- Course or National Standard
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NGSS cross-cutting concepts
- Pattern - Properties and measurement
- Pattern - Process, change
- Pattern - Graph, equation
- Cause-and-effect
- Scale, proportion, quantity
- System - Defining & delineating
- System - Regulation & control
- Energy flow
- Energy conservation
- Matter - Cycles & dynamic equilibrium
- Matter - Structure of matter
- Structure and function
- Stability and change - Process, change
- Stability and change - Rate of change
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NGSS standards - Kindergarten
- Motion, stability, forces, interactions
- Different strengths and directions of pushes or pulls produce changes in an object's motion.
- Solutions can be designed to change an object's speed or direction with a push or pull.
- Energy
- Sunlight affects different surfaces on Earth in different ways.
- Sunlight's warming effect can be reduced with designed structures.
- Molecules to organisms: structure and processes
- There are patterns in what plants and animals need in order to survive.
- Earth's systems
- Local weather is described by patterns of property changes occurring over time.
- Plants & animals (incl. humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
- Earth and human activity
- Plant/animal needs relate to where they live.
- Weather forecasts warn of severe weather
- Solutions exist that will reduce human impact on the natural and living environment.
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NGSS - 1st grade
- Waves & information transfer
- Vibrations produce sound - sound produces vibrations
- Objects are seen when illuminated.
- Materials have different transparencies and reflectivities.
- Devices can be designed for communicating over a distance.
- Molecules to organisms: structure and processes
- Different parts of organisms help them survive and prosper
- Behavior of both parent and offspring help their survival.
- Heredity and inheritance
- Plants and animals resemble their parents.
- Earth's place in the universe
- Patterns exist in the changing properties of the sun, moon, and stars.
- The amount of daylight is related to the time of year.
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NGSS - 2nd grade
- Matter and its Interactions
- Materials can be classified by their properties
- Materials' properties can be matched to a purpose.
- Pieces can be re-assembled to make new objects.
- Heating causes both reversible and irreversible changes.
- Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Plants need light and water to grow.
- Animals help spread plant seeds.
- Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
- Plants and animals are widely diverse when compared across different habitats.
- Earth's Place in the Universe
- Earth events happen quickly or slowly.
- Earth's Systems
- Wind/water erosion change the land.
- Local landforms and water bodies have distinct types and shapes.
- Earth's water resources are in distinct locations and phases.
- Engineering design
- Simple problems can often be solved with a new or improved object or tool.
- An object's shape often helps it solve a given problem.
- Tests of objects with the same purpose compare their strengths and weaknesses.
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NGSS - 3rd grade
- Motion and stability: Forces and interaction
- Balanced and unbalanced forces affect an object's motion.
- When an object is moving in a pattern its future motion can be predicted.
- Several factors affect electrical or magnetic interactions between objects.
- Simple design can sometimes be solved with magnets.
- From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
- Birth, growth, reproduction and death are common to all life cycles.
- Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Some animals form groups that help members survive
- Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
- Inherited traits vary among similar organisms.
- An organism's specific traits are influenced by its environment.
- Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
- Fossils are evidence of past organisms and environments.
- Variation in traits may provide individuals with advantages.
- Variation in traits may threaten individuals' survival.
- Environmental change induces changes in plant and animal species.
- Earth's Systems
- Seasons have typical weather conditions.
- Different regions of the world have different climates.
- Earth and Human Activity
- Solutions can be designed that reduce the impacts of weather-related hazards.
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NGSS - 4th grade
- Energy
- An object's energy is related to its speed.
- Energy is transferred by sound, light, heat and electricity.
- Energy transformations occur when objects collide.
- Many different devices convert energy from one form to another.
- Waves & information transfer
- Waves have properties like objects: amplitude, wavelength, energy.
- Reflected light allows objects to be seen.
- Patterns in transmitted waves can transfer information.
- Molecules to organisms: structure and processes
- Organisms have structures that support survival, growth, behavior and reproduction.
- An animal's sensory information is processed by its brain which guides the response.
- Earth's place in the universe
- The Earth's surface changes over time, evidenced by rocks and fossils.
- Earth's Systems
- Weathering and erosion are caused by water, ice, wind, and vegetation.
- Global surface features can be discerned on maps.
- Earth and Human Activity
- Energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
- Solutions can be designed that reduce the impact of natural Earth processes.
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NGSS - 5th grade
- Matter and its interactions
- Matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
- Mass is conserved through any change: heating/cooling, mixing ...
- Materials are identified based on their properties.
- Different substances when mixed sometimes form new substances with different properties.
- Motion and Stability: Forces and Interaction
- Earth's gravitational force is directed down.
- Energy
- The energy in food that powers the body's processes was derived from sunlight.
- From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
- Plants use mostly air and water to grow.
- Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Matter cycles among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
- Earth's Place in the Universe
- The apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
- Tracking daylight, shadows, and celestial objects daily and seasonally reveals many patterns.
- Earth's Systems
- The geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere constantly interact.
- Earth's various water reservoirs vary in distribution and composition.
- Earth and Human Activity
- Communities use science to protect the Earth's resources and environment.
- Engineering Design
- Design problems reflect needs, criteria and constraints.
- Design solutions vary in how well they meet needs, criteria, and constraints.
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NGSS - Middle school (6th - 8th grd)
- Matter and Its Interactions
- The composition of molecules and crystalline solids is described at the atomic scale
- The comparison of properties before qnd after substances interact determines if a chemical reaction
- Synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society
- Temperature, state and particle motion change when thermal energy is added or removed.
- Mass and number of atoms are conserved during a chemical reaction.
- Devices can use chemical processes to release or absorb thermal energy.
- Motion and Stability: Forces and Interaction
- Newton's Third Law can help solve problems involving two-body collisions.
- The change in an object's motion depends on the sum of all forces and the object's mass.
- Several factors affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
- Gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of the objects
- Fields exist between objects exerting non-contact forces between them.
- Energy
- Kinetic energy is related to both an object's mass and speed
- Potential energy changes when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes
- Solutions can be designed for optimizing thermal energy transfer.
- Thermal energy changes depend up the composition, mass and temperature change of the object
- Changes in kinetic energy are caused by either energy inputs or outputs
- Waves & Information Transfer
- Waves have unique, often inter-related properties; e.g. energy can depend on amplitude.
- Waves are reflected, transmitted and/or absorbed when moving from one material to another.
- Wave pulses can be used to encode and transmit digital information.
- From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
- Living things are made of cells
- Cell and organelle functions
- Organisms to organ systems to tissues
- Animal behaviors and plant structures affect reproduction
- Environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
- Photosynthesis is key to the cycling of matter and flow of energy through organisms.
- Food is re-arranged through chemical reactions that support growth or release energy
- Sensory receptors send messages to the brain for immediate behavior or memory storage.
- Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Resource availability affects organisms and populations in an ecosystem.
- Interactions among organisms follow clear patterns across multiple ecosystems.
- Matter cycles and energy flows among living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.
- Changes to the physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
- Solutions can be designed for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
- Genetic changes may affect proteins which would then affect the organism.
- Asexual and sexual reproduction.
- Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
- Fossils document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms over time
- Evolutionary relationships can be inferred from comparing among modern organisms and with fossils.
- Patterns in embryological development across species can produce very different anatomies.
- Genetic variation increases some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing.
- Technology allows humans to influence the traits inherited by organisms.
- Natural selection may lead to changes in a population's traits.
- Earth's Place in the Universe
- Lunar phases, eclipses of sun and moon, and the seasons are cyclic patterns.
- Gravity controls the motion of objects within galaxies and solar systems.
- Objects in the solar system can be compared at several scales.
- Rock strata are used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion year history.
- Earth's Systems
- Earth's materials cycle because of energy flows that drive the process.
- Geoscience processes operate at varying time and spatial scales.
- Plate tectonics is evidenced by fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures.
- Water cycle.
- Motion and interactions of air masses cause weather changes.
- Unequal heating and the Earth's rotation cause circulation patterns in the oceans and atmosphere.
- Earth and Human Activity
- Geoscience processes distribute minerals, energy and water resources unevenly around Earth.
- Catastrophic events can sometimes be predicted and mitigating technologies developed.
- Solutions can be designed for monitoring and minimizing humans' environmental impact.
- Increased human population and consumption impact Earth's systems.
- Several factors have caused the rise in global temperatures.
- Engineering Design
- Criteria and constraints of a design must be defined precisely to ensure success.
- Design solutions are evaluated systematically on the criteria and constraints.
- Optimum designs incorporate the best of multiple proto-types.
- Data from iterative testing can lead to optimum designs.
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NGSS - High school (9th - 12th grd)
- Matter and Its Interactions
- Relative properties of elements are based on the patterns of the valence electrons.
- Chemical reactions depend on electron configurations, and trends and patterns among the elements.
- Structure of bulk-scale substances depend on the inter-molecular forces.
- Heat flows during a chemical reaction depend on changes in bond energy.
- Changing the temp. or concentration affects the rate of a chemical reaction.
- Changing the conditions of a chemical reaction changes the equilibrium between reactants & products.
- Atoms and therefore mass are conserved during chemical reactions.
- The atomic nucleus changes composition and releases energy during decay, fission, and fusion.
- Motion and Stability: Forces and Interaction
- Newton's Second law.
- Conservation of momentum.
- Solutions can be designed to minimize the forces during a collision.
- Universal gravitation and electrostatic forces.
- Electric currents produce magnetic fields; Changing magnetic fields produce electric currents.
- The molecular-level structure affects the functioning of designed materials.
- Energy
- An object's energy is calculated from energy inputs, outputs or changes in other objects' energy.
- The forms of energy are based in particle motion or field potential energy.
- Many devices convert one form of energy into another.
- Heat flows from high to low temperature components.
- Changing forces between electro-magnetically interacting objects changes their potential energies.
- Waves & Information Transfer
- Properties of waves and their relationships.
- Digital transmission and storage of information is advantageous.
- EM radiation can be described as either wave or particle, whichever is more useful.
- Different frequencies of EM radiation have varying effects when absorbed by matter.
- Devices can absorb or emit waves to transmit or capture information or energy.
- From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
- DNA determines the proteins that carry out life's functions in specialized cells.
- The hierarchy of life provides specific functions to interacting systems within organisms.
- Feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
- Cellular division and differentiation produce and maintain complex systems.
- Photosynthesis transforms light to chemical energy
- Sugar molecules provide the atoms that form amino acids and other large molecules.
- Cellular respiration breaks and forms molecular bonds for a net energy transfer.
- Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Various factors affect carrying capacity at various scales.
- Various factors affect biodiversity and populations at different scales.
- Matter cycles and energy flows in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
- Matter cycles and energy flows among organisms in an ecosystem.
- Photosynthesis and cellular respiration affect the carbon cycle.
- Equilibrium flows and reservoirs may be altered to produce new ecosystems.
- Solutions can be designed to reduce human impact on ecosystems.
- Group behavior affects an individual and species' chances of surviving and reproducing.
- Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
- DNA and chromosomes code the traits passed from parents to offspring.
- Genetic variations result from meiosis, replication errors, and/or externally-caused mutations.
- The distribution of expressed traits varies in a population.
- Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
- Common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by empirical evidence.
- Natural selection: pop. increase + indiv. variation + competition = survival & reproduction.
- Organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase relative to those without.
- Natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
- Environmental changes may cause population changes, speciation, or extinction.
- Solutions can be designed to mitigate humans' impact on biodiversity.
- Earth's Place in the Universe
- Nuclear fusion, the sun's radiant emissions and life cycle.
- The Big Bang theory is based on light spectra, galaxy motion, and the composition of the universe.
- Stars, over their life cycles, produce the elements.
- The motion of orbiting objects can be predicted mathematically.
- Plate tectonics.
- Earth's formation and early history can be inferred from rocks, meteorites, and planetary surfaces.
- Earth's Systems
- Earth's surface features are formed by a wide variety of processes.
- Feedback from a change to Earth's surface can induce changes in other Earth systems.
- Matter cycles by convection in Earth's interior.
- Climate changes are induced by variations in energy flow through Earth's systems.
- The water and rock cycles are linked through the effects of water.
- Carbon cycles among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
- Earth's systems and life have evolved in tandem.
- Earth and Human Activity
- Natural resources, hazards, and climate changes affect human activity.
- Design solutions to energy and resource problems are evaluated on cost-benefit ratios.
- Biodiversity, resource management and healthy human populations are inter-dependent.
- Solutions can be designed that reduce the impact of humans on natural systems.
- Both the magnitude and rate of climate change will cause impacts to Earth's systems.
- The relationships among Earth's systems are being modified by human activity.
- Engineering Design
- Quantitative and qualitative criteria and constraints for solutions to global challenges.
- Complex problems can often be solved by breaking them into smaller, component problems.
- Design trade-offs: cost, safety, reliability, aesthetics, social, cultural, envir. impacts.
- Computers can simulate complex real-world problems.
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Elementary Level Science
- Course materials (multi-unit, multi-concept)
- Not conceptually focused
- Language of Science
- Entity
- Scale/Size
- Number
- Phase, Structure
- Composition
- Temperature
- Property/Measurement
- Change/Process
- Interdependence/Ecosystem
- Natural Environment
- Motion and Forces
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Introductory Life Science
- Course materials (multi-unit, multi-concept)
- Not conceptually focused
- Language of Science
- Scale - Hierarchies of Life and Matter
- Interdependence/Ecosystem
- Natural Environment
- Growth, Development
- Reproduction, Heredity
- Evolution
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Introductory Physical Science
- Course materials (multi-unit, multi-concept)
- Not conceptually focused
- Language of Science
- Matter
- Number
- Phase, Structure
- Property/Measurement
- Distance, Area, Volume
- Change/Process
- Ratio, Percentage
- Graph
- Correlation, Causality
- Energy, Energy resources
- Energy forms and transformation
- Waves
- Motion and Forces
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Earth Science
- Course materials (multi-unit, multi-concept)
- Not conceptually focused
- Property/Measurement
- Shape, Angle, Configuration
- Location, Direction, Orientation
- Change/Process
- Time
- Cycle
- Energy resources
- Energy forms and transformation
- Heat transfer (incl. Grnhs Effect)
- Waves
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Life Science, Biology
- Course materials (multi-unit, multi-concept)
- Not conceptually focused
- Property/Measurement
- Scale/Size
- Change/Process
- Interdependence/Ecosystem
- Form and Function
- Energy forms and transformation
- Growth, Development
- Reproduction, Heredity
- Genetic code (Code)
- Genetic regulation
- Evolution
- Regulation, Control
- Behavior
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Chemistry
- Course (multi-unit, multi-concept)
- Not conceptually focused
- Property/Measurement
- Scale/Size - Levels of organization
- Composition
- Matter
- Density, Concentration
- Pattern: Correlation, Causality
- Solubility
- Chemical Reaction
- Bonding
- Chemical energy, Thermal energy
- Entropy, Free energy
- Kinetics
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Physics
- Course materials (multi-unit, multi-concept)
- Not conceptually focused
- Energy Forms and Transformation
- Position (Gravitational) & Kinetic Energies
- Conservation of Energy
- Heat Transfer
- Efficiency
- Energy Flow, Work
- Power
- Wave Production, Absorption, Propagation
- Reflection, Focus
- Doppler Effect
- Superposition, Resonance
- Refraction
- Diffraction
- Velocity, Displacement
- Forces, Net force, Newtons 3rd Law
- Torque, Center of Mass
- Pressure
- Fluid flow
- Acceleration, Newtons 2nd Law
- 2- & 3-Dimensional Motion
- Projectile motion
- Circular motion
- Harmonic motion
- Conservation of momentum
- Rotational dynamics
- Conservation of angular momentum & energy
- Rolling
- Transferable Concept
- Multi-unit, Multi-concept
- Not Applicable - Not conceptually focused
- All inclusive: The (Twelve) Basic Concepts of Science
- Language of Science
 - Entity, System, Matter
- Hierarchy of Matter
- Bulk matter
- Molecular matter
- Atoms and atomic structure
- Nucleus and elementary particles
- Quarks and leptons
- Hierarchy of Life
- Molecular level of life
- Cellular level of life
- Tissue
- Organ
- Organ system
- Organism
- Population
- Community
- Ecosystem
- Property/Measurement
- Scale/Size
- Number
- Phase, Structure
- Composition
- Temperature
- Distance, Area, Volume
- Shape, Angle, Configuration
- Speed
- Location, Direction, Orientation
- Texture
- Hardness, Cleavage
- Porosity, Permeability
- Mass
- Density
- Concentration
- Uniformity
- Charge, Polarity
- Solubility
- All other properties
- Change/Process
- Ratio, Percentage
- Sequence of events, Time, Rate
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Dynamic equilibrium
- Correlation, Causality
- Graph, Equation , Function
- Ecological interdependence
- Natural Environment
- Resource, Pollutant
- Habitat, Niche
- Designed/Constructed Environment
- Climate
- Conservation/Restoration
- Diversity
- Spatial and temporal distribution
- Statistical distribution
- Complementarity
- Structure and function
- Carrying capacity
- Succession, Climax
- Cycles of life
- Energy, Energy resources
- Energy forms & transformation A
- Position (Gravitational) Energy, Kinetic Energy
- Thermal Energy, Chemical Energy
- Elastic Energy
- Wave Energy
- Electrical-Magnetic Energy
- Nuclear/Mass Energy
- Heat transfer a
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
- Advection, evaporative cooling
- Conservation of energy
- Efficiency
- Energy flow, Work
- Power
- Energy degradation
- Wave
- Production, Absorption, Propagation
- Interface
- Superposition/Interference, Resonance
- Doppler Effect
- Reflection
- Refraction
- Diffraction
- Duality (Wave-particle)
- Growth, Development
- Stage/Phase
- Genesis
- Maturation
- Metamorphosis
- Degeneration, Senescence
- Regeneration
- Differentiation, Specialization
- Linear, Exponential, Geometrical increase
- Chemical Reaction
- Patterns in chemical reactions
- Combustion, Photosynthesis
- Polymerization
- Acid/base, Neutralization
- Electrochemical
- Bonding
- Thermal Energy, Chemical Energy
- Entropy, Free Energy
- Kinetics
- Chemical Equilibrium
- Reproduction, Heredity
- Sexual, Asexual Reproduction
- Fertility, Fertilization
- Genetic Code, Code
- Translation
- Transmission
- Expression
- Mutation
- Evolution
- Selection
- Variation, Adaptation
- Extinction
- Speciation
- Genetic evolution
- Motion, Force
- Speed, Displacement, Velocity
- Frames of Reference
- Special relativity
- Interaction: Resultant force, Newtons 1st & 3rd Laws
- Friction
- Gravity
- Torque/Moments, Center of Mass
- Internal forces (solids), Pressure
- Surface, Boundary force
- Electrostatic force
- Static fluid force
- Dynamic fluid force
- Acceleration, Newtons 2nd Law
- Fictitious force
- 2- & 3-Dimensional motion
- Projectile motion
- Circular motion
- Harmonic Motion
- Conservation of linear momentum
- Impulse & momentum change
- Conservation of angular momentum & energy
- Quantum Mechanics
- Regulation, Control
- Switch
- Feedback
- Systemic equilibrium
- Restoring Mechanism
- Sustainability
- Threshold, Critical Mass
- Malfunction, Disease
- Contagion Vector
- Epidemic
- Addiction b
- Electricity, Magnetism
- Circuit, Resistance, Ohm's Law
- Conservation of Current, Voltage
- Electric Force Field and Potential
- Gauss's Law
- Capacitance
- Motor, Generator
- Magnetic Force Field
- Ampere's Law
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Faraday's Law
- LR, LC, LRC Circuits
- Maxwell's Equations
- Behavior
- Instinct
- Communication
- Learning
- Cognition
- Knowlege Transfer
- Motivation, Emotion
- Competence, Intelligence
- Personality
- Altruism
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- States of consciousness
- Topic
- NOT APPLICABLE
- ALL INCLUSIVE - All topics
- The Home
- Popular toys, games, puzzles
- Everyday events and familiar entities - misc.
- Everyday events and familiar things
- Current affairs
- The home, the school
- Popular toys, games, puzzles
- Organized sports, recreation
- Everyday events and familiar entities - misc.
- Life sciences and associated technologies
- Everyday Events and Familiar Entities (biology)
- Biology
- (the) Senses
- the Cell
- Animals, Zoology
- Plants, Botany
- Micro-organisms
- Misc: Biology
- Human Body
- Human anatomy
- Human physiology
- Human body systems
- Circulatory system
- Digestive & Excratory
- Endocrine
- Integumentary/Exocrine
- Lymphatic & immune
- Muscular & skeletal
- Nervous
- Urinary
- Reproductive
- Respiratory
- Health
- Medicine, Medical forensics
- Misc: Human body
- Bio/medical technology
- Bio-mechanical, Prosthetics
- Genetic engineering
- Medical technology
- Pharmaceutical technology
- Misc: Biotechnology
- Food
- Agriculture
- Animal husbandry and farming
- Misc: Food
- Ecology
- Fresh water ecologies
- Estuary and ocean ecologies
- Forest ecologies
- Urban ecologies
- Environmental zoology, botany
- Misc: Ecology
- Anthropology, Paleontology
- Misc: Anthropology, Paleontology
- Reference materials: Life science and associcated technologies
- Life Sciences and associated technologies, misc.
- Earth sciences and associated technologies
- Everyday Events and Familiar Entities (Earth science)
- Geology
- Plate tectonics
- Land forms
- Erosion, Deposition, Glaciation
- Volcanoes, Earthquakes
- Rocks, Minerals
- Soils
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Misc: Geology
- Natural Resources (Except energy)
- Minerals
- Water
- Land
- Flora, fauna
- Extractive technology, industry
- Misc: Natural resources
- Energy resources, uses & technologies
- Fossil fuels
- Thermal power plants, The electric grid
- Bio-fuels, Chemical stocks
- Bio-mass, wood, other solid fuels
- Waste-to-Energy
- Transportation
- Solar radiant energy resource
- Solar active systems
- Solar passive systems
- Wind
- Storage (batteries, pumped hydro, compressed air, etc.)
- Geothermal, Hydrothermal, Ocean thermal
- Hydroelectric
- Ocean energy (wave, tide, current, thermal)
- Salinity gradient
- Hydrogen, Fuel cells
- Conservation, Recycling, Auditing
- Nuclear
- Economics, Business, Policy
- Energy resources & uses, misc.
- Astronomy
- Solar system(s)
- Stars
- Galaxies, Cosmology
- Misc: Astronomy
- Meteorology
- Air pollution
- Atmospheric sciences
- Misc: Meteorology
- Climate change
- Physical science of climate change
- Impacts, adaptation of climate change
- Mitigation of climate change
- Misc: Climate change
- Water bodies, Oceanography
- Oceans
- Ocean floors
- Fresh water bodies
- Misc: Oceanography, Limnology
- Environmental/Civil Engineering
- Civil engineering
- Environmental engineering
- Misc: Environmental/Civil engineering
- Reference materials: Earth sciences and associated technologies
- Earth Sciences and associated technologies, misc.
- Physical science, Physics and associated technologies
- Everyday Events and Familiar Entities (physical science)
- Misc: Everyday events and environments
- Sport, Physical Education
- Dance
- Self-defense
- Hunting, fishing
- Misc: Sport, Physical education
- Energy Technologies
- Transport
- Land transport
- Air transport
- Water transport
- Space transport
- Misc: Transport
- Engineering of the Physical World
- Mechanical engineering
- Structural design and engineering
- Misc: Engineering of the physical world
- Military, Security
- Extra-Terrestrial Space
- Space vehicles
- Misc: Extra-terrestrial space
- Information, Communication, Media
- Computer hardware, software
- Misc: Information, Communication, Media
- Electronics, Instrumentation
- Instrumentation
- Misc: Electronics and instrumentation
- Physics
- Nuclear physics
- Misc: Physics
- Reference materials: Physics and associated technologies
- Physics, Physical Science and Associated Technologies, misc.
- Chemistry and associated technologies
- Everyday Events and Familiar Entities (chemistry)
- Chemistry
- Physical chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Bio-chemistry
- Nuclear chemistry
- Misc: Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Synthetics, polymers
- Kitchen & home chemistry
- Misc: Chemical engineering
- Environmental Chemistry
- Waste disposal
- Recycling
- Misc: Environmental chemistry
- Forensics
- Reference materials: Chemistry and associated technologies
- Chemistry and Associated Technologies, misc.
- Humanities (incl. math)
- Social science
- History
- Government
- Community
- Misc: Sociology
- Law and Ethics
- Morals, Ethics, Values
- Religion
- Misc: Law and Ethics
- Economics
- Financial system
- Technology and industry
- Scientific revolution
- Macro-economics
- Misc: Economics
- Culture
- Women and minorities
- Jobs and careers
- Misc: Culture
- Psychology
- Education and children
- Misc: Psychology
- Mathematics
- Math as the Language of Science
- Misc: Mathematics
- Archeology
- Arts, Crafts
- Music, Drama
- Computer graphics, animation
- Misc: Arts, Crafts
- Language Arts
- Literature, prose
- Poetry
- Popular use
- Humor
- Misc: Language
- Personality
- Biography
- Personality and anecdote
- Misc: Personality
- Philosophy
- Humanities, misc.
- Reference materials: Humanities
- Vocations and careers
- Business
- Management, Administration
- Finance
- Misc: Business
- Consumerism
- Health care
- Education
- Public service(s)
- Service trades
- Home, building maintenance
- Auto/machinery repair, operation
- Beauty, Grooming, Fashion
- Culinary arts
- Child care
- Misc: Service trades
- Building trades
- Excavation
- Carpentry, Masonry
- Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC
- Landscaping
- Misc: Building Trades
- Manufacturing trades
- Welding
- Misc: Manufacturing Trades
- Farming
- Reference materials: Vocations and careers.
- Vocations and Careers, misc.
- Misc. other topics
- Scientific process
- NOT APPLICABLE
- Experimental design, Inquiry
- Question, Hypothesis, Purpose
- Dependent, independent, controlled variables
- Procedure, Method
- Observation, Measurement
- Modeling, Simulation
- Controlled experiment
- Trial and error
- Survey
- Primary source
- Secondary source
- Results, Data, Observations
- Analysis, Conclusion, Explanation
- Error, Validity, Reliability
- Graphical analysis
- Misc: Experimental method, Inquiry
- Lab safety
- Inferential & procedural problem solving
- Sequence, Coordination
- And, Or, Not
- If ... then
- Misc: Procedural problem solving
- Design and engineering process
- Identify problem
- Criteria, Constraints
- Resources, Materials
- Gather information
- Knowledge & skill requirements
- Develop multiple options
- Select, Refine, Design a solution
- Construct solution or prototype
- Evaluate, optimize solution
- Costs, Benefits, Trade-offs
- Efficiency, Effectiveness
- Communicate solution
- Re-design solution
- Misc: Design process
- Modeling
- Mapping
- Graphic organizers
- Graphic Display
- Misc: Modeling
- Mathematical manipulation
- Basic operations
- Unit conversion
- Estimating
- Algebraic manipulation
- Vectors, trigonometry
- Geometry
- Differentials, Integrals
- Misc. mathematical manipulation
- Misc: Scientific process
- Grade Level
- Early elementary (K-2)
- Late elementary (3-4)
- Lower middle school (5-6)
- Upper middle school (7-8)
- Lower high school (9-10)
- Upper high school (11-12)
- Reading/Writing Level
- Below minimum reading/writing level for grade
- 2 years behind grade reading/writing level
- At grade reading/writing level
- 2 years ahead of grade reading/writing level
- Numeracy Level
- Below minimum numeracy level for grade
- 2 years behind grade numeracy level
- At grade numeracy level
- 2 years ahead of grade numeracy level
- Level of Understanding
- Static, declarative knowledge
- Identification, Memorization
- Comprehension
- Transferable knowledge
- Application
- Analysis
- Synthesis
- Evaluation
- Creativity
- Scale and type of materials
- Wanna help? Collaboration sought for lesson development
- Lesson - Student task, test, material, activity
- Sequence/collection of lessons, text, materials
- Unit design, including lessons
- Unit design only, no lessons
- Course (multi-unit) curriculum
- Instructional or assessment tools & resources
- Content reference materials
- Learning cycle
- Stage 1: Hook, Engage, Prior knowledge
- Stage 2: Concept or skill formation
- Stage 3: Explanation & Explain
- Stage 4: Concept or skill transfer
- Instructional format
- Teacher, material presentation
- Essential question, Learning goals, Prior knowledge
- Text, Lecture, Information
- Teacher-led discussion
- A/V presentation, Poster
- Hands-on demonstration
- Role playing by teacher
- Dictation
- Guest speaker
- Misc: Teacher presentation
- Student reading, writing, reporting
- Read and respond
- Question(s), Problem(s)
- Worksheet - associated problems or questions
- Worksheet - repetitive practice
- Interpret, Re-express
- Critique, Judge
- Research, collect, process, report
- Low stakes writing
- Explanatory writing
- Narrative writing
- Imaginative writing
- Persuasive writing
- Misc: Student reading, writing
- Student cooperative strategy
- 2-D activity or skills
- Diagramming, Drawing (2-D product)
- Graphing
- Geographical mapping, Interpreting geog. maps
- Graphic organizer
- Misc: 2-D Skills
- Oral/Verbal
- Read/Listen/Discuss --> present
- Speech, Oral presentation
- Debate
- Student role playing
- Formal discussion
- Interview, Informal survey
- Misc: Verbal
- Hands-on, Inquiry, Physical activity
- Formal experimenting, investigating
- Inquiry
- Manipulating, Physically experiencing
- Design, Build, Simulate
- Off-campus experimenting, experiencing
- A/V production
- Field trip
- Competition, Fair
- Misc: Hands-on, Physical acitivity
- Extended project
- Game, Puzzle
- Board/grid game
- Player, event cards
- Verbal game
- Kinesthetic game
- Computer game
- Misc: Game
- Computer assisted
- PowerPoint presentation
- Webquest, Information search
- Computer tutorial
- Computer simulation
- Programming
- Misc: Computer assisted
- Misc: Instructional format
- Assessment focus & format
- Assessment of prior knoweldge
- Formative assessment
- Student self or peer assessment
- Assessment preparation
- Assessment of static knowledge
- Multiple choice
- True/False, Matching, Fill the blanks, etc.
- Short answer
- Oral, interview
- Constructed, extended response
- Portfolio
- Skill-based task(s) or projects
- Misc: Summative assessment of static knowledge
- Assessment of transferable knowledge
- Short response
- Constructed, extended response
- Writing
- Portfolio
- Project-based, authentic assessment
- Lab-based, kinesthetic assessment
- Oral, interview
- Misc: Summative assess. of transferable knowledge
- Combined or course assessment (static + transferable)
- Unit test
- Mid-course exam
- Final exam
- Rubric
- Generic rubric
- Lesson-based rubric
- Student peer or self-assessment
- Rubric - misc.
- Portfolio assessment
- Misc: Other assessments
- Grouping size
- Individual
- Small group (2-4)
- Large group (5-8)
- Half of a class (10 - 15)
- Whole class
- Multiple classes combined
- Misc: Grouping size
- Time duration
- 0 min
- 5+ minutes (in or out of class)
- 15 - 20 minutes (in or out of class)
- 30 minutes (in or out of class)
- 40 - 60 min (or single period)
- 60 - 90 min (Double or long-block period)
- 2 hours (or 2-3 single class periods)
- 3 - 4 hours (or 4 to 6 class periods)
- 1 day (or 6 - 8 hours)
- 1 - 2 weeks of class time and homework
- 3 - 4 weeks of class time and homework
- 5 - 6 weeks of class time and homework
- One quarter (9 - 10 weeks)
- One trimester (about 12 weeks)
- One semester (2 quarters: 18 weeks)
- Two trimesters (about 24 weeks)
- Full year (36 - 40 weeks)
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