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
Soil, the Forgotten Resource Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, History of Earth MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-2
Solar Cell Energy Nationwide Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems
Solar Updraft Tower Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems 5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS3-1, MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4, MS-ESS3-5
Sources of Minerals Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-1, HS-ESS2-1, HS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-4, HS-ESS3-1, HS-ESS3-2
Space Archaeology
Splish Splash Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems 2-ESS2-3
State Soil Investigation Earth's Systems (ESS2) History of Earth, Weather and Climate
Step by Step Weather Observations Earth's Systems (ESS2) Weather and Climate 3-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-5
Surface Processes Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3)
Surficial Features
Survey Mark Hunting
Sustaining Living Soil with Composting Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems 4-ESS2-1, 5-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2
Systems in Earth Science
Take the Pulse of Your Classroom Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, History of Earth MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-3, HS-PS4-1
Temperature and Precipitation Connections Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts, Weather and Climate
Texas Rocks
The EarthTrek Gravestone Project Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, History of Earth MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-2
The Great Ocean Conveyor Earth's Systems (ESS2) Weather and Climate MS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS2-4
The Mountain Blows its Top Earth's Systems (ESS2) Weather and Climate MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS3-2
The Slope of Land in Your Community Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts MS-ESS3-2
The Soil Science of Sports Fields
Third From the Sun Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, History of Earth 4-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-2
Tracking Dinosaurs MS-LS4-2
Traveling Nitrogen Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts MS-ESS3-4, HS-ESS3-6
Tree Rings and Ancient Climatic Conditions History of Earth

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