Discovery Cube (Allison Shiff & Akiko Arevalo)

Description: Discovery Cube Los Angeles

Explore the Cube

Discovery Cube LA has an exciting blend of permanent and traveling exhibits connected to our foundation’s initiatives. From stepping into a simulated helicopter to take a tour of California’s natural resources to a scavenger hunt in a grocery store, the fun and learning never ends

Audience: Field Trips are designed for the following Grades: K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Here is the detailed field trip guide by grade level

Science Concepts Addressed: MIDDLE SCHOOL NGSS

6th Grade

MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

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

• MS-ESS3-5. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

7th Grade

MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

ESS3: Earth and Human Activity

• ESS3.A: Natural Resources - How do natural hazards affect individuals and societies?

• ESS3.B: Natural Hazards - How do natural hazards affect individuals and societies?

• ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth - How do humans change the planet?

• ESS3.D: Global Climate Change - How do people model and predict the effects of human activities on Earth’s climate?

8th Grade

MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

• MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.

Study Guide: Discovery Cube Eco-Scavenger Hunt!

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