Integration of practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas. NGSS Architecture
Dimension 1: Scientific and Engineering Practices
... Defining Problems
Developing and Using Models
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
Constructing Explanations
... Designing Solutions (Engineering)
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Dimension 2: Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Cause and Effect
Systems and System Models Energy and Matter Structure and Function Stability and Change
Dimension 3: Core Ideas
PS 1: Matter and Its Interactions PS 2: Motion and Stability PS 3: Energy PS 4: Waves and Their Applications Physical Sciences
PS 1: Matter and Its Interactions PS 2: Motion and Stability PS 3: Energy PS 4: Waves and Their Applications Physical Sciences
ESS 1: Earth’s Place in the Universe ESS 2: Earth Systems ESS 3: Earth and Human Activity Earth and Space Sciences
ETS 1: Engineering Design ETS 2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science and Society Engineering, Technology and Applications of Sciences