Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures (MS-PS1.1)

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred (MS-PS1.2)

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society (MS-PS1.3)

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed (MS-PS1.4)

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved (MS.PS1.5)

Undertake a design project to construct test and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes (MS.PS1.6)

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales (MS-ESS2.2)

Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions (MS-ESS2.3)

Analyze and interpret data on the natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects (MS-ESS3.2)

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process (MS-ESS2.1)

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes (MS-ESS3.1)

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms (MS-LS1.6)

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth an/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism (MS-LS1.7)

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem (MS-LS2.3)

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem (MS-LS2.1)

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems (MS-LS2.2)

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations (MS-LS2.4)

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services (MS-LS2.5)

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment (MS-ESS3.3)