Systems
Performance Standards
ESS2-MS-1. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Presentations Weather
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
 
ESS2-MS-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface
Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes
Interactive/Simulation Forces of Erosion and Deposition
Presentations Climate Change
Presentations Continental Drift
Presentations Earthquake Safety
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Fossils
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
Flip Charts Volcanoes
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
 
ESS2-MS-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.
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Presentations Continental Drift
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
 
ESS2-MS-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.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Presentations Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
 
ESS2-MS-5. Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Interactive/Simulation Types of Severe Weather
Presentations Predicting Weather
Presentations Severe Weather
Presentations Weather Patterns
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
 
ESS2-MS-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.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Weather
Presentations Weather Patterns
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 
ESS3-MS Earth and Human Activity
Performance Standards
ESS3-MS-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.
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Minerals
 
ESS3-MS-2. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Interactive/Simulation Earthquake and Seismogram
Presentations Earth's Interior
Presentations Earthquake Safety
Presentations Measuring Earthquakes
Presentations Predicting Weather
Presentations Seismic Waves
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
 
ESS3-MS-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
ESS3-MS-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Multimedia Lesson Minerals
Presentations Atmosphere Overview
Presentations Sources of Energy
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Minerals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
 
ESS3-MS-5. Ask questions to interpret evidence of the factors that cause climate variability over time.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Climate Change
Presentations Global Warming
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 

LS:Life Sciences

Life Sciences
LS1-MS Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
Performance Standards
MS-LS1-1. Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Presentations Amoeba
Presentations Animal-Like Protists
Presentations Animals
Presentations Euglena
Presentations Fungi
Presentations Organization of Cells
Presentations Paramecium
Presentations Plant-Like Protists
Presentations Plants
Presentations Protists
Presentations Spirogyra
Presentations Volvox
Presentations What Is a Protist?
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Multimedia Lesson Mitosis
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Interactive/Simulation Animal Cell
Interactive/Simulation Cellular Respiration
Interactive/Simulation Plant Cell
Presentations Amoeba
Presentations Animals
Presentations Cell Transport
Presentations Chromosomes
Presentations Chromosomes
Presentations Discovering Cells
Presentations Euglena
Presentations Paramecium
Presentations Plant-Like Protists
Presentations Plants
Presentations Specialized Cells
Presentations Spirogyra
Presentations Types of Nutrients
Presentations Volvox
Flip Charts How Genes Work
Flip Charts Meiosis
Flip Charts Mitosis & Meiosis
Flip Charts Mitosis & Meiosis
Flip Charts Modern Genetics
Flip Charts Modern Genetics
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Mitosis
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Mitosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
MS-LS1-3. Use argument supported by evidence for how a living organism is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Interactive/Simulation Body Organization
Interactive/Simulation Cardiovascular System
Interactive/Simulation Digestive System
Interactive/Simulation Excretory System
Interactive/Simulation Respiratory System
Interactive/Simulation The Immune System
Interactive/Simulation The Male Reproductive System
Interactive/Simulation The Skin
Presentations Body Organization
Presentations Muscular System
Presentations Organization of Cells
Presentations Process of Digestion
Presentations Skeletal System
Presentations The Immune Response
Flip Charts The Immune System
Flip Charts The Nervous System
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
 
MS-LS1-4. Construct a scientific argument based on evidence to defend a claim of life for a specific object or organism.
Flip Charts Diversity of Life
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
 
MS-LS1-5. 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.
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Interactive/Simulation Photosynthesis
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Euglena
Presentations Plant-Like Protists
Presentations Plants
Presentations Spirogyra
Presentations Volvox
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
MS-LS1-6. 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.
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Interactive/Simulation Cellular Respiration
Interactive/Simulation Digestive System
Interactive/Simulation Kingdom Identification
Interactive/Simulation Paramecium
Presentations Body Organization
Presentations Process of Digestion
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS2-MS Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Performance Standards
LS2-MS-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Interactive/Simulation Food Webs
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Energy Pyramid
Presentations Food Chains
Presentations Food Web Balance
Presentations Food Webs
Presentations Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
Flip Charts The Barn Owl
 
LS2-MS-3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Interactive/Simulation Food Webs
Presentations Animal-Like Protists
Presentations Animals
Presentations Cell Energy
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Energy Pyramid
Presentations Food Chains
Presentations Food Web Balance
Presentations Food Webs
Presentations Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS2-MS-4. Develop a model to describe the flow of energy through the trophic levels of an ecosystem.
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Interactive/Simulation Food Webs
Presentations Animal-Like Protists
Presentations Animals
Presentations Cell Energy
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Energy Pyramid
Presentations Food Chains
Presentations Food Web Balance
Presentations Food Webs
Presentations Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS2-MS-5. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Global Warming
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 
LS3-MS Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Performance Standards
LS3-MS-1. Develop and use a model to describe why mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Presentations Mutations
Flip Charts Modern Genetics
Flip Charts Modern Genetics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
 
LS3-MS-2. Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Presentations Amoeba
Presentations Paramecium
Presentations Spirogyra
Flip Charts Meiosis
Flip Charts Mitosis & Meiosis
Flip Charts Mitosis & Meiosis
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS4-MS Biological Adaptation: Unity and Diversity
Performance Standards
LS4-MS-3. Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the anatomical structures across multiple species of similar classification levels to identify relationships.
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Presentations Animals
Presentations Classification
Flip Charts Diversity of Life
Flip Charts Science Grade 6
 
LS4-MS-4. Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
LS4-MS-5. Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
Flip Charts Gene Technology
Flip Charts Stem Cells
 
LS4-MS-6. Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.

PS:Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences
PS1-MS Matter and Its Interactions
Performance Standards
PS1-MS-1. Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Presentations Classes of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1-MS-2. Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions
Interactive/Simulation Chemical and Physical Changes
Interactive/Simulation Types of Reactions
Presentations Balancing Equations
Presentations Changes of State
Presentations Chemical Reactions
Presentations Energy in Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1-MS-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.
Presentations States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1-MS-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.
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
 
PS1-MS-6. Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions
Presentations Changes of State
Presentations Energy in Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS2-MS Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Performance Standards
PS2-MS-2. Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion
Interactive/Simulation Acceleration and Momentum
Presentations Newton`s Laws
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion
 
PS2-MS-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Multimedia Lesson Electricity and Magnetism
Presentations Magnetism
Flip Charts Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
 
PS2-MS-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
Multimedia Lesson Electricity and Magnetism
Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion
Presentations Gravity
Presentations Magnetism
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion
 
PS3-MS Energy
Performance Standards
PS3-MS-1. Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion
Presentations Newton`s Laws
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion
 
PS3-MS-3. Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
PS3-MS-4. Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Virtual Lab Gas Laws
Presentations Changes of State
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS3-MS-5. Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Presentations Forms of Energy
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
 
PS4-MS Waves
Performance Standards
PS4-MS-1. Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.
Multimedia Lesson Sound
Presentations Waves
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
 
PS4-MS-2. Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Multimedia Lesson Sound
Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Lenses
Virtual Lab Mirrors and Lenses
Presentations Interactions of Light
Presentations Refraction and lenses
Presentations Sound and Sound Waves
Presentations Wave Interactions
Flip Charts Sound
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
 
PS4-MS-3. Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.