NGSS Alignment: Animals Field Study |
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Animals Alignment Table (PDF)*
NGSS Performance Expectations for Animals Field Study (PDF)
* Interactive table is best viewed with a desktop browser, and is not navigable via keyboard. For accessible table, download Excel version: Animals (XLS)
NGSS Performance Expectations for Animals Field Study (PDF)
* Interactive table is best viewed with a desktop browser, and is not navigable via keyboard. For accessible table, download Excel version: Animals (XLS)
Field Study Tour: Animals • Plants • Soil • Water
Next Generation Science Standards: Animals • Plants • Soil • Water |
Next Generation Science Standards (hover over blue text for brief descriptions) Key: ☆ = Strongly Aligned ✔ = Aligned ⊗ = Minimally Aligned * = Standard Activity DCI = Disciplinary Core Idea PE = Performance Expectation Animals Field Study |
Crosscutting Concepts | Scientific Practices | |||||||||||||
Nutrient Cycle / Decomposition*
DCI: LS2.B PE: MS-LS2-3 |
✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ☆ | ||||||||||
Adaptation Activities*
DCI: LS1.B; LS1.D PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS1-8 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ||||||||
Pelts*
DCI: LS1.B; LS1.D PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS1-8 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ||||||
Skulls*
DCI: LS1.B; LS1.D PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS1-8 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ||||||
Horns, Antlers, & Hooves
DCI: LS1.B; LS4.B PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS4-4 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ✔ | ||||||
Habitat*
DCI: LS2.A; LS2.C PE: MS-LS2-4; MS-LS2-1 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ||||||
Niche*
DCI: LS2.A PE: MS-LS2-2 |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | |||||||
Birds
DCI: LS1.B; LS4.B PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS4-4 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |||||
Arthropods
DCI: LS2.B PE: MS-LS2-3 |
✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ||||||||||
Bear Game
DCI: LS2.A; LS4.B PE: MS-LS2-1; MS-LS4-4 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ||||||||||
Predator / Prey Game
DCI: LS1.B PE: MS-LS1-4 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ||||||||
Oh Deer!
DCI: LS2.A PE: MS-LS2-1 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ||||||||
Food Web
DCI: LS2.B; LS2.C PE: MS-LS2-3; MS-LS2-4 |
✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |||||||||
Animal Signs & Survey
DCI: LS1.B PE: MS-LS1-4 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ||||||||||
Animal Tracks
DCI: LS1.B PE: MS-LS1-4 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ||||||||||
Bird Observations
DCI: LS1.B; LS1.D PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS1-8 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ||||||||
Food Pyramid
DCI: LS1.C PE: MS-LS1-6 |
✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ☆ | |||||||||||
Live Animal Station
DCI: LS1.B; LS1.D PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS1-8 |
☆ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | ||||||
Supermarket Niche
DCI: LS2.A PE: MS-LS2-2 |
✔ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | |||||||||
Deadly Links
DCI: LS2.C; ESS3.C PE: MS-LS2-4; MS-ESS3-3 |
☆ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ | |||||||||
Native Birds (Toxics)
DCI: LS2.C; ESS3.C PE: MS-LS2-4; MS-ESS3-3 |
☆ | ✔ | ☆ | ✔ | ☆ | ☆ |