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

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Titlesort descending NGSS ESS Core Ideas NGSS ESS Topics NGSS Performance Expectations
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
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
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

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