Title: 6th Grade Physical Science
Course: BPSS (SCI) Science Standards > Section: Standards Workspace

SCI-MS.PS1.01

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction

SCI-MS.PS1.01 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on developing models of molecules that vary in complexity. Examples of simple molecules could include ammonia and methanol. Examples of extended structures could include sodium chloride or diamonds. Examples of molecular-level models could include drawings, 3D ball and stick structures, or computer representations showing different molecules with different types of atoms.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter Substances are made from different types of atoms, which combine with one another in various ways. Atoms form molecules that range in size from two to thousands of atoms. Solids may be formed from molecules, or they may be extended structures with repeating subunits (e.g., crystals).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can recognize names and symbols of common elements.
- I can use the periodic table to compare elements

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can count the numbers and types of atoms in a molecular formula.
- I can count the numbers and types of atoms in a structural formula.
- I can compare elements characteristics based on their families/groups

Product Targets

- I can construct a model of an atom
- I can construct or deconstruct molecular formula (molecules/compounds).

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- recognizes or recalls specific terminology, such as:
  - structural & molecular formula
  - atom, element, molecule, compound
  - proton, neutron, electron, nucleus
  - chemical bond
  - subscript
- performs basic processes, such as:
  - counts numbers and types of atoms in a molecular formula

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- Constructs models of molecules from a molecular formula
- Construct models of a network solid (salt, diamond, etc.)
- Constructs model of an atom including subatomic particles

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Atoms
- Molecules
- Elements
- Compounds

- Subatomic Particles:
- Nucleus
- Protons
- Neutrons
- Electrons

Websites

- For additional resource on Period Table
interactive periodic table

SCI-MS.PS1.02

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction

SCI-MS.PS1.02 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after an interaction has occurred to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Clarification Statement: Examples of reactions could include burning sugar or steel wool, fat reacting with sodium hydroxide, and mixing zinc with hydrogen chloride.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter Each pure substance has characteristic physical and chemical properties (for any bulk quantity under given conditions) that can be used to identify it.
PS1.B: Chemical Reactions Substances react chemically in characteristic ways. In a chemical process, the atoms that make up the original substances are regrouped into different molecules, and these new substances have different properties from those of the reactants

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can identify and define each phase change.
- I can identify and define each state of matter.
- I can describe the changes in properties (volume, appearance, density, etc) that occur with a phase change.
- I can explain the relationship between phase changes and addition/subtraction of thermal energy.

Reasoning Targets

- I can infer the temperature at which phase changes occur from a graph.
- I can compare the observable physical properties (shape and volume) of solids, liquids, and gases.

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can find mass, volume, density and temperature of an object.

Product Targets

- I can create a phase change model using lab data.

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary:physical change, physical property, chemical change, chemical property, chemical reaction.

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- identifies substances based on chemical & physical properties.
- identifies physical properties of a substance.
- identifies chemical properties of a substance.

Sample Activity: Student creates a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast physical and chemical properties

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- States of Matter:
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas

- Physical Properties
- Chemical Properties
- Density - Mass - Volume

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS1.03

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction

SCI-MS.PS1.03 Gather and analyze information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on natural resources that undergo a chemical process to form the synthetic material. Examples of new materials could include new medicine, foods, and alternative fuels
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter Each pure substance has characteristic physical and chemical properties (for any bulk quantity under given conditions) that can be used to identify it.
PS1.B: Chemical Reactions Substances react chemically in characteristic ways. In a chemical process, the atoms that make up the original substances are regrouped into different molecules, and these new substances have different properties from those of the reactants.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS1.04

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction

SCI-MS.PS1.04 Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on qualitative molecular-level models of solids, liquids, and gases to show that adding or removing thermal energy increases or decreases kinetic energy of the particles until a change of state occurs. Examples of models could include drawings and diagrams. Examples of particles could include molecules or inert atoms. Examples of pure substances could include water, carbon dioxide, and helium.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter The changes of state that occur with variations in temperature or pressure can be described and predicted using these models of matter.
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy Heat refers to the energy transferred due to the temperature difference between two objects. The temperature of a system is proportional to the average internal kinetic energy and potential energy per atom or molecule. The details of that relationship depend on the type of atom or molecule and the interactions among the atoms in the material.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can identify and define each state of matter.
- I can identify the phase changes.

Reasoning Targets

- I can infer the temperature at which phase changes occur.

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can measure the temperature of a substance.

Product Targets

- I can create a phase change model using lab data.
- I can identify the states of matter and phase changes on a phase change graph.

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: Melting Point, Boiling Point, Freezing, Condensation, Evaporation, Sublimation, Deposition

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- identify and define phase change
- explain the behavior of the particles at each phase of matter

Sample Activity:
The student draws atom particle arrangements based on the phases of matter.
The students identify phase changes on a graph

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Melting point
- Boiling point
- Freezing

- Condensation
- Evaporation
- Sublimation
- Deposition

Websites

- For additional resource activities
States of Matter

SCI-MS.PS1.05

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction

SCI-MS.PS1.05 Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on law of conservation of matter and on physical models or drawings, including digital forms, that represent atoms.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.B: Chemical Reactions Substances react chemically in characteristic ways. In a chemical process, the atoms that make up the original substances are regrouped into different molecules, and these new substances have different properties from those of the reactants. The total number of each type of atom is conserved, and thus the mass does not change.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS1.06

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction

SCI-MS.PS1.06 Design a project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the design, controlling the transfer of energy to the environment, and modification of a device using factors such as type and concentration of a substance. Examples of designs could involve chemical reactions such as dissolving ammonium chloride or calcium chloride.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.B: Chemical Reactions Some chemical reactions release energy, others store energy.
ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution Although one design may not perform the best across all tests, identifying the characteristics of the design that performed the best in each test can provide useful information for the redesign process. The iterative process of testing the most promising solutions and modifying what is proposed based on the test results leads to greater refinement and ultimately to an optimal solution (secondary).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS2.01

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS2] Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

SCI-MS.PS2.01 Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on balanced (Newton’s First Law) and unbalanced forces in a system, qualitative comparisons of forces, mass and changes in motion (Newton’s Second Law), frame of reference, and specification of units.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS2.A: Forces and Motion The motion of an object is determined by the sum of the forces acting on it; if the total force on the object is not zero, its motion will change. The greater the mass of the object, the greater the force needed to achieve the same change in motion. For any given object, a larger force causes a larger change in motion.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can describe Newton's Third Law of Motion.
- I can identify action and reaction force pairs.

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can find the momentum of an object given its mass and velocity.

Product Targets

- I can construct different types of models to represent different systems and their interactions.

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: Newton's Third Law; input/output, energy, motion, matter, force, momentum, inertia, action, reaction, mass, velocity
- can calculate momentum of an object given its mass and velocity

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- apply Newton's Third Law of Motion
- identify and explain for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. (Third Law)

Sample Activity:
Rube Goldberg Machine
Roller Coaster Lab
Connect each law to a situation

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
- energy
- motion
- matter

- force
- inertia
- Action/ Reaction Forces
- Momentum, Mass, Velocity

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS2.02

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS2] Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

SCI-MS.PS2.02 Plan an investigation using Newton's First and Second Laws to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on balanced (Newton’s First Law) and unbalanced forces in a system, qualitative comparisons of forces, mass and changes in motion (Newton’s Second Law), frame of reference, and specification of units.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS2.A: Forces and Motion The motion of an object is determined by the sum of the forces acting on it; if the total force on the object is not zero, its motion will change. The greater the mass of the object, the greater the force needed to achieve the same change in motion. A larger force causes a larger change in motion. All positions of objects and the directions of forces and motions must be described in an arbitrarily chosen reference frame and arbitrarily chosen units of size. In order to share information with other people, these choices must also be shared.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can identify that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion (First Law)
- I can identify inertia (force = mass x acceleration) (Second Law)

Product Targets

- I can apply Newton's First and Second Law of Motion
- I can explain that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion (First Law)
- I can explain inertia (force = mass x acceleration) (Second Law)

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: Newton's First Law; Newton's Second Law; input output; energy; motion; matter; force; momentum; inertia; mass; velocity; simple machine

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- apply Newton's first and second law of motion
- identify and explain that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion. First Law
- identify and explain inertia (force = mass x acceleration). Second Law
- use simple machines to reduce the amount of force or distance required for work

Sample Activity:
Rube Goldberg Machine
Roller Coaster Lab
Connect each law to a situation
Phet site Balancing Act

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Newton's First Law
- Newton's Second Law
- input output
- energy
- motion

- matter
- force
- momentum
- inertia
- mass
- velocity

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS2.03

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS2] Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

SCI-MS.PS2.03 Interpret data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

Clarification Statement: Examples of devices that use electric and magnetic forces could include electromagnets, electric motors, or generators. Examples of data could include the effect of the number of turns of wire on the strength of an electromagnet, or the effect of increasing the number or strength of magnets on the speed of an electric motor.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS2.B: Types of Interactions Electric and magnetic (electromagnetic) forces can be attractive or repulsive, and their sizes depend on the magnitudes of the charges, currents, or magnetic strengths involved and on the distances between the interacting objects.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS2.04

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS2] Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

SCI-MS.PS2.04 Use evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.

Clarification Statement: Examples of this phenomenon could include the interactions of magnets, electrically-charged strips of tape, and electrically-charged pith balls. Examples of investigations could include first-hand experiences or simulations.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS2.B: Types of Interactions Gravitational forces are always attractive. There is a gravitational force between any two masses, but it is very small except when one or both of the objects have large mass-e.g., Earth and the sun.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can compare the amount of gravitational forces acting between objects.

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can explain how every object exerts a gravitational force on every other object.

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: force, motion, distance, weight, mass, gravity
- calculate the weight of an object (weight=mass x gravity).

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- recognize the relationship between gravity, distance, and mass
- recognize the relationship between weight, gravity and mass

Sample Activity:
Construct and design your own roller coaster.
Jason Coaster Creator
Refer to MS-PS3-2

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- force
- motion
- distance

- weight
- mass
- gravity

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS2.05

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS2] Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

SCI-MS.PS2.05 Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Clarification Statement: Examples of this phenomenon could include the interactions of magnets, electrically-charged strips of tape, and electrically-charged pith balls. Examples of investigations could include first-hand experiences or simulations.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS2.B: Types of Interactions Forces that act at a distance (electric, magnetic, and gravitational) can be explained by fields that extend through space and can be mapped by their effect on a test object (a charged object, or a ball, respectively).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS3.01

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS3] Energy

SCI-MS.PS3.01 Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and/or the speed of an object.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on descriptive relationships between kinetic energy and mass separately from kinetic energy and speed. Examples could include riding a bicycle at different speeds, rolling different sizes of rocks downhill, and getting hit by a whiffle ball versus a tennis ball.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy Motion energy is properly called kinetic energy; it is proportional to the mass of the moving object and grows with the square of its speed.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can identify variables kinetic energy depends upon.

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can calculate kinetic energy.
- I can calculate when work is being done on a system.

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key vocabulary: Kinetic Energy, Velocity, Speed, Joules, Mass
- calculates kinetic energy using a formula.
- calculates velocity using a formula.

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- explain the relationship between kinetic energy and mass.
- explain the relationship between kinetic energy and velocity/speed.

Sample Activity:
Dropping different sized balls from the same height and measuring the rebound of each.
PhET Skate Park Basics simulation.

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Kinetic Energy
- Joules

- Velocity/ Speed/
- Mass

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS3.02

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS3] Energy

SCI-MS.PS3.02 Using a model describe how the different amounts of potential energy in a system changes when the object's distance changes.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on relative amounts of potential energy, not on calculations of potential energy. Examples of objects within systems interacting at varying distances could include: Either a roller coaster cart at varying positions on a hill or objects at varying heights on shelves and the Earth, changing the direction/orientation of a magnet, and a balloon with static electrical charge being brought closer to a classmate’s hair. Examples of models could include representations, diagrams, pictures, and written descriptions of systems.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy A system of objects may also contain stored (potential) energy, depending on their relative positions.
PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces When two objects interact, each one exerts a force on the other that can cause energy to be transferred to or from the object

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can recognize specific terminology such as gravitational potential energy, gravity, height, Joules, elastic potential energy.

Reasoning Targets

- I can explain the relationship between potential energy and height/distance.
- I can explain the relationship between gravitational potential energy and gravity.
- I can explain the relationship between gravitational potential energy and mass.

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can calculate potential energy using a formula.

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: Potential Energy, Gravitational, Elastic, Chemical, Joules, Nuclear, Height, Gravity
- calculates potential energy using a formula.

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- recognize the relationship between potential energy and height/distance.
- recognize the relationship between gravitational potential energy and mass.

Sample Activity:
Phet Skate Park Simulation
Gravitational potential energy on different planets

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Gravitational Potential Energy
- Elastic Potential Energy
- Chemical

- Joules
- Nuclear
- Gravity
- Height

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS3.03

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS3] Energy

SCI-MS.PS3.03 Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

Clarification Statement: Examples of devices could include an insulated box, a solar cooker, and a Styrofoam cup (scientific principles could include the science and engineering practices or the engineering design process).
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of matter. The relationship between the temperature and the total energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter present.
PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer Energy is spontaneously transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones.
ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem The more precisely a design task’s criteria and constraints can be defined, the more likely it is that the designed solution will be successful.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS3.04

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS3] Energy

SCI-MS.PS3.04 Investigate to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, mass, and change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Clarification Statement: Examples of experiments could include comparing final water temperatures after different masses of ice melted in the same volume of water with the same initial temperature, the temperature change of samples of different materials with the same mass as they cool or heat in the environment, or the same material with different masses when a specific amount of energy is added.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of matter. The relationship between the temperature and the total energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter present.
PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer The amount of energy transfer needed to change the temperature of a matter sample by a given amount depends on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the environment

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS3.05

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS3] Energy

SCI-MS.PS3.05 Construct and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Clarification Statement: Examples of empirical evidence used in arguments may include an inventory or other representation of the energy before and after the transfer in the form of temperature changes or motion of object.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer When the motion energy of an object changes, there is inevitably some other change in energy at the same time.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS4.01

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS4] Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfers

SCI-MS.PS4.01 Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on describing waves with both qualitative and quantitative thinking.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS4.A: Wave Properties A simple wave has a repeating pattern with a specific wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can define amplitude, energy, wavelength, frequency, etc.
- I can define a wave, wave crest/peak, wave trough/valley, etc.

Reasoning Targets

- I can describe the difference between a longitudinal and transverse wave.
- I can characterize physical waves by frequency, wavelength, and amplitude.

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can apply these properties to the pitch and volume of sound waves and to the wavelength and magnitude of water waves.
- I can calculate the change in the energy of a wave given the change in the amplitude.

Product Targets

- I can create a wave of given amplitude.
- I can create a wave with quadruple the energy of a given wave.

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: Crest, Trough, Frequency, Amplitude, Speed, Wavelength, Transverse, Longitudinal, Electromagnetic, Mechanical, Rest

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- predict the effects of changing frequency, wavelength and amplitude
- explain the relationship between amplitude and energy. (If energy increases, amplitude increases)

Sample Activity:
Use snakey springs/slinky to demonstrate how waves transfer energy

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Crest
- Trough
- Frequency
- Amplitude
- Speed

- Wavelength
- Transverse
- Longitudinal
- Electromagnetic
- Mechanical
- Rest

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS4.02

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS4] Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfers

SCI-MS.PS4.02 Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on both light and mechanical waves. Examples of models could include drawings, simulations, and written descriptions.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS4.A: Wave Properties A sound wave needs a medium through which it is transmitted.
PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation When light shines on an object, it is reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through the object, depending on the object’s material and the frequency (color) of the light. The path that light travels can be traced as straight lines, except at surfaces between different transparent materials (e.g., air and water, air and glass) where the light path bends. However, because light can travel through space, it cannot be a matter wave, like sound or water waves.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can compare the refraction of visible light through different materials.
- I can predict how different surfaces and lenses affect the behavior of light waves and the resulting image.

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- recognize or recall specific terminology, such as:
- transparent, translucent, concave, convex.
- perform basic processes, such as:
identifies sources of light and describes evidence that it moves in a straight line.

Sample Activity:
Identify vocabulary words based on pictures provided showing types of lenses and the effects of transparency, etc…
Identify various pictures as sources of light (or not) and label a picture showing where light rays will go based on the origin of that light.

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- compare the refraction of visible light through different materials (transparent and translucent).
- predict how different surfaces and lenses affect the behavior of light waves and the resulting image.

Sample Activity:
Predict/test the outcome of light refraction on various objects in an activity setting.
Create a chart of rules that states how light will behave when reflected and refracted by different surfaces and lenses.

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Sample Activity:
Develop a company brochure including the benefits and restrictions of products offered using the reflection and refraction of light including lenses and mirrors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS4.03

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS4] Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfers

SCI-MS.PS4.03 Evaluate how different forms of technology utilize different signals.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on a basic understanding that waves can be used for communication purposes. Examples could include using fiber optic cable to transmit light pulses, radio wave pulses in WiFi devices, and conversion of stored binary patterns to make sound or text on a computer screen.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS4.C: Information Technologies and Instrumentation Digitized signals (sent as wave pulses) are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- descriptors

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- words

- list

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-06.2.01

Science Targeted Benchmarks

Standard 2: Science Inquiry

Scientific Method

SCI-06.2.01 Explain and use the steps of the scientific investigation (e.g., hypothesis, observation, data collect, data interpretation, communication of results, replicable).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can identify the steps of the scientific method in order.
- I can demonstrate knowledge of the steps of the scientific method.

Reasoning Targets

- I can apply the scientific method in solving real-world problems with unclear or multiple solutions.

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can conduct a scientific experiment following the scientific method.

Product Targets

- I can write a testable if/then/because hypothesis.
- I can use data and evidence to write a conclusion accepting or rejecting a hypothesis.

Proficiency Scale

Score |  | Description | Sample Activity
4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.

The student:

- is able to design a valid experiment using the scientific method.
- Sample: The experiment can be repeated based on accurate information.
3.5
In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.

- creates a scientific experiment following the scientific method and writes a complete lab report. *Student does not conduct the experiment.
3.0
The student:

- is able to identify and apply the steps of the scientific method

The student exhibits no major errors or omissions.
Sample: Generate data tables using variables. Analyzes and uses collected data in lab conclusion.
 | 2.5 | The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0 | There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student: Key Vocab: Hypothesis, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Evidence, Data, Control, Quantitative, Qualitative, Conclusion, Graph, Scientific Method and Procedure However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes. |
 | 1.5 | The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 | With help, the student demonstrates 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). |
 | 0.5 | With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).

Resources

Websites

Click Here for additional resources for the Scientific Method

Vocabulary

- Scientific Method
- Hypothesis
- Observation
- Data Collection / Data Interpretation
- Independent / Dependent Variable

SCI-06.2.04

Science Targeted Benchmarks

Standard 2: Science Inquiry

Measurement

SCI-06.2.04 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather and analyze data.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can determine what tools are most appropriate for gathering data (e.g., ruler, beaker, scales, visual observations, or tables).

Reasoning Targets

- I can select the appropriate measuring tool for an investigation
- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can convert measurements between units in the metric system.

Product Targets

- I can
- I can

Proficiency Scale

Score |  | Description | Sample Activity
4.0 | In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations. |
 | 3.5 | In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0
The student:

- is able to use proper tool to measure accurately.
- labels measurements with the correct unit.
- performs simple one step metric conversions (i.e., meters to kilometers).

The student exhibits no major errors or omissions.
Sample: Using the correct units according to size of object
 | 2.5 | The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0
There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:

- selects proper tool for gathering data
- identifies appropriate units for measurement (Mass, Length, Volume)
- Key Vocabulary: Graduated Cylinder, Triple Beam Balance, Beaker, Ruler, Digital Scale, Kilometer, Meter, Gram, Liter, Centimeter, Millimeter

However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.
Sample: ruler, beaker, visual observations, tables, etc.
 | 1.5 | The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 | With help, the student demonstrates 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). |
 | 0.5 | With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).

Resources

Websites

- Click Here for an additional resource for measurement
- Click Here for an additional resource for Triple Beam Balances

Vocabulary

- Length, Volume, Mass
- Ruler (Meter, Centimeter, Millimeter)
- Beaker/ Graduated Cylinder (Liter, Milliliter)
- Triple Beam Balance (Kilogram, Grams)

SCI-06.2.02

Science Targeted Benchmarks

Standard 2: Science Inquiry

SCI-06.2.02 Select alternative methods of scientific investigations e.g., library, internet, field work to address different kinds of questions.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can identify alternative resources to assist with scientific investigation.
- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can
- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can collect information from a variety of sources during a scientific investigation.
- I can

Product Targets

- I can
- I can

Proficiency Scale

Score |  | Description | Sample Activity
4.0 | In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations. | -
 | 3.5 | In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 | “The Standard.” The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. | -
 | 2.5 | The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0 | The student demonstrates 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). | -
 | 1.5 | The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 | With help, the student demonstrates 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). | -
 | 0.5 | With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
0.0 | Even with help, the student demonstrates no understanding or skill. | -

Resources

Websites

Vocabulary

SCI-06.2.03

Science Targeted Benchmarks

Standard 2: Science Inquiry

SCI-06.2.03 Identify biases that may affect data collection and analysis e.g., gender, race, religion, economic, generational.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can
- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can
- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can
- I can

Product Targets

- I can
- I can

Proficiency Scale

Score |  | Description | Sample Activity
4.0 | In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations. | -
 | 3.5 | In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 | “The Standard.” The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. | -
 | 2.5 | The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0 | The student demonstrates 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). | -
 | 1.5 | The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 | With help, the student demonstrates 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). | -
 | 0.5 | With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
0.0 | Even with help, the student demonstrates no understanding or skill. | -

Resources

Websites

Vocabulary

SCI-06.2.05

Science Targeted Benchmarks

Standard 2: Science Inquiry

SCI-06.2.05 Use data from scientific investigations to determine relationships and patterns.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can
- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can
- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can use collected data to guide my scientific investigation.
- I can

Product Targets

- I can
- I can

Proficiency Scale

Score |  | Description | Sample Activity
4.0 | In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations. | -
 | 3.5 | In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 | “The Standard.” The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. | -
 | 2.5 | The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0 | The student demonstrates 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). | -
 | 1.5 | The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 | With help, the student demonstrates 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). | -
 | 0.5 | With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
0.0 | Even with help, the student demonstrates no understanding or skill. | -

Resources

Websites

Vocabulary

SCI-06.2

Standard 2:

Science Inquiry

Standards are larger groups of related benchmarks. So the Standard Score is a calculation of all the related benchmarks.

Click on the benchmark name below each Standard to access the learning targets and proficiency scales.

In the future this will contain narratives and other information about the Standard.

SCI-MS.PS1

DCI Physical Science PS1

Matter and Its Interactions

Performance Expectations

PS1 help students to formulate an answer to the question , “ How do atomic and molecular interactions explain the properties of matter that we see and feel? ” by building understanding of what occurs at the atomic and molecular scale.

In middle school , the PS1 Disciplinary Core Idea is broken down into two sub-ideas: the structure and properties of matter  and chemical reactions. By the end of middle school , students will be able to apply understanding that pure substances have characteristic physical and chemical properties and are made from a single type of atom or molecule. They will be able to provide molecular level accounts to explain states of matters and changes between states , that chemical reactions involve regrouping of atoms to form new substances , and that atoms rearrange during chemical reactions. Students are also able to apply an understanding of the design and the process of optimization in engineering to chemical reaction systems.

In the PS1 performance expectations, students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in developing and using models, analyzing and interpreting data, designing solutions, and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. Students use these scientific and engineering practices to demonstrate understanding of the disciplinary core ideas.

Calculation Method for DCI

Disciplinary 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-MS.PS2

DCI Physical Science PS2

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Performance Expectations

PS2 Forces and Interactions focuses on helping students understand ideas related to why some objects will keep moving, why objects fall to the ground and why some materials are attracted to each other while others are not. Students answer the question , “How can one describe physical interactions between objects and within systems of objects ?”

At the middle school level, the PS 2 Disciplinary Core Idea is broken down into two sub-ideas: Forces and Motion and Types of interactions. By the end of middle school , students will be able to apply Newton’s Third Law of Motion to relate forces to explain the motion of objects. Students also apply ideas about gravitational, electrical, and magnetic forces to explain a variety of phenomena including beginning ideas about why some materials attract each other while others repel. In particular, students will develop understanding that gravitational interactions are always attractive but that electrical and magnetic forces can be both attractive and negative. Students also develop ideas that objects can exert forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact, through fields . Students are also able to apply an engineering practice and concept to solve a problem caused when objects collide. The crosscutting concepts of cause and effect ; system and system models ; stability and change ; and the influence of science, engineering, and technology on society and the natural world serve as organizing concepts for these disciplinary core ideas.

In the PS2 performance expectations, students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in asking questions, planning and carrying out investigations, and designing solutions, and engaging in argument ; and to use these practices to demonstrate understanding of the core ideas.

Calculation Method for DCI

Disciplinary 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-MS.PS3

DCI Physical Science PS3

Energy

Performance Expectations

PS3 help students formulate an answer to the question , “ How can energy be transferred from one object or system to another ?”

At the middle school level, the PS3 Disciplinary Core Idea is broken down into four sub-core ideas: Definitions of Energy, the Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer, the Relationship between Energy and Forces, and Energy in Chemical Process and Everyday Life. Students develop their understanding of important quali tative ideas about energy including that the interactions of objects can be explained and predicted using the concept of transfer of energy from one object or system of objects to another , and the total change of energy in any system is always equal to the total energy transferred into or out of the system. Students understand that object s that are moving have kinetic energy and that objects may also contain stored (potential) energy, depending on their relative positions. Students will also come to know the difference between energy and temperature , and begin to develop an understanding of the relationship between force and energy. Students are also able to apply an understanding of design to the process of energy transfer.

The performance expectations in PS3 expect students to demonstrate proficiency in developing and using models, planning investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, and designing solutions, and engaging in argument from evidence ; and to use these practices to demonstrate understanding of the core ideas in PS3 .

Calculation Method for DCI

Disciplinary 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-MS.PS4

DCI Physical Science PS4

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Performance Expectations

PS4 help students formulate an answer to the question , “ What are the characteristic properties of waves and how can they be used ? ”

At the middle school level, the PS4 Disciplinary Core Idea is broken down into Wave Properties, Electromagnetic Radiation, and Information Technologies and Instrumentation. Students are able to describe and predict characteristic properties and behaviors of waves when the waves interact with matter. Students can apply an understanding of waves as a means to send digital information.

The performance expectation s in PS4 focus on students demonstrating proficiency in developing and using models, using mathematical thinking , and obtaining, evaluating and communicating information; and to use these practices to demonstrate understanding of the core ideas.

Calculation Method for DCI

Disciplinary 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-MS.PS1.01.at

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction (Atomic Structure)

SCI-MS.PS1.01.at Develop Models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key vocabulary: Proton, Atoms, Neutron, Electron, Nucleus, Shell and Element
- Additional Vocabulary: Matter, Chemistry, Pure substance, mass, weight, volume

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- construct a model of an atom
- understand how atoms are arranged
- have a basic understanding of the Big Bang

SampleAcitivty:
- builds a model out of gumdrops that represents an atomic element.
- draw an atom of an element (hydrogen)

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Proton
- Atoms
- Neutron
- Electron
- Nucleus
- Shell and Element

- Matter
- Chemistry
- Pure substance
- mass
- weight
- volume

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS1.01.mc

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction (Molecules and Compounds)

SCI-MS.PS1.01.mc Develop Models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: Coefficient, Subscript, Molecules, Compounds, Element, Solutions and Mixtures

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- construct or deconstruct molecular formulas (molecules/compounds)

Sample Activity:
Student designs a compound based on the chemical formula

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Coefficient
- Subscript
- Molecules

- Compounds
- Element
- Solutions and Mixture

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window

SCI-MS.PS1.01.pt

6th Grade (SCI) Physical Science Standards
[PS1] Matter and Its Interaction (Periodic Table)

SCI-MS.PS1.01.pt Develop Models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

- I can

Reasoning Targets

- I can

Skills (Performance) Targets

- I can

Product Targets

- I can

Proficiency Scale

The 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).
- descriptors

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).
- Key Vocabulary: Atomic number, Atomic Mass, Atomic Symbol, Family, Group

3 Proficient

“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
- use the periodic table to compare elements
- compare elements characteristics based on their families/groups

Sample Activity:
Identify an element by its characteristics. Including atomic number, atomic mass, atomic symbol, etc.

4 Advanced

... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
- descriptors

Resources

Vocabulary

- Family
- Group

- Atomic Number
- Atomic Mass
- Atomic Symbol

Websites

- Title of website with a URL to open in a new window