Matter Cycles and Energy Flows in Systems of All Scales Within the Earth System
created by:
Erika Durst (OMSD), Lindsay Carlson (OMSD), Stacy Howard (OMSD), and Carole McCarty (OMSD)
Life Science Component:
Earth and Space Systems Component:
Physical Science Component:
Engineering, Technology, and Applications to Science Component:
- Organisms grow and get energy by rearranging atoms in food molecules.
Earth and Space Systems Component:
- Earth's cycles of matter are driven by solar energy, Earth's internal thermal energy, and gravity.
Physical Science Component:
- Chemical reactions make new substances and can release or absorb thermal energy.
- Mass is conserved in physical changes and chemical reactions.
Engineering, Technology, and Applications to Science Component:
- Design criteria
- Evaluate solutions
- Analyze data
- Iteratively test and modify
Main Learning Goal:
Focus Question: How do chemical reactions affect the growth of plants? Learning Targets: Cross Cutting Concept Ideas: Pattern- Cause and Effect- Scale, Proportion, and Quantity- Systems and Systems Models- Energy and Matter- Structure and function- Stability and Change- Key Science Ideas: |
Performance Expectations:
Key Science Ideas:
Guiding Questions:
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