Classroom Activities, categorized by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

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Title NGSS ESS Core Ideas NGSS ESS Topics NGSS Performance Expectations
How Natural Gas Forms Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) History of Earth, Human Impacts
Humans and Water, Past to Present Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts
Hurricane Tracking Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts MS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS2-2
Identifying Your Watershed Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts HS-ESS2-1
Investigating Different Rock Types Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-1
Investigating Rock Types Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems
Investigating Soil Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems 4-ESS2-1, 5-ESS2-1, MS-ESS3-1
Investigating Water Use in Your Home Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts MS-ESS3-4, HS-ESS3-3
Iron Minerals on the Moon Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-1
It's About Time Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1) History of Earth MS-ESS1-4
It’s the “Rain,” Man Earth's Systems (ESS2) Weather and Climate
Karst Topography Model Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1) MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, HS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-6
Karst, Sinkholes, and Human Activity
Know Your Energy Costs Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts, Weather and Climate MS-ESS3-5, HS-ESS3-6
Land and People: Finding a Balance Human Impacts
Latitude and Longitude Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Space Systems
Leaf It to Me Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1), Earth's Systems (ESS2) MS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-2, HS-ESS1-3, HS-ESS1-6
Lidar Improves Geologic Maps Earth's Systems (ESS2) History of Earth 4-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3
Lightning Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate 5-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-5
Liquefaction Earth and Human Activity (ESS3)
Logs of Straw - Dendrocronology Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate 5-ESS2-1, MS-ESS3-5, HS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-4
Look Up! Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate
Looking Below Earth’s Surface Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3)
Looking for Wild Elements Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Human Impacts 5-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-3
Magnets at the Core Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems HS-ESS2-3

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