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

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Titlesort ascending NGSS ESS Core Ideas NGSS ESS Topics NGSS Performance Expectations
Parks Past, Present, and Future Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) History of Earth, Human Impacts
Painting With Soil Earth's Systems (ESS2)
Oil Trap Model Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Human Impacts MS-ESS3-1, HS-ESS3-2
Ocean Currents Change Our Earth Earth's Systems (ESS2) Weather and Climate MS-ESS2-6
Ocean Currents Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate 2-ESS2-2, 5-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS2-4
Ocean Acidification Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate
Observing Soil Respiration Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems
Nitrogen Connection
Natural Gas Formation Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Human Impacts MS-ESS3-1, HS-ESS3-1
Mystery Mollusc
Mud Fossils 3-LS4-1
Monitoring Life in the Rocky Intertidal Ecosystem Earth's Systems HS-LS2-6
Modeling Oil and Gas Reservoirs Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts HS-ESS3-2
Modeling Earth’s Water — Fresh vs. Salty Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1) Earth's Systems 5-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-4
Modeling Earthquake Waves Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, History of Earth MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3
Modeling an Oil Reserve Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, Human Impacts MS-ESS3-1, HS-ESS3-2
Model of a Well Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems 2-ESS2-3
Model of a Normal Fault Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems, History of Earth, Human Impacts 4-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS3-1
Mining Creates Reservoirs and Habitats Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1) MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-4
Mineral Identification Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems 5-PS1-3, MS-ESS2-1
Mineral Electrical Conductivity
Measuring Permeabilities of Soil, Sand, and Gravel Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-1
Measuring Glacial Retreat Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts
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
Measure for Measure MS-ETS1-1, HS-ETS1-1

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