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NGSS.MS-ESS.EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
MS-ESS1. Earth’s Place in the Universe - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
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.
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Interactive/Simulation Moon Phases
Presentations Seasons on Earth
 
MS-ESS1-2. 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
 
MS-ESS1-3. 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
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
 
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.
Flip Charts Fossils
 
MS-ESS1.CETS. Connections to Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
MS-ESS1.CETS.1. Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology
MS-ESS1.CETS.1.1. Engineering advances have led to important discoveries in virtually every field of science and scientific discoveries have led to the development of entire industries and engineered systems. (MS-ESS1-3)
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Presentations Refraction and lenses
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
 
MS-ESS1.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS1.A: The Universe and Its Stars
ESS1.A:1. Patterns of the apparent motion of the sun, the moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, predicted, and explained with models. (MS-ESS1-1)
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Interactive/Simulation Moon Phases
 
ESS1.A:2. Earth and its solar system are part of the Milky Way galaxy, which is one of many galaxies in the universe. (MS-ESS1-2)
Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
 
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System
ESS1.B:1. The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them. (MS-ESS1-2), (MS-ESS1-3)
Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System
Interactive/Simulation The Solar System
Interactive/Simulation The Sun
Virtual Lab Planet Exploration
Presentations The Inner Planets
Presentations The Outer Planets
Presentations The Sun
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
 
ESS1.B:2. This model of the solar system can explain eclipses of the sun and the moon. Earth’s spin axis is fixed in direction over the short-term but tilted relative to its orbit around the sun. The seasons are a result of that tilt and are caused by the different
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Presentations Seasons on Earth
 
ESS1.B:3. The solar system appears to have formed from a disk of dust and gas, drawn together by gravity. (MS-ESS1-2)
Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
 
ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth
ESS1.C:1. The geologic time scale interpreted from rock strata provides a way to organize Earth’s history. Analyses of rock strata and the fossil record provide only relative dates, not an absolute scale. (MS-ESS1-4)
 
MS-ESS2. Earth’s Systems - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-ESS2-1. 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
 
MS-ESS2-2. 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
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
 
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.
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Presentations Continental Drift
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
 
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.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Presentations Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
 
MS-ESS2-5. 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
 
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.
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
 
MS-ESS2.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-ESS2.CC.5. Energy and Matter
MS-ESS2.CC.5.1. Within a natural or designed system, the transfer of energy drives the motion and/or cycling of matter. (MS-ESS2-4)
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Presentations Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
 
MS-ESS2.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth
ESS1.C:1. Tectonic processes continually generate new ocean sea floor at ridges and destroy old sea floor at trenches. (HS.ESS1.C GBE) (secondary to MS-ESS2-3)
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes
Presentations Sea-Floor Spreading
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Rocks
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
 
ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems
ESS2.A:1. All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior. The energy that flows and matter that cycles produce chemical and physical changes
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.A:2. The planet’s systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth’s history and will determine its future. (MS-ESS2-2)
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Presentations Continental Drift
 
ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
ESS2.B:1. Maps of ancient land and water patterns, based on investigations of rocks and fossils, make clear how Earth’s plates have moved great distances, collided, and spread apart. (MS-ESS2-3)
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Presentations Continental Drift
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
 
ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
ESS2.C:1. Water continually cycles among land, ocean, and atmosphere via transpiration, evaporation, condensation and crystallization, and precipitation, as well as downhill flows on land. (MS-ESS2-4)
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Severe Weather
Presentations Weather
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
 
ESS2.C:2. The complex patterns of the changes and the movement of water in the atmosphere, determined by winds, landforms, and ocean temperatures and currents, are major determinants of local weather patterns. (MS-ESS2-5)
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Interactive/Simulation Cloud Types
Interactive/Simulation Types of Severe Weather
Virtual Lab Earth's Seasons
Presentations Predicting Weather
Presentations Seasons on Earth
Presentations Severe Weather
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
 
ESS2.C:3. Global movements of water and its changes in form are propelled by sunlight and gravity. (MS-ESS2-4)
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 
ESS2.C:4. Variations in density due to variations in temperature and salinity drive a global pattern of interconnected ocean currents. (MS-ESS2-6)
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 
ESS2.C:5. Water’s movements—both on the land and underground—cause weathering and erosion, which change the land’s surface features and create underground formations. (MS-ESS2-2)
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
 
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate
ESS2.D:1. Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atm
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Interactive/Simulation Cloud Types
Interactive/Simulation Types of Severe Weather
Virtual Lab Earth's Seasons
Presentations Climate Change
Presentations Global Warming
Presentations Predicting Weather
Presentations Seasons on Earth
Presentations Severe Weather
Presentations The Polar Zone
Presentations The Temperate Zone
Presentations The Tropical Zone
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
 
ESS2.D:2. Because these patterns are so complex, weather can only be predicted probabilistically. (MS-ESS2-5)
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Presentations Predicting Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
 
ESS2.D:3. The ocean exerts a major influence on weather and climate by absorbing energy from the sun, releasing it over time, and globally redistributing it through ocean currents. (MS-ESS2-6)
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 
MS-ESS2.SEP. Science and Engineering Practices
MS-ESS2.SEP.2. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations - Planning and carrying out investigations in 6-8 builds on K-5 experiences and progresses to include investigations that use multiple variables and provide evidence to support explanations or solutions.
MS-ESS2.SEP.2.1. Collect data to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer scientific questions or test design solutions under a range of conditions. (MS-ESS2-5)
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
 
MS-ESS3. Earth and Human Activity - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
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.
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Presentations Sources of Energy
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Minerals
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
 
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.
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
 
MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
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.
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
 
MS-ESS3-5. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Climate Change
Presentations Global Warming
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 
MS-ESS3.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-ESS3.CC.3. Stability and Change
MS-ESS3.CC.3.1. Stability might be disturbed either by sudden events or gradual changes that accumulate over time. (MS-ESS3-5)
Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes
Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes
Presentations Earthquake Safety
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
 
MS-ESS3.CETS. Connections to Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
MS-ESS3.CETS.1. Influence of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society and the Natural World
MS-ESS3.CETS.1.1. All human activity draws on natural resources and has both short and long-term consequences, positive as well as negative, for the health of people and the natural environment. (MS-ESS3-1), (MS-ESS3-4)
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Presentations Sources of Energy
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Minerals
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
 
MS-ESS3.CNS. Connections to Nature of Science
MS-ESS3.CNS.1. Science Addresses Questions About the Natural and Material World
MS-ESS3.CNS.1.1. Science knowledge can describe consequences of actions but does not make the decisions that society takes. (MS-ESS3-4)
MS-ESS3.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS3.A: Natural Resources
ESS3.A:1. Humans depend on Earth’s land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for many different resources. Minerals, fresh water, and biosphere resources are limited, and many are not renewable or replaceable over human lifetimes. These resources are distributed uneve
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Presentations Sources of Energy
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Minerals
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
 
ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
ESS3.C:1. Human activities have significantly altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging or destroying natural habitats and causing the extinction of other species. But changes to Earth’s environments can have different impacts (negative and positive) for different
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Atmosphere Overview
Presentations Global Warming
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.D: Global Climate Change
ESS3.D:1. Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth’s mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whate
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson Minerals
Presentations Atmosphere Overview
Presentations Climate Change
Presentations Global Warming
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Vocabulary Terms Minerals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
 

NGSS.MS-ETS.ENGINEERING DESIGN

ENGINEERING DESIGN
MS-ETS1. Engineering Design - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-ETS1.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-ETS1.CC.1. Influence of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society and the Natural World
MS-ETS1.CC.1.2. The uses of technologies and limitations on their use are driven by individual or societal needs, desires, and values; by the findings of scientific research; and by differences in such factors as climate, natural resources, and economic conditions. (MS-E
Flip Charts Gene Technology
 

NGSS.MS-LS.LIFE SCIENCE

LIFE SCIENCE
MS-LS1. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
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 Discovering Cells
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 Introduction to cells
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Introduction to 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
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Mitosis
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell structure and function
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 the body 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 Nervous 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
Vocabulary Terms Human biology I
Vocabulary Terms Human biology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology II
 
MS-LS1-4. Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
Flip Charts The Barn Owl
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plant structure and function
 
MS-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.
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 Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
MS-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.
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 Human biology I
Vocabulary Terms Human biology II
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell processes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
MS-LS1-8. Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
Flip Charts Sound
Flip Charts The Nervous System
 
MS-LS1.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-LS1.CC.3. Systems and System Models
MS-LS1.CC.3.1. Systems may interact with other systems; they may have sub-systems and be a part of larger complex systems. (MS-LS1-3)
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Presentations Body Organization
Presentations Organization of Cells
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
 
MS-LS1.CC.4. Energy and Matter
MS-LS1.CC.4.1. Matter is conserved because atoms are conserved in physical and chemical processes. (MS-LS1-7)
Vocabulary Terms Ecology I
Vocabulary Terms Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II
 
MS-LS1.CC.4.2. Within a natural system, the transfer of energy drives the motion and/or cycling of matter. (MS-LS1-6)
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Presentations Cell Energy
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Energy Pyramid
Presentations Food Chains
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
Vocabulary Terms Ecology I
Vocabulary Terms Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
 
MS-LS1.CC.5. Structure and Function
MS-LS1.CC.5.1. Complex and microscopic structures and systems can be visualized, modeled, and used to describe how their function depends on the relationships among its parts, therefore complex natural and designed structures/systems can be analyzed to determine how the
Multimedia Lesson Meiosis
Interactive/Simulation Understanding a Punnett Square
Presentations Making a Pedigree
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
 
MS-LS1.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.A: Structure and Function
LS1.A:1. All living things are made up of cells, which is the smallest unit that can be said to be alive. An organism may consist of one single cell (unicellular) or many different numbers and types of cells (multicellular). (MS-LS1-1)
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Presentations Amoeba
Presentations Animal-Like Protists
Presentations Animals
Presentations Discovering Cells
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 Introduction to cells
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Introduction to cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS1.A:2. Within cells, special structures are responsible for particular functions, and the cell membrane forms the boundary that controls what enters and leaves the cell. (MS-LS1-2)
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Multimedia Lesson Mitosis
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Interactive/Simulation Animal Cell
Interactive/Simulation Cellular Respiration
Interactive/Simulation Plant Cell
Presentations Amoeba
Presentations Cell Transport
Presentations Chromosomes
Presentations Chromosomes
Presentations Paramecium
Presentations Types of Nutrients
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Mitosis
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell structure and function
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
 
LS1.A:3. In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions. (MS-LS1-3)
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Interactive/Simulation Body Organization
Presentations Body Organization
Presentations Nervous System
Presentations Organization of Cells
Flip Charts The Nervous System
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Human biology I
Vocabulary Terms Human biology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology II
 
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
LS1.B:1. Animals engage in characteristic behaviors that increase the odds of reproduction. (MS-LS1-4)
Flip Charts The Barn Owl
Vocabulary Terms Introduction to animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Introduction to animals
 
LS1.B:2. Plants reproduce in a variety of ways, sometimes depending on animal behavior and specialized features for reproduction. (MS-LS1-4)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plant structure and function
 
LS1.B:3. Genetic factors as well as local conditions affect the growth of the adult plant. (MS-LS1-5)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
 
LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
LS1.C:1. Plants, algae (including phytoplankton), and many microorganisms use the energy from light to make sugars (food) from carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water through the process of photosynthesis, which also releases oxygen. These sugars can be used
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Interactive/Simulation Photosynthesis
Presentations Cell Energy
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Euglena
Presentations Food Chains
Presentations Food Webs
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 Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS1.C:2. Within individual organisms, food moves through a series of chemical reactions in which it is broken down and rearranged to form new molecules, to support growth, or to release energy. (MS-LS1-7)
Presentations Process of Digestion
 
LS1.D: Information Processing
LS1.D:1. Each sense receptor responds to different inputs (electromagnetic, mechanical, chemical), transmitting them as signals that travel along nerve cells to the brain. The signals are then processed in the brain, resulting in immediate behaviors or memories. (
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Multimedia Lesson Sound
Presentations Refraction and lenses
Flip Charts Sound
Flip Charts The Nervous System
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
 
PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
PS3.D:1. The chemical reaction by which plants produce complex food molecules (sugars) requires an energy input (i.e., from sunlight) to occur. In this reaction, carbon dioxide and water combine to form carbon-based organic molecules and release oxygen. (secondary
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 Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
PS3.D:2. Cellular respiration in plants and animals involve chemical reactions with oxygen that release stored energy. In these processes, complex molecules containing carbon react with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and other materials. (secondary to MS-LS1-7)
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Interactive/Simulation Cellular Respiration
Interactive/Simulation Kingdom Identification
Interactive/Simulation Paramecium
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell processes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
MS-LS2. Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-LS2-2. 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 The Barn Owl
Vocabulary Terms Ecology I
Vocabulary Terms Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Evolution and classification
 
MS-LS2-3. 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
Vocabulary Terms Ecology I
Vocabulary Terms Ecology II
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
MS-LS2-4. 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
 
MS-LS2.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-LS2.CC.3. Energy and Matter
MS-LS2.CC.3.1. The transfer of energy can be tracked as energy flows through a natural system. (MS-LS2-3)
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Presentations Cell Energy
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Energy Pyramid
Presentations Food Chains
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
 
MS-LS2.CC.4. Stability and Change
MS-LS2.CC.4.1. Small changes in one part of a system might cause large changes in another part. (MS-LS2-4), (MS-LS2-5)
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Global Warming
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
 
MS-LS2.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.A:1. Organisms, and populations of organisms, are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors. (MS-LS2-1)
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Interactive/Simulation Food Webs
Presentations Food Web Balance
Presentations Food Webs
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
 
LS2.A:4. Similarly, predatory interactions may reduce the number of organisms or eliminate whole populations of organisms. Mutually beneficial interactions, in contrast, may become so interdependent that each organism requires the other for survival. Although the
Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs
Presentations Food Web Balance
Presentations Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
Flip Charts The Barn Owl
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Evolution and classification
 
LS2.B: Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
LS2.B:1. Food webs are models that demonstrate how matter and energy is transferred between producers, consumers, and decomposers as the three groups interact within an ecosystem. Transfers of matter into and out of the physical environment occur at every level. D
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 Food Chains
Presentations Food Web Balance
Presentations Food Webs
Presentations Owl Food Web
Flip Charts Owl Food Web
Vocabulary Terms Ecology I
Vocabulary Terms Ecology II
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS2.C:2. Biodiversity describes the variety of species found in Earth’s terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems. The completeness or integrity of an ecosystem’s biodiversity is often used as a measure of its health. (MS-LS2-5)
Vocabulary Terms Vertebrates II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Vertebrates II
 
LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
LS4.D:1. Changes in biodiversity can influence humans’ resources, such as food, energy, and medicines, as well as ecosystem services that humans rely on—for example, water purification and recycling. (MS-LS2-5)
Vocabulary Terms Vertebrates II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Vertebrates II
 
MS-LS3. Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-LS3-1. Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and 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
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
 
MS-LS3-2. 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
 
MS-LS3.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-LS3.CC.2. Structure and Function
MS-LS3.CC.2.1. Complex and microscopic structures and systems can be visualized, modeled, and used to describe how their function depends on the shapes, composition, and relationships among its parts, therefore complex natural and designed structures/systems can be anal
Multimedia Lesson Meiosis
Interactive/Simulation Understanding a Punnett Square
Presentations Making a Pedigree
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
 
MS-LS3.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
LS1.B:1. Organisms reproduce, either sexually or asexually, and transfer their genetic information to their offspring. (secondary to MS-LS3-2)
Multimedia Lesson Meiosis
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Interactive/Simulation The Male Reproductive System
Presentations Amoeba
Presentations Paramecium
Presentations Sexual Reproduction
Presentations Spirogyra
Flip Charts Meiosis
Flip Charts Mitosis & Meiosis
Flip Charts Mitosis & Meiosis
Flip Charts The Barn Owl
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plant structure and function
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
 
LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits
LS3.A:1. Genes are located in the chromosomes of cells, with each chromosome pair containing two variants of each of many distinct genes. Each distinct gene chiefly controls the production of specific proteins, which in turn affects the traits of the individual. C
Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Multimedia Lesson Mitosis
Interactive/Simulation Chromosome and DNA Structure
Interactive/Simulation From DNA to Protein
Presentations Chromosomes
Presentations Chromosomes
Presentations DNA
Presentations Genes
Presentations Mendel's Experiments
Presentations Mutations
Flip Charts Genes and Heredity
Flip Charts How Genes Work
Flip Charts Modern Genetics
Flip Charts Modern Genetics
Vocabulary Terms Genetics and heredity I
Vocabulary Terms Mitosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics and heredity I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Mitosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
 
LS3.A:2. Variations of inherited traits between parent and offspring arise from genetic differences that result from the subset of chromosomes (and therefore genes) inherited. (MS-LS3-2)
Multimedia Lesson Meiosis
Presentations Crossing-Over
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
 
LS3.B: Variation of Traits
LS3.B:1. In sexually reproducing organisms, each parent contributes half of the genes acquired (at random) by the offspring. Individuals have two of each chromosome and hence two alleles of each gene, one acquired from each parent. These versions may be identical
Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife
Interactive/Simulation The Male Reproductive System
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
 
LS3.B:2. In addition to variations that arise from sexual reproduction, genetic information can be altered because of mutations. Though rare, mutations may result in changes to the structure and function of proteins. Some changes are beneficial, others harmful, an
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
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
 
MS-LS3.SEP. Science and Engineering Practices
MS-LS3.SEP.1. Developing and Using Models - Modeling in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to developing, using, and revising models to describe, test, and predict more abstract phenomena and design systems.
MS-LS3.SEP.1.1. Develop and use a model to describe phenomena. (MS-LS3-1), (MS-LS3-2)
Multimedia Lesson Meiosis
Interactive/Simulation Understanding a Punnett Square
Presentations Making a Pedigree
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
 
MS-LS4. Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-LS4-4. 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.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Evolution and classification
 
MS-LS4-5. 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
 
MS-LS4-6. Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Evolution and classification
 
MS-LS4.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-LS4.CC.1. Patterns
MS-LS4.CC.1.2. Graphs, charts, and images can be used to identify patterns in data. (MS-LS4-1), (MS-LS4-3)
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Presentations Animals
 
MS-LS4.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
LS4.A:2. Anatomical similarities and differences between various organisms living today and between them and organisms in the fossil record, enable the reconstruction of evolutionary history and the inference of lines of evolutionary descent. (MS-LS4-2)
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Presentations Animals
 
LS4.A:3. Comparison of the embryological development of different species also reveals similarities that show relationships not evident in the fully-formed anatomy. (MS-LS4-3)
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Presentations Classification
 
LS4.B: Natural Selection
LS4.B:1. Natural selection leads to the predominance of certain traits in a population, and the suppression of others. (MS-LS4-4)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Evolution and classification
 
LS4.B:2. In artificial selection, humans have the capacity to influence certain characteristics of organisms by selective breeding. One can choose desired parental traits determined by genes, which are then passed on to offspring. (MS-LS4-5)
Flip Charts Gene Technology
 
LS4.C: Adaptation
LS4.C:1. Adaptation by natural selection acting over generations is one important process by which species change over time in response to changes in environmental conditions. Traits that support successful survival and reproduction in the new environment become m
Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life
Presentations Classification
Presentations Six Kingdoms Overview
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Evolution and classification
 

NGSS.MS-PS.PHYSICAL SCIENCE

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
MS-PS1. Matter and Its Interactions - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-PS1-1. 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 Chemical Formulas and Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Measurements and Calculations
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Organic Chemistry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
MS-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.
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 Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Kinetics and Equilibrium
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
MS-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.
Presentations States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game States of Matter
 
MS-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.
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
 
MS-PS1-6. 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 Kinetics and Equilibrium
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
MS-PS1.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-PS1.CC.1. Patterns
MS-PS1.CC.1.1. Macroscopic patterns are related to the nature of microscopic and atomic-level structure. (MS-PS1-2)
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
 
MS-PS1.CC.3. Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
MS-PS1.CC.3.1. Time, space, and energy phenomena can be observed at various scales using models to study systems that are too large or too small. (MS-PS1-1)
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
 
MS-PS1.CC.4. Energy and Matter
MS-PS1.CC.4.2. The transfer of energy can be tracked as energy flows through a designed or natural system. (MS-PS1-6)
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 Kinetics and Equilibrium
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
MS-PS1.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
PS1.A:1. Substances are made from different types of atoms, which combine with one another in various ways. Atoms form molecules that range in size from two to thousands of atoms. (MS-PS1-1)
Virtual Lab Flame Test
Presentations Classes of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements - Set I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements - Set II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game The Periodic Table - Set I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game The Periodic Table - Set II
 
PS1.A:2. Each pure substance has characteristic physical and chemical properties (for any bulk quantity under given conditions) that can be used to identify it. (MS-PS1-2), (MS-PS1-3)
Presentations Classes of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1.A:3. Gases and liquids are made of molecules or inert atoms that are moving about relative to each other. (MS-PS1-4)
Interactive/Simulation States of Matter
Presentations Changes of State
Presentations States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1.A:4. In a liquid, the molecules are constantly in contact with others; in a gas, they are widely spaced except when they happen to collide. In a solid, atoms are closely spaced and may vibrate in position but do not change relative locations. (MS-PS1-4)
Interactive/Simulation States of Matter
Presentations Changes of State
Presentations States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1.A:5. Solids may be formed from molecules, or they may be extended structures with repeating subunits (e.g., crystals). (MS-PS1-1)
Interactive/Simulation States of Matter
Presentations Changes of State
Presentations States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1.A:6. The changes of state that occur with variations in temperature or pressure can be described and predicted using these models of matter. (MS-PS1-4)
Presentations Changes of State
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Matter and Energy
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS1.B: Chemical Reactions
PS1.B:1. Substances react chemically in characteristic ways. In a chemical process, the atoms that make up the original substances are regrouped into different molecules, and these new substances have different properties from those of the reactants. (MS-PS1-2), (
Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions
Interactive/Simulation Chemical and Physical Changes
Interactive/Simulation Types of Reactions
Presentations Balancing Equations
Presentations Chemical 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 Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Kinetics and Equilibrium
 
PS1.B:2. The total number of each type of atom is conserved, and thus the mass does not change. (MS-PS1-5)
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
 
PS1.B:3. Some chemical reactions release energy, others store energy. (MS-PS1-6)
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 Kinetics and Equilibrium
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
 
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy
PS3.A:1. The term “heat” as used in everyday language refers both to thermal motion (the motion of atoms or molecules within a substance) and radiation (particularly infrared and light). In science, heat is used only for this second meaning; it refers to energy tr
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Matter and Energy
 
PS3.A:2. Temperature is not a measure of energy; the relationship between the temperature and the total energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter present. (secondary to MS-PS1-4)
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Gases
 
MS-PS1.SEP. Science and Engineering Practices
MS-PS1.SEP.1. Developing and Using Models - Modeling in 6–8 builds on K–5 and progresses to developing, using and revising models to describe, test, and predict more abstract phenomena and design systems.
MS-PS1.SEP.1.1. Develop a model to predict and/or describe phenomena. (MS-PS1-1), (MS-PS1-4)
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
 
MS-PS1.SEP.1.2. Develop a model to describe unobservable mechanisms. (MS-PS1-5)
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
 
MS-PS2. Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-PS2-2. 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
 
MS-PS2-3. 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
 
MS-PS2-5. 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
 
MS-PS2.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-PS2.CC.3. Stability and Change
MS-PS2.CC.3.1. Explanations of stability and change in natural or designed systems can be constructed by examining the changes over time and forces at different scales. (MS-PS2-2)
Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion
Presentations Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion
 
MS-PS2.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS2.A: Forces and Motion
PS2.A:1. For any pair of interacting objects, the force exerted by the first object on the second object is equal in strength to the force that the second object exerts on the first, but in the opposite direction (Newton’s third law). (MS-PS2-1)
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
 
PS2.A:2. The motion of an object is determined by the sum of the forces acting on it; if the total force on the object is not zero, its motion will change. The greater the mass of the object, the greater the force needed to achieve the same change in motion. For a
Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion
Interactive/Simulation Acceleration and Momentum
Interactive/Simulation Forces - Friction
Presentations Force
Presentations Gravity
Presentations 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
 
PS2.B: Types of Interactions
PS2.B:1. Electric and magnetic (electromagnetic) forces can be attractive or repulsive, and their sizes depend on the magnitudes of the charges, currents, or magnetic strengths involved and on the distances between the interacting objects. (MS-PS2-3)
Multimedia Lesson Electricity and Magnetism
Presentations Magnetism
Flip Charts Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
 
PS2.B:2. Gravitational forces are always attractive. There is a gravitational force between any two masses, but it is very small except when one or both of the objects have large mass—e.g., Earth and the sun. (MS-PS2-4)
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
 
PS2.B:3. Forces that act at a distance (electric and magnetic) can be explained by fields that extend through space and can be mapped by their effect on a test object (a ball, a charged object, or a magnet, respectively). (MS-PS2-5)
Multimedia Lesson Electricity and Magnetism
Presentations Magnetism
Flip Charts Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
 
MS-PS3. Energy - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-PS3-1. 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
 
MS-PS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
MS-PS3-4. 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
 
MS-PS3-5. Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the motion 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
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Kinetics and Equilibrium
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Matter and Energy
 
MS-PS3.CC. Crosscutting Concepts
MS-PS3.CC.1. Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
MS-PS3.CC.1.1. Proportional relationships (e.g. speed as the ratio of distance traveled to time taken) among different types of quantities provide information about the magnitude of properties and processes. (MS-PS3-1), (MS-PS3-4)
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Virtual Lab Mirrors and Lenses
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
 
MS-PS3.CC.3. Energy and Matter
MS-PS3.CC.3.1. Energy may take different forms (e.g. energy in fields, thermal energy, energy of motion). (MS-PS3-5)
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Interactive/Simulation Forms of Energy
Presentations Forms of Energy
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Kinetics and Equilibrium
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Matter and Energy
 
MS-PS3.CC.3.2. The transfer of energy can be tracked as energy flows through a designed or natural system. (MS-PS3-3)
Multimedia Lesson Electricity and Magnetism
Presentations Electric Current
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
 
MS-PS3.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy
PS3.A:1. Motion energy is properly called kinetic energy; it is proportional to the mass of the moving object and grows with the square of its speed. (MS-PS3-1)
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
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Kinetics and Equilibrium
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Matter and Energy
 
PS3.A:3. Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of matter. The relationship between the temperature and the total energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter present. (MS-PS3-3), (MS-PS3-4)
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Gases
 
PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
PS3.B:1. When the motion energy of an object changes, there is inevitably some other change in energy at the same time. (MS-PS3-5)
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game States of Matter
 
PS3.B:3. Energy is spontaneously transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones. (MS-PS3-3)
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
 
MS-PS4. Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer - Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-PS4-1. 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
 
MS-PS4-2. 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
 
MS-PS4-3. Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals (sent as wave pulses) are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information.
MS-PS4.DCI. Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS4.A: Wave Properties
PS4.A:1. A simple wave has a repeating pattern with a specific wavelength, frequency, and amplitude. (MS-PS4-1)
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Multimedia Lesson Sound
Interactive/Simulation Longitudinal Waves
Interactive/Simulation Wave Interactions
Presentations Light
Presentations Sound and Sound Waves
Presentations Wave Interactions
Presentations Waves
Flip Charts Light
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
 
PS4.A:2. A sound wave needs a medium through which it is transmitted. (MS-PS4-2)
Flip Charts Sound
 
PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation
PS4.B:1. When light shines on an object, it is reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through the object, depending on the object’s material and the frequency (color) of the light. (MS-PS4-2)
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Lenses
Virtual Lab Mirrors and Lenses
Presentations Interactions of Light
Presentations Refraction and lenses
Flip Charts Light
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
 
PS4.B:2. The path that light travels can be traced as straight lines, except at surfaces between different transparent materials (e.g., air and water, air and glass) where the light path bends. (MS-PS4-2)
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
 
PS4.B:4. However, because light can travel through space, it cannot be a matter wave, like sound or water waves. (MS-PS4-2)
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Presentations Light
Flip Charts Light
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics