SCI-HS.ESS1DCI Earth Space Science ESS1Earth's Place in the UniversePerformance ExpectationsESS1 helps students formulate an answer to questions such as:
The ESS1 help students formulate an answer to the question: “What is the universe, and what is Earth’s place in it?” The ESS1 Disciplinary Core Idea from the NRC Framework is broken down into three sub-ideas: the universe and its stars, Earth and the solar system and the history of planet Earth. Students examine the processes governing the formation, evolution, and workings of the solar system and universe. Some concepts studied are fundamental to science, such as understanding how the matter of our world formed during the Big Bang and within the cores of stars. Others concepts are practical, such as understanding how short-term changes in the behavior of our sun directly affect humans. Engineering and technology play a large role here in obtaining and analyzing the data that support the theories of the formation of the solar system and universe. The crosscutting concepts of patterns, scale, proportion, and quantity, energy and matter, and stability and change are called out as organizing concepts for these disciplinary core ideas. In the ESS1 performance expectations, students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in developing and using models, using mathematical and computational thinking, constructing explanations and designing solutions, engaging in argument, and obtaining, evaluating and communicating information; and to use these practices to demonstrate understanding of the core ideas. Calculation Method for DCIDisciplinary Core Ideas are larger groups of related Performance Expectations. So the Disciplinary Core Idea Grade is a calculation of all the related Performance Expectations. So click on the Performance Expectation name below each Disciplinary Core Idea to access the learning targets and proficiency scales for each Disciplinary Core Idea's related Performance Expectations. |
SCI-HS.ESS1.01High School (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards SCI-HS.ESS1.01 Develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the life span of the sun and the role of nuclear fusion in the sun's core to release energy in the form of radiation.Clarification Statement: Earth Science: Emphasis is on the energy transfer mechanisms that allow energy from nuclear fusion in
the sun’s core to reach Earth. Examples of evidence for the model include observations of the masses
and lifetimes of other stars, as well as the ways that the sun’s radiation varies due to sudden solar flares
(“space weather”), the 11-year sunspot cycle, and non-cyclic variations over centuries. Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
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Proficiency ScaleThe Student can ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2 Developing... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
4 Advanced... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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SCI-HS.ESS1.02High School (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards SCI-HS.ESS1.02 Construct an explanation for the observed expansion of the known universe based on astronomical evidence of light spectra, motion of distant galaxies, cosmic background radiation, and composition of matter in the universe.Clarification Statement: Earth Science: Emphasis is on the astronomical evidence of the red shift of light from
galaxies as an indication that the universe is currently expanding, which led to the
formulation of the Big Bang and other theories Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
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Proficiency ScaleThe Student can ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2 Developing... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
4 Advanced... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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SCI-HS.ESS1.03High School (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards SCI-HS.ESS1.03 Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements.Clarification Statement: Earth Science: Emphasis is on the way nucleosynthesis, and therefore the different elements created,
varies as a function of the mass of a star and the stage of its lifetime. Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
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Proficiency ScaleThe Student can ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2 Developing... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
4 Advanced... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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SCI-HS.ESS1.04High School (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards SCI-HS.ESS1.04 Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.Clarification Statement: Earth Science/Physics: Emphasis is on Newtonian gravitational laws governing orbital motions, which
apply to human-made satellites as well as planets and moons Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
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Proficiency ScaleThe Student can ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2 Developing... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
4 Advanced... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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SCI-HS.ESS1.05High School (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards SCI-HS.ESS1.05 Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks.Clarification Statement: Earth Science/Geology: Emphasis is on the ability of plate tectonics to explain the ages of
crustal rocks. Examples include evidence of the ages of oceanic crust increasing with
distance from mid-ocean ridges (a result of plate spreading) and the ages of North
American continental crust decreasing with distance away from a central ancient core of
the continental plate (a result of past plate interactions) Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
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Proficiency ScaleThe Student can ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2 Developing... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
4 Advanced... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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SCI-HS.ESS1.06High School (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards SCI-HS.ESS1.06 Apply scientific reasoning and evidence from ancient Earth materials, meteorites, and other planetary surfaces to construct an account of Earth's formation and early history.Clarification Statement: Earth Science/Geology: Emphasis is on using available evidence within the solar system to
reconstruct the early history of Earth. Examples of evidence include the absolute ages of ancient
materials (obtained by radiometric dating of meteorites, moon rocks, and Earth’s oldest minerals),
the sizes and compositions of solar system objects, and the impact cratering record of planetary
surfaces. Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
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Proficiency ScaleThe Student can ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2 Developing... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
4 Advanced... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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