perceived characteristics. Evidence of Student Vocabulary Knowledge/Skills CCSS/NGSS Instructional Achievement Level Descriptors Attainment Students can: human activity Both physical and human Level I: Able to identify regions. NGSS: characteristics are used to Explain how places change cultural symbols Able explain how places change due to Level II: define regions of a place. MS-ESS2-1 Earth's Systems due to human activity human activity. Develop a model to describe the cycling of regions Places and regions serve as Earth's materials and the flow of energy Explain how places are Level III: Able to explain how places and regions serve cultural symbols of the area regional symbols that drives this process. (eg. Pyramids are an easily influenced by the people as cultural symbols recognizable symbol of formal characteristics MS-ESS2-2 Earth's Systems Identify a region by its ADVANCED CURRICULUM Level IV: Able to Egypt). Construct an explanation based on evidence explain in detail, with supporting evidence, the characteristics functional characteristics influences, perceived characteristics, functions and Regions can be identified by for how geoscience processes have changed effects of regions and their symbols. their formal Earth's surface at varying time and spatial perceived characteristics (landscape/climate), scales. functional (cities/government) MS-ESS2-4 Earth's Systems or perceived (cultural identity Develop a model to describe the cycling of of the people in the region) water through Earth's systems driven by characteristics. energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
perceived characteristics. Evidence of Student Attainment Vocabulary Knowledge/Skills CCSS/NGSS Instructional Achievement Level Descriptors Students can: Explain how places change due to human activity Explain how places are influenced by the people Identify a region by its characteristics human activity cultural symbols regions regional symbols formal characteristics functional characteristics perceived characteristics Both physical and human characteristics are used to define regions of a place. Places and regions serve as cultural symbols of the area (eg. Pyramids are an easily recognizable symbol of Egypt). Regions can be identified by their formal (landscape/climate), functional (cities/government) or perceived (cultural identity of the people in the region) characteristics. NGSS: MS-ESS2-1 Earth's Systems Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. MS-ESS2-2 Earth's Systems Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. MS-ESS2-4 Earth's Systems Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. Level I: Able to identify regions. Level II: Able explain how places change due to human activity. Level III: Able to explain how places and regions serve as cultural symbols ADVANCED CURRICULUM Level IV: Able to explain in detail, with supporting evidence, the influences, perceived characteristics, functions and effects of regions and their symbols.
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