New Jersey Science Standards Alignment
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Stile unit
Grade
Disciplinary Core Idea
Standard
Performance Expectation
Cells
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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.
Cells
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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.
Cells
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
MS-LS1-3
Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Body Systems
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
MS-LS1-3
Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
The Nervous System
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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.
Plants
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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.
Plants
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
MS-LS1-5
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Earth Systems
6
Earth's Systems
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.
Earth Systems
6
Earth's Systems
MS-ESS2-5
Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Earth Systems
6
Earth's Systems
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.
The Survival of Species
6
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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.
The Survival of Species
6
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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.
Climate Change
6
Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-3
Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
Climate Change
6
Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-5
Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused climate change over the past century.
Energy
6
Energy
MS-PS3-5
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.
Energy
6
Engineering Design
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.
Heat
6
Energy
MS-PS3-3
Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Heat
6
Energy
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.
Food chains and food webs
7
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS2-2
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Food chains and food webs
7
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS2-3
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
The importance of biodiversity
7
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS2-4
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
The importance of biodiversity
7
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS2-5
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
The importance of biodiversity
7
Engineering Design
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.
The importance of biodiversity
7
Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-2
Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Active Earth
7
Earth's Systems
MS-ESS2-1
Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Active Earth
7
Earth's Systems
MS-ESS2-2
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Active Earth
7
Earth's Systems
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.
Active Earth
7
Earth and Human Activity
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.
Active Earth
7
Earth and Human Activity
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.
States of matter
7
Matter and Its Interactions
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.
Physical and chemical change
7
Matter and Its Interactions
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.
Physical and chemical change
7
Matter and Its Interactions
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.
Physical and chemical change
7
Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1-6
Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Ecosystems
7
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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.
Ecosystems
7
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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.
Ecosystems
7
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS2-1
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Ecosystems
7
Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1-3
Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Elements and compounds
7
Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1-1
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Our place in space
8
Earth's Place in the Universe
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.
Our place in space
8
Earth's Place in the Universe
MS-ESS1-2
Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
Our place in space
8
Earth's Place in the Universe
MS-ESS1-3
Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
Energy conservation
8
Energy
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.
Energy conservation
8
Energy
MS-PS3-2
Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
Waves
8
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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.
Waves
8
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4-2
Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Waves
8
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4-3
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.
Human impacts on ecosystems
8
Earth's Place in the Universe
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.
Human impacts on ecosystems
8
Earth and Human Activity
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.
Human impacts on ecosystems
8
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
MS-LS4-1
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Newton's laws of motion
8
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-1
Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.
Newton's laws of motion
8
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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.
Newton's laws of motion
8
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-4
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Non-contact forces and electricity
8
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-3
Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
Non-contact forces and electricity
8
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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.
Non-contact forces and electricity
8
Engineering Design
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.
Genetics
8
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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.
Evolution
8
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
MS-LS4-2
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Evolution
8
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
MS-LS4-3
Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
Evolution
8
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
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.
Evolution
8
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
MS-LS4-5
Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
Evolution
8
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
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.
