Science & Engineering Practices
Cross Cutting Concepts
Types of Science
Acronyms
The Facts
100

Students make DNA models

What is Developing and Using Models?

100

A chair breaks and a student falls to the ground

What is Cause and Effect?

100

This is the Science of Living Things

What is Life Science?

100

NG in NGSS

What is NEXT GENERATION?

100

New academic words to learn

What is vocabulary?

200

Students create a class chart of foods animals eat and discuss dietary needs

What is Analyzing and Interpreting Data?

200

Stripes on a tiger or a zebra

What are Patterns?

200

This is the study of mountains, rock formations, and fossils

What is Earth & Space Science?

200

STEM

What is SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, & MATHMATICS?

200

Naturally occurring events that are engaging and thought provoking

What are phenomena?

300

Students measure the mass of an object and discuss its speed on a ramp

What is Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking?

300

A model of the White House

What is Scale, Proportion and Quantity?

300

The study of magnets, forces of push and pull, and energy

What is Physical Science?

300

SS in NGSS

What is SCIENCE STANDARDS?

300

A main idea in scientific learning

What is a Key Concept?

400

Students read articles in groups and share what they learned about energy

What is Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information?

400

Adding vinegar to baking soda creates a reaction

What is Energy and Matter?

400

Planning, creating, building and solving problems

What is Engineering and Technology?

400

3D

What is 3 DIMENSIONAL?

400

2 academic areas where US students fall short

What are SCIENCE and MATH?

500

Students debate which animals are likely to survive climate change

What is Engaging in Argument from Evidence?

500

The pyramids of Egypt

What is Structure and Function?

500

When different types of science work together

What is interdisciplinary science?

500

CCC & SEP

What are the CROSS CUTTING CONCEPTS & SCIENCE and ENGINEERING PRACTICES?

500

The best class all year!

What is SCIENCE?