Biological and Physical Sciences Standards Alignments
Biological and Physical Sciences Standards Alignments
Grouped by Disciplines
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This initial set of standards may be updated later with additional connections.
| Physical Science | ||
| Grade | Standard | NGSS PE (link) |
| K | Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. | K-PS2-1 |
| 1 | Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. | 1-PS4-1 |
| 2 | Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. | 2-PS1-1 |
| 3 | Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other | 3-PS2-3 |
| 4 | Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. | 4-PS3-2 |
| 5 | Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. | 5-PS1-1 |
| Middle School 6-8 | 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. | MS-PS1-4 |
| Middle School 6-8 | Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. | MS-PS2-4 |
| Middle School 6-8 | Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. | MS-PS4-2 |
| High School 9-12 | Use mathematical representations of Newton’s Law of Gravitation and Coulomb’s Law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects. | HS-PS2-4 |
| High School 9-12 | Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy. | HS-PS3-3 |
| High School 9-12 | Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. | HS-PS4-1 |
| High School 9-12 | Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter. | HS-PS4-4 |