California Coastal Commission, Public Education Program. NGSS connections to Branching Out activity from Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds

"Branching Out," Activity 5.3 in Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS

Supports Crosscutting Concepts:
Patterns
Systems and System Models
Cause and Effect

Supports Science and Engineering Practices:
Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Obtaining, Evaluating, and communicating information

Supports Disciplinary Core Ideas:
PS2.B. Types of interactions

Supports Performance Expectations:
4-ESS2-2. Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.
5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

SUPPORT FOR COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

5.W.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.