Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

This lesson is building toward:

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION (PE)

MS-PS4-2

Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on both light and mechanical waves. Examples of models could include drawings, simulations, and written descriptions.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to qualitative applications pertaining to light and mechanical waves.]

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

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES (SEP)

Developing and Using Models

Develop or modify a model–based on evidence–to match what happens if a variable or component of a system is changed.
Develop and/or use a model to predict and/or describe phenomena.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for phenomena.

DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS (DCI)

PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation

The path that light travels can be traced as straight lines, except at surfaces between different transparent materials (e.g., air and water, air and glass) where the light path bends.

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS (CCC)

Patterns

Patterns can be used to identify cause and effect relationships.

Cause and Effect

Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.

“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 SCIENCE & TECHNICAL SUBJECTS

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

CCSS ELA WRITING

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.2.F
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.

California English Language Development (ELD) Standards

CA ELD

Part 1.8.12: Selecting and applying varied and precise vocabulary and other language resources to effectively convey ideas

EMERGING

EXPANDING

BRIDGING

P1.8.12 a) Use a select number of general academic words (e.g., specific, contrast) and domain-specific words (e.g., scene, cell, fraction) to create some precision while speaking and writing.

b) Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in basic ways (e.g., She likes X. He walked to school.).

P1.8.12 a) Use a growing set of academic words (e.g., specific, contrast, significant, function), domain-specific words (e.g., scene, irony, suspense, analogy, cell membrane, fraction), synonyms, and antonyms to create precision and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.

b) Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in a growing number of ways to manipulate language (e.g., She likes walking to school. That’s impossible.).

P1.8.12 a) Use an expanded set of general academic words (e.g., specific, contrast, significant, function, adequate, analysis), domain-specific words (e.g., scene, irony, suspense, analogy, cell membrane, fraction), synonyms, antonyms, and figurative language to create precision and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.

b) Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in a variety of ways to manipulate language (e.g., changing destroy -> destruction, probably -> probability, reluctant -> reluctantly).

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

P1.8.1: Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics
P1.8.2: Interacting with others in written English in various communicative forms (print, communicative technology and multimedia)
P1.8.3: Offering and justifying opinions, negotiating with and persuading others in communicative exchanges
P1.8.5: Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic contexts
P1.8.10: Writing literary and informational texts to present, describe, and explain ideas and information, using appropriate technology
P2.8.5: Modifying to add details
P2.8.6: Connecting ideas
P2.8.7: Condensing ideas