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
Rock Around the World
Rock Art in the National Parks
Rock Pop
Sea and Ice Salinity Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-4, HS-ESS2-5
Sea Level and the Terrapin Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts MS-ESS3-3
Seeding Growth Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems 2-ESS2-1, 2-ESS2-3
Seismic Calendar Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts HS-ESS3-1
Seismic Mapping Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts
ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Human Impacts
Shoebox Geologist History of Earth
Sinkholes in a Cup Earth's Systems (ESS2) History of Earth MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-1
Sky and Cloud Windows Earth's Systems (ESS2) Weather and Climate 3-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-5
Soil Color and Redox Chemistry Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems HS-ESS2-5
Soil Moisture Weather and Climate
Soil Properties Earth's Systems (ESS2), Earth and Human Activity (ESS3) Earth's Systems 5-ESS2-1, MS-ESS3-1, HS-ESS2-2
Soil's Role in Carbon Sequestration Earth's Systems (ESS2) Earth's Systems, Human Impacts
Soil, Plants, and the Energy Cycle
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

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