Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

This lesson is building toward:

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION (PE)

PS3-1

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative measures of changes in the speed of an object or on any precise or quantitative definition of energy.]

PS3-3

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the changes in energy due to changes in speed, not on the forces as objects interact.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative measures of energy.]

NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES (SEP)

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence, using fair tests in which variables are controlled and the number of trials considered.
Make predictions about what would happen if a variable changes.
Make observations and/or measurements to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence for an explanation of a phenomenon or test a design solution.

Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Ask questions about what would happen if a variable is changed.
Ask questions that can be investigated and predict reasonable outcomes based on patterns such as cause and effect relationships.

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Analyze and interpret data to make sense of phenomena, using logical reasoning, mathematics, and or/computation.

DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS (DCI)

PS3.A Definitions of Energy

The faster a given object is moving, the more energy it possesses.

PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

Energy is present whenever there are moving objects, sound, light, or heat. When objects collide, energy can be transferred from one object to another, thereby changing their motion. In such collisions, some energy is typically also transferred to the surrounding air; as a result, the air gets heated and sound is produced.

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS (CCC)

Cause and Effect

Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified, tested, and used to explain change.

Systems and System Models

A system can be described in terms of its components and their interactions.

Energy and Matter

Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.

“Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts” are reproduced verbatim from A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13165. National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Science Education; Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards. National Academies Press, Washington, DC. This material may be reproduced for noncommercial purposes and used by other parties with this attribution. If the original material is altered in any way, the attribution must state that the material is adapted from the original. All other rights reserved.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

CCSS ELA SPEAKING & LISTENING

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborations.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4
Report on a topic or text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6
Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English and situations where informal discourse is appropriate.

CCSS ELA WRITING

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8
Recall relevant information from experiences.

California English Language Development (ELD) Standards

CA ELD

Part 1.4.1 Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative conversations on a range of social and academic topics

EMERGING

EXPANDING

BRIDGING

Contribute to conversations and express ideas by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions and responding using short phrases.

Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions, including sustained dialogue, by following turn-taking rules, asking relevant questions, affirming others, and adding relevant information.

Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions, including sustained dialogue, by following turn-taking rules, asking relevant questions, affirming others, adding relevant information, building on responses, and providing useful feedback.

In addition to the standard above, you may find that you touch on the following standards in this lesson as well:

P1.4.9 Expressing information and ideas in formal oral presentations on academic topics