1. Integration of practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas. NGSS Architecture

2. Dimension 1: Scientific and Engineering Practices

3. ... Defining Problems

4. Developing and Using Models

5. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

6. Analyzing and Interpreting Data

7. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

8. Constructing Explanations

9. ... Designing Solutions (Engineering)

10. Engaging in Argument from Evidence

11. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

12. Dimension 2: Crosscutting Concepts

13. Patterns Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Cause and Effect

14. Systems and System Models Energy and Matter Structure and Function Stability and Change

15. Dimension 3: Core Ideas

16. PS 1: Matter and Its Interactions PS 2: Motion and Stability PS 3: Energy PS 4: Waves and Their Applications Physical Sciences

17. PS 1: Matter and Its Interactions PS 2: Motion and Stability PS 3: Energy PS 4: Waves and Their Applications Physical Sciences

18. ESS 1: Earth’s Place in the Universe ESS 2: Earth Systems ESS 3: Earth and Human Activity Earth and Space Sciences

19. ETS 1: Engineering Design ETS 2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science and Society Engineering, Technology and Applications of Sciences