Alignment to NGSS
Disciplinary Core Ideas
Topic-Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS2.D: Social Interactions and Group Behavior
LS4.C: Adaptation
Topic-Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
LS2.B: Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes
Topic-Natural Selection and Evolution
LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
LS4.B: Natural Selection
LS4.C: Adaptation
Topic-Human Sustainability
ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions
Topic-Earth’s Systems
ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate
Topic-Forces and Interactions
PS2.A: Forces and Motion
ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution
Science and Engineering Practices
Asking questions and defining problems
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Analyzing and interpreting data
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Crosscutting Concepts
Systems and system models
Energy and matter
Structure and function