NGSS Alignment: Water Field Study
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Water Alignment Table (PDF)*
NGSS Performance Expectations for Water Field Study (PDF)
*Interactive table is best viewed with a desktop browser, and is not navigable via keyboard. For accessible table, download Excel version:  Water (XLS) ​
See also: Outdoor School Curriculum
Field Study Curriculum Outline: Animals • Plants •  Soil • Water
​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

Water Field Study 		Crosscutting Concepts Scientific Practices
Cause & Effect
Structure & Function
Systems & System Models
Scale, Proportion, & Quantity
Stability & Change
Energy & Matter
Patterns
1. Asking Questions & Defining Problems
2. Developing & Using Models
3. Planning & Carrying Out Investigations
4. Analyzing & Interpreting Data
5. Using Mathematics & Computational Thinking
6. Constructing Explanations & Designing Solutions
7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence
8. Obtaining, Evaluating, & Communicating Information
Watersheds*
DCI: LS2.C; ESS3.C; LS4.D; ETS1.B; ESS2.C
PE: MS-LS2-4; MS-LS2-5; MS-ESS3-3; MS-ESS2-4 		☆ ✔ ✔ ☆ ✔ ☆ ☆ ☆
Water pH*
DCI: LS2.C
PE: MS-LS2-4 		✔ ☆ ☆ ☆ ✔ ✔
Riparian Habitat Survey*
DCI: LS2.C; ESS3.C; LS4.D; ETS1.B
PE: MS-LS2-4; MS-LS2-5; MS-ESS3-3 		☆ ✔ ✔ ☆ ✔ ✔ ✔ ☆ ✔
Dissolved Oxygen / Temperature*
DCI: LS2.C
PE: MS-LS2-4 		✔ ✔ ✔ ☆ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ☆
Turbidity
DCI: LS2.C
PE: MS-LS2-4 		✔ ☆ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ☆
Aquatic Life (Critter Catch)*
DCI: LS1.B; LS2.A
PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS2-1 		☆ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ☆ ☆
Stream Morphology*
DCI: LS2.C; LS4.D; ETS1.B; ESS2.A; ESS2.C
PE: MS-ESS2-2; MS-LS2-5 		✔ ☆ ☆ ✔ ☆ ☆
Water Cycle
DCI: ESS2.C; ESS2.D; PS1.A
PE: MS-ESS2-4; MS-ESS2-6; MS-PS1-4 ⊗ 		✔ ☆ ✔ ☆ ✔ ✔ ☆ ✔
Stream Flow
DCI: ESS2.C
PE: MS-ESS2-4 		☆ ✔ ✔ ✔ ☆ ✔
Microscope Study / Aquatic Food Pyramid
DCI: LS2.B; LS1.C
PE: MS-LS1-6; MS-LS2-3 		✔ ☆ ☆ ☆ ✔ ✔
Water Bottle Intro
DCI: ESS3.C
PE: MS-ESS3-4 		☆ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ☆
Anadromous Fish
DCI: LS1.B; LS2.C
PE: MS-LS1-4; MS-LS2-4 		☆ ✔ ☆ ✔ ✔ ☆
Waste Water Treatment
DCI: ESS3.C; LS2.C; LS4.D; ETS1.B
PE: MS-LS2-5; MS-ESS3-3 		☆ ✔ ☆ ✔ ☆ ☆
Water Power
DCI: LS2.C; ESS3.C; LS4.D; ETS1.B; ESS2.C; PS3.A; PS3.C
PE: MS-LS2-4; MS-ESS3-3; MS-LS2-5; MS-ESS2-4; MS-PS3-2 ⊗ 		☆ ✔ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Water Conservation
DCI: ESS3.C
PE: MS-ESS3-3 		☆ ✔ ✔ ✔ ☆ ✔