Exploring Our Fluid Earth
Teaching Science as Inquiry
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MS-ESS2-3 Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
The content and activities i...
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MS-ESS1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
The content and activities in this topic will work towards building an understanding of navigationa...
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MS-PS2-3 Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
MS-PS2-5 Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental de...
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Some ideas that categorize the world, such as the number of ocean basins, can seem like unchanging facts. But really, these categories a...
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Continents can be just as difficult to define as ocean basins (see SF Fig. 1.2). Continents can be defined based on plate tectonics, ...
Ocean water that is partially enclosed or surrounded by land can be called a bay, a gulf, a sound, a sea, a cove, a bight, or a fjord depending on characteristics such as size, shoreline, and depth. Many of these names for bodies of water do not have consistent definitions....
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts:
Stability and Chance
For centuries explorers and traders drew maps of the world. These maps show what was known about the planet earth at that time. Today, there are photographs from satellites to s...
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
When a single measurement is compared to another single measurement of the same thing, the values are usually not identical. Differences between s...
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
Precision and accuracy are two ways that scientists think about error. Accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value...
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:
Developing and Using Models
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts:
System and System Models
The presentation of information in a table, diagram, or map c...
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