California Coastal Commission, Public Education Program. NGSS connections to You Are What You Eat: Plastics and Marine Life activity from Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds

"You Are What You Eat: Plastics and Marine Life," Activity 8.2 in Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS

Supports Crosscutting Concepts:
Cause and Effect
Structure and Function

Supports Science and Engineering Practices:
Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Engaging in argument from evidence
Obtaining, Evaluating, and communicating information

Supports Disciplinary Core Ideas:
ESS3.C. Human impacts on Earth systems
LS2-A. Interdependent relationships in ecosystems

Supports Performance Expectations:
MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

SUPPORT FOR COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

SL.1. Comprehension and Collaboration
RST.1. Key Ideas and Details
RST.4. Craft and Structure