MS-PS3-4   Energy

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

MS-PS3-4. Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. [Clarification Statement: Examples of experiments could include comparing final water temperatures after different masses of ice melted in the same volume of water with the same initial temperature, the temperature change of samples of different materials with the same mass as they cool or heat in the environment, or the same material with different masses when a specific amount of energy is added.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include calculating the total amount of thermal energy transferred.]
The performance expectation above was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Planning and carrying out investigations to answer questions or test solutions to problems in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to include investigations that use multiple variables and provide evidence to support explanations or design solutions.

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           Connections to Nature of Science

 

Scientific Knowledge is Based on Empirical Evidence

  • Science knowledge is based upon logical and conceptual connections between evidence and explanations

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

Crosscutting Concepts

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

  • Proportional relationships (e.g. speed as the ratio of distance traveled to time taken) among different types of quantities provide information about the magnitude of properties and processes.

Connections to other DCIs in this grade-band:

MS.PS1.A ; MS.PS2.A ; MS.ESS2.C ; MS.ESS2.D ; MS.ESS3.D

Articulation of DCIs across grade-bands:

4.PS3.C ; HS.PS1.B ; HS.PS3.A ; HS.PS3.B

Common Core State Standards Connections:

ELA/Literacy -
RST.6-8.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. (MS-PS3-4)
WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. (MS-PS3-4)
Mathematics -
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MS-PS3-4)
6.SP.B.5Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context. (MS-PS3-4)

MS-PS3-4   Energy

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

MS-PS3-4. Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. [Clarification Statement: Examples of experiments could include comparing final water temperatures after different masses of ice melted in the same volume of water with the same initial temperature, the temperature change of samples of different materials with the same mass as they cool or heat in the environment, or the same material with different masses when a specific amount of energy is added.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include calculating the total amount of thermal energy transferred.]
The performance expectation above was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Planning and carrying out investigations to answer questions or test solutions to problems in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to include investigations that use multiple variables and provide evidence to support explanations or design solutions.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

           Connections to Nature of Science

 

Scientific Knowledge is Based on Empirical Evidence

  • Science knowledge is based upon logical and conceptual connections between evidence and explanations

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

Crosscutting Concepts

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

  • Proportional relationships (e.g. speed as the ratio of distance traveled to time taken) among different types of quantities provide information about the magnitude of properties and processes.

Connections to other DCIs in this grade-band:

MS.PS1.A ; MS.PS2.A ; MS.ESS2.C ; MS.ESS2.D ; MS.ESS3.D

Articulation of DCIs across grade-bands:

4.PS3.C ; HS.PS1.B ; HS.PS3.A ; HS.PS3.B

Common Core State Standards Connections:

ELA/Literacy -
RST.6-8.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. (MS-PS3-4)
WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. (MS-PS3-4)
Mathematics -
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MS-PS3-4)
6.SP.B.5Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context. (MS-PS3-4)

MS-PS3-4   Energy

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

MS-PS3-4. Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. [Clarification Statement: Examples of experiments could include comparing final water temperatures after different masses of ice melted in the same volume of water with the same initial temperature, the temperature change of samples of different materials with the same mass as they cool or heat in the environment, or the same material with different masses when a specific amount of energy is added.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include calculating the total amount of thermal energy transferred.]
The performance expectation above was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Planning and carrying out investigations to answer questions or test solutions to problems in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to include investigations that use multiple variables and provide evidence to support explanations or design solutions.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

           Connections to Nature of Science

 

Scientific Knowledge is Based on Empirical Evidence

  • Science knowledge is based upon logical and conceptual connections between evidence and explanations

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

Crosscutting Concepts

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

  • Proportional relationships (e.g. speed as the ratio of distance traveled to time taken) among different types of quantities provide information about the magnitude of properties and processes.

Connections to other DCIs in this grade-band:

MS.PS1.A ; MS.PS2.A ; MS.ESS2.C ; MS.ESS2.D ; MS.ESS3.D

Articulation of DCIs across grade-bands:

4.PS3.C ; HS.PS1.B ; HS.PS3.A ; HS.PS3.B

Common Core State Standards Connections:

ELA/Literacy -
RST.6-8.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. (MS-PS3-4)
WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. (MS-PS3-4)
Mathematics -
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MS-PS3-4)
6.SP.B.5Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context. (MS-PS3-4)

* The performance expectations marked with an asterisk integrate traditional science content with engineering through a Practice or Disciplinary Core Idea.

The section entitled “Disciplinary Core Ideas” is reproduced verbatim from A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Cross-Cutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Integrated and reprinted with permission from the National Academy of Sciences.

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