Living things affect the Boundary: Assessment is limited physical characteristics of to a single form of weathering or their regions. (4-ESS2-1) erosion.] 4-ESS2-2 Analyze and interpret ESS3.B: Natural Hazards data from maps to describe A variety of hazards result patterns of from natural processes Earth’s features. [Clarification (e.g., earthquakes, Statement: Maps can include tsunamis, volcanic topographic maps of eruptions). Humans cannot Earth’s land and ocean floor, as well as maps eliminate the hazards but of the locations of mountains, can take steps to reduce continental boundaries, their impacts. (4-ESS3-2) volcanoes, and earthquakes.] (Note: This Disciplinary Core Idea can also be 4-ESS3-2 Generate and compare found in 3.WC.) multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth ETS1.B: Designing processes on humans.* Solutions to Engineering [Clarification Statement: Problems Examples of solutions could Testing a solution involves include designing an earthquake investigating how well it resistant building and improving performs under a range of monitoring of volcanic activity.] likely conditions. [Assessment Boundary: (secondary to 4-ESS3-2) Assessment is limited to ETS1.B: Developing earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, Possible Solutions and volcanic eruptions.] Research on a problem 3-5-ETS1-2. Generate and should be carried out before compare multiple possible beginning to design a solutions to a problem based on solution. Testing a solution how well each is likely to meet involves investigating how the criteria and constraints of the well it performs under a problem. range of likely conditions. (3-5-ETS1-2) 3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are At whatever stage,
Boundary: Assessment is limited to a single form of weathering or erosion.] 4-ESS2-2 Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features. [Clarification Statement: Maps can include topographic maps of Earth’s land and ocean floor, as well as maps of the locations of mountains, continental boundaries, volcanoes, and earthquakes.] 4-ESS3-2 Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of solutions could include designing an earthquake resistant building and improving monitoring of volcanic activity.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.] 3-5-ETS1-2. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are Living things affect the physical characteristics of their regions. (4-ESS2-1) ESS3.B: Natural Hazards A variety of hazards result from natural processes (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions). Humans cannot eliminate the hazards but can take steps to reduce their impacts. (4-ESS3-2) (Note: This Disciplinary Core Idea can also be found in 3.WC.) ETS1.B: Designing Solutions to Engineering Problems Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. (secondary to 4-ESS3-2) ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions Research on a problem should be carried out before beginning to design a solution. Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. (3-5-ETS1-2) At whatever stage,
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