Science

Next Generation Science Standards / New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NGSS/NJSLS-S)

TCCS YEAR AT A GLANCE/UNITS OF STUDY

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NJSLS (New Jersey Student Learning Standards) K -12

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New Jersey Student Learning Standards

KINDERGARTEN

K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

K-PS3 Energy

K-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

K-ESS2 Earth's Systems

K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design

FIRST GRADE

1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

1-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

1-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design

SECOND GRADE

2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions

2-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

2-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

2-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

2-ESS2 Earth's Systems

K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design

THIRD GRADE

3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

3-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

3-ESS2 Earth's Systems

3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design

FOURTH GRADE

4-PS3 Energy

4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

4-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

4-ESS2 Earth's Systems

4-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design

FIFTH GRADE

5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions

5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

5-PS3 Energy

5-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

5-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

5-ESS2 Earth's Systems

5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design

GRADES 6-8

Earth and Space Sciences

MS-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

MS-ESS2 Earth's Systems

MS -ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

MS-ETS1 Engineering Design

Life Sciences

MS -LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

MS -LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

MS -LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

MS -LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Physical Sciences

MS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions

MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

MS-PS3 Energy

MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

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