Obtain & combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources & environment.||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 5||Earth and Space Science||Earth and Human Activity|||Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. [ Examples: adding air to expand a basketball, compressing air in a syringe, dissolving sugar in water, & evaporating salt water.]||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 5||Physical Science||Matter and its Interactions|||Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Earth and Space Science||Earth’s Systems|||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|||Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Physical Science||Matter and Its Interactions |||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
