Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Earth and Space Science||Earth and Human Activity|||Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Energy |||Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. [Examples : electric circuits that convert electrical energy into motion energy of a vehicle, light, or sound; and, a passive solar heater that converts light into heat. Examples of constraints: materials, cost, or design time.] ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Energy |||Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Earth and Space Science||Earth and Human Activity|||Apply scientific principles to design, construct, & test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. [Examples: an insulated box, a solar cooker, & a Styrofoam cup.]||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Physical Science||Energy |||Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, & utilizing energy & mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios. [Emphasis: on the conservation, recycling, & reuse of resources (such as minerals & metals) where possible, & on minimizing impacts where it is not.] ||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Earth and Space Science||Earth and Human Activity |||Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Earth and Space Science||Earth and Human Activity |||Design, evaluate, & refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment & biodiversity.||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Life Science||Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics|||Design, build, & refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Physical Science||Energy
