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
Maintaining Soil Moisture Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Human Impacts 5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS3-1, MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4, HS-ESS2-1, HS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-4, HS-ESS3-3, HS-ESS3-4
Make a Thunderstorm Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate 5-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-5
Make a Watershed Model Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1), Earth's Systems (ESS2) MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, HS-ESS1-1
Make Your Own Compass
Make Your Own Powers of Ten
Making a Cave Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, History of Earth MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-5
Making Caves: How Solution Caves Form Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems
Making Earth Art With Google Earth Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Space Systems
Making Visible the Path of the Sun Earth's Systems (ESS2) Space Systems
Making Your Own National Park Geologic Tour Earth's Systems (ESS2) History of Earth MS-ESS2-2
Map-Making Basics Earth's Systems (ESS2) History of Earth MS-ESS2-3
Mapping a Refuge Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-5, HS-ESS2-2
Mapping from Different Perspectives
Mapping Quake Risk
Mapping the Atmosphere
Mapping Vertical Movements
Mapping Your Soil
Measure for Measure MS-ETS1-1, HS-ETS1-1
Measuring Earth’s Water Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1), Earth's Systems (ESS2) MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, HS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-3
Measuring Glacial Retreat Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts
Measuring Permeabilities of Soil, Sand, and Gravel Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-1
Mineral Electrical Conductivity
Mineral Identification Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems 5-PS1-3, MS-ESS2-1
Mining Creates Reservoirs and Habitats Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1) MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-4
Mitigating the Effects of Landslides

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