EARTH’S SYSTEMS Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and Performance Expectation the force of gravity. Emphasis is on the ways water changes its state and location as it moves through the multiple pathways of Clarification Statement the hydrologic cycle. Examples of models can be conceptual or physical. Science & Engineering Practices Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting Concepts 1. Asking questions and defining problems THE ROLES OF WATER IN ENERGY AND MATTER EARTH’S SURFACE PROCESSES: Within a natural or designed system, the transfer 2. Developing and using models: Modeling in 6–8 of energy drives the motion and/or cycling of Water continually cycles among land, ocean, and builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to matter. atmosphere via transpiration, evaporation, developing, using, and revising models to describe, condensation and crystallization, and precipitation, as test, and predict more abstract phenomena and well as downhill flows on land. (MS.ESS2C.a) design systems. Global movements of water and its changes in form Develop a model to describe unobservable are propelled by sunlight and gravity. (MS.ESS2C.c) mechanisms. Planning and carrying out investigations LOUISIANA’S NATURAL RESOURCES Replenishable resources such as groundwater and Analyzing and interpreting data oxygen are purified by the movement through Using mathematics and computational thinking cycles. (MS.EVS1A.c) Constructing explanations and designing solutions Engaging in argument from evidence Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information Diocese of Baton Rouge Science Standards: Grade 7 July, 2017 Page 5
EARTH’S SYSTEMS Performance Expectation Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. Clarification Statement Emphasis is on the ways water changes its state and location as it moves through the multiple pathways of the hydrologic cycle. Examples of models can be conceptual or physical. Science & Engineering Practices Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting Concepts 1. Asking questions and defining problems 2. Developing and using models: Modeling in 6–8 builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to developing, using, and revising models to describe, test, and predict more abstract phenomena and design systems. Develop a model to describe unobservable mechanisms. Planning and carrying out investigations Analyzing and interpreting data Using mathematics and computational thinking Constructing explanations and designing solutions Engaging in argument from evidence Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information THE ROLES OF WATER IN EARTH’S SURFACE PROCESSES: Water continually cycles among land, ocean, and atmosphere via transpiration, evaporation, condensation and crystallization, and precipitation, as well as downhill flows on land. (MS.ESS2C.a) Global movements of water and its changes in form are propelled by sunlight and gravity. (MS.ESS2C.c) LOUISIANA’S NATURAL RESOURCES Replenishable resources such as groundwater and oxygen are purified by the movement through cycles. (MS.EVS1A.c) ENERGY AND MATTER Within a natural or designed system, the transfer of energy drives the motion and/or cycling of matter. Diocese of Baton Rouge Science Standards: Grade 7 July, 2017 Page 5
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