Science & Engineering Practices
Cross-Cutting Concepts
Disciplinary Core Ideas
NGSS
Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)
Behaviors that scientists engage in as they investigate and build models and theories about the natural world and the key set of engineering practices that engineers use as they design and build models and systems. Click on (select) any of the practices below to find out more about what they mean... 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems 2. Developing and Using Models 3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations (for science) and Designing Solutions (for engineering) 7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence 8. Obtaining, Evaluating & Communicating Information |
Cross-Cutting Concepts (CCCs)
Underlying themes that have value in all disciplines of science . 1 . Patterns 2 . Cause and Effect: Mechanism & Explanation 3 . Scale, Proportion, and Quantity 4 . Systems and System Models 5 . Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, & Conservation 6 . Structure and Function 7 . Stability and Change Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs)
Key organizing concepts, problem solving tools, or underlying principles of a discipline. Physical Science 1. Matter and Its Interactions 2. Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 3. Energy 4. Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer Life Science 1. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 2. Ecosystems: Interactions Energy, and Dynamics 3. Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of TraitsLS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity Earth and Space Science 1. Earth’s Place in the Universe 2. Earth’s Systems 3. Earth and Human Activity Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science 1. Engineering Design 2. Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society |