[ { "code": "K-PS2-2", "title": "Can a ramp guide a ball to its target?", "grade": "K", "lesson_id": 271, "lesson_title": "Push and Pull Forces", "url": "/science-projects/k-ps2-2.html", "time": "Two 20-minute sessions", "practice": "Analyzing and interpreting data", "idea": "Contact pushes can change motion", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "A design drawing, trial record, comparison and revised test.", "boundary": "Assess observed changes in motion and whether a design works. Do not require friction as the mechanism.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/k-ps2-2-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "K-PS3-2", "title": "Build shade for a sunny spot", "grade": "K", "lesson_id": 283, "lesson_title": "Sunlight and Warmth", "url": "/science-projects/k-ps3-2.html", "time": "Two 20-minute sessions on a suitable day", "practice": "Designing solutions", "idea": "Sunlight warms Earth materials", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "Before/after drawings, warming record and improved shade structure.", "boundary": "Keep the task qualitative and focused on building a structure that reduces warming.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/k-ps3-2-energy", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "K-ESS2-2", "title": "How living things change their surroundings", "grade": "K", "lesson_id": 274, "lesson_title": "Needs of Living Things", "url": "/science-projects/k-ess2-2.html", "time": "Two 20-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Organisms can change places to meet needs", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "A labeled before/after drawing and oral or written evidence-based claim.", "boundary": "Assess an evidence-supported explanation of an organism changing its environment, not detailed ecosystem chemistry.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/k-ess2-2-earths-systems", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "K-ESS3-2", "title": "Questions that help us prepare for weather", "grade": "K", "lesson_id": 277, "lesson_title": "Weather Patterns", "url": "/science-projects/k-ess3-2.html", "time": "One 30-minute session plus a local follow-up", "practice": "Asking questions and obtaining information", "idea": "Forecasts support preparation for severe weather", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "A question list, adult-confirmed answers and an illustrated preparation decision.", "boundary": "Use local severe weather and adult-guided preparation. This activity is not a live forecast or a replacement for official instructions.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/k-ess3-2-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "2-PS1-2", "title": "Choose a material for a spill mat", "grade": "2nd", "lesson_id": 571, "lesson_title": "States of Matter", "url": "/science-projects/2-ps1-2.html", "time": "Two 30-minute sessions", "practice": "Analyzing and interpreting data", "idea": "Material properties determine suitability", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "A material-test record and evidence-backed recommendation.", "boundary": "Keep quantitative assessment to length; compare other properties through observations rather than mass, volume or temperature calculations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/2-ps1-2-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "2-PS1-3", "title": "The same pieces, a different object", "grade": "2nd", "lesson_id": 574, "lesson_title": "Changes in Matter", "url": "/science-projects/2-ps1-3.html", "time": "One 35-minute session", "practice": "Constructing an explanation from observations", "idea": "Objects can be built from reusable smaller pieces", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "Three-stage inventory and an evidence-based account of the reconstruction.", "boundary": "Observe disassembly and reassembly; do not substitute an unsupported abstract conservation statement for observations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/2-ps1-3-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "2-LS2-1", "title": "Test what seedlings need", "grade": "2nd", "lesson_id": 577, "lesson_title": "Plant and Animal Habitats", "url": "/science-projects/2-ls2-1.html", "time": "Setup 35 minutes; observations across 10\u201314 days", "practice": "Planning and carrying out investigations", "idea": "Plants depend on light and water for growth", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "Two investigation plans, dated observation records and qualified conclusions.", "boundary": "Assess one variable at a time; the learner must actually plan and conduct the investigation rather than merely repeat an expected answer.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/2-ls2-1-ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "2-ESS1-1", "title": "Earth changes quickly and slowly", "grade": "2nd", "lesson_id": 583, "lesson_title": "Rocks, Soil, and Earth Materials", "url": "/science-projects/2-ess1-1.html", "time": "Two 30-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining and communicating information", "idea": "Earth events occur on different timescales", "crosscutting": "Stability and change", "deliverable": "A two-source display and an evidence-based quick/slow comparison.", "boundary": "Compare qualitative timescales; do not require numerical time calculations or teach that all erosion is slow.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/2-ess1-1-earths-place-universe", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "3-LS2-1", "title": "When a group helps animals survive", "grade": "3rd", "lesson_id": 742, "lesson_title": "Ecosystems and Food Chains", "url": "/science-projects/3-ls2-1.html", "time": "Two 30-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Group membership can improve survival", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "A mechanism diagram and evidence-supported argument.", "boundary": "Focus on an argument that some groups help survival; do not claim group living always helps.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/3-ls2-1-ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "3-LS4-4", "title": "Choose a habitat repair after one change", "grade": "3rd", "lesson_id": 748, "lesson_title": "Engineering Design Process", "url": "/science-projects/3-ls4-4.html", "time": "Two 35-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence about a solution", "idea": "Habitat changes affect survival", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "A comparison chart, design sketch and qualified recommendation.", "boundary": "Assess one environmental change. Do not require the greenhouse effect or climate change for this grade-level task.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/3-ls4-4-biological-evolution-unity-and-diversity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "4-PS4-3", "title": "Send a picture using a pattern", "grade": "4th", "lesson_id": 874, "lesson_title": "Waves: Light and Sound", "url": "/science-projects/4-ps4-3.html", "time": "Two 35-minute sessions", "practice": "Generating and comparing design solutions", "idea": "Patterns can encode information for transmission", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "Two code designs, reconstructed messages, error records and a justified revision.", "boundary": "Compare multiple pattern-based solutions; memorizing Morse code alone does not complete the performance.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/4-ps4-3-waves-and-their-applications-technologies-information-transfer", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "4-ESS3-2", "title": "Compare ways to protect a model town from flooding", "grade": "4th", "lesson_id": 889, "lesson_title": "Earth's Changing Surface", "url": "/science-projects/4-ess3-2.html", "time": "Two 40-minute sessions", "practice": "Generating and comparing design solutions", "idea": "Engineering can reduce natural-hazard impacts", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "Designs, repeated test records and a tradeoff-based recommendation.", "boundary": "Use flooding, earthquakes, tsunamis or volcanic eruptions. This unit uses flooding and compares impacts rather than forecasting a real event.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/4-ess3-2-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "5-PS2-1", "title": "What does down mean around a round Earth?", "grade": "5th", "lesson_id": 1036, "lesson_title": "Stars and the Solar System", "url": "/science-projects/5-ps2-1.html", "time": "One 45-minute session", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Earth\u2019s gravitational force points toward its center", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "A three-location model and evidence-based explanation.", "boundary": "Do not require a mathematical gravitational-force equation at this grade.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/5-ps2-1-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "5-LS1-1", "title": "Where does a growing plant get its material?", "grade": "5th", "lesson_id": 1039, "lesson_title": "Ecosystems and Energy Flow", "url": "/science-projects/5-ls1-1.html", "time": "Two 40-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Plant growth uses matter chiefly from air and water", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "A labeled input model and revised evidence-based argument.", "boundary": "Use an argument about sources of plant material. Detailed photosynthesis reactions or biochemical steps are not required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/5-ls1-1-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-PS1-3", "title": "Trace a plastic back to natural resources", "grade": "7th", "lesson_id": 1321, "lesson_title": "Chemical Reactions", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ps1-3.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information", "idea": "Synthetic materials arise from chemical processing of natural resources", "crosscutting": "Structure and function", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use qualitative molecular models. Industrial reaction details and unsafe synthesis are not required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps1-3-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-PS1-4", "title": "Model particles while a substance warms", "grade": "6th", "lesson_id": 1192, "lesson_title": "Thermal Energy Transfer", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ps1-4.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Thermal energy affects particle motion and state", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use qualitative particle models; no gas-law calculations or detailed intermolecular mechanisms are required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps1-4-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-PS1-6", "title": "Improve a cooling reaction device", "grade": "7th", "lesson_id": 1321, "lesson_title": "Chemical Reactions", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ps1-6.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations and designing solutions", "idea": "Chemical processes can absorb energy", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "Approved plan, timed trial table, energy model and tested redesign.", "boundary": "Teacher-supervised small-scale household chemistry only. No tasting, skin application or sealed gas-producing devices.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps1-6-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-PS2-3", "title": "Ask testable questions about magnetic force", "grade": "7th", "lesson_id": 1345, "lesson_title": "Forces and Newton's Laws", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ps2-3.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Asking questions", "idea": "Magnetic force strength depends on conditions", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "No student mains electricity or high-current coils. This task develops questions from data; any apparatus follow-up is teacher-operated.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps2-3-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-PS2-4", "title": "Make a case for gravitational attraction", "grade": "8th", "lesson_id": 1471, "lesson_title": "Motion and Forces", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ps2-4.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Gravity is attractive and depends on interacting masses", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "No Newton or Kepler formula calculations at this middle-school performance expectation.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps2-4-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-PS2-5", "title": "Find evidence of a noncontact field", "grade": "8th", "lesson_id": 1477, "lesson_title": "Electromagnetic Spectrum", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ps2-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Planning and carrying out investigations", "idea": "Fields permit noncontact interactions", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "Investigation plan, actual observations and annotated field model.", "boundary": "Use large enclosed classroom magnets only; keep away from medical devices and follow school guidance. No loose powerful magnets or electric shock demonstrations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps2-5-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-PS3-5", "title": "Track energy when a moving object slows", "grade": "8th", "lesson_id": 1474, "lesson_title": "Kinetic and Potential Energy", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ps3-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Changing kinetic energy accompanies energy transfer", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Qualitative energy arguments only; no kinetic-energy formulas required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps3-5-energy", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-LS1-4", "title": "Connect reproduction to behavior and structure", "grade": "7th", "lesson_id": 1330, "lesson_title": "Natural Selection and Adaptation", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ls1-4.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Behaviors and structures can support reproduction", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use empirical evidence and mechanisms; detailed reproductive anatomy or molecular pathways are not required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ls1-4-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-LS1-5", "title": "Separate inherited and environmental growth factors", "grade": "7th", "lesson_id": 1327, "lesson_title": "Genetics and Heredity", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ls1-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations", "idea": "Genetic and environmental factors influence growth", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "No gene regulation, biochemical mechanisms or claims about human group differences.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ls1-5-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-LS1-8", "title": "Trace a sensory response and a memory", "grade": "6th", "lesson_id": 1174, "lesson_title": "Body Systems", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ls1-8.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information", "idea": "Sensory information can lead to behavior or storage as memory", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "No detailed signaling mechanisms or medical diagnosis.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ls1-8-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-LS2-3", "title": "Draw matter cycles and energy flow in a pond", "grade": "6th", "lesson_id": 1180, "lesson_title": "Ecosystems: Interactions", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ls2-3.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Matter cycles while energy flows through ecosystems", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Conceptual models only; do not require chemical reaction equations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ls2-3-ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-LS4-5", "title": "Compare two ways humans influence inherited traits", "grade": "7th", "lesson_id": 1327, "lesson_title": "Genetics and Heredity", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ls4-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information", "idea": "Technologies can influence inheritance of desired traits", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "No required molecular engineering protocols or blanket safety judgments.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ls4-5-biological-evolution-unity-and-diversity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-ESS1-3", "title": "Build a solar-system scale comparison", "grade": "8th", "lesson_id": 1489, "lesson_title": "Earth's Place in the Universe", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ess1-3.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Analyzing and interpreting data", "idea": "Solar-system objects differ greatly in size and distance", "crosscutting": "Scale, proportion and quantity", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Analyze object properties and scale; advanced orbital mechanics are not required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ess1-3-earths-place-universe", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-ESS3-1", "title": "Explain why resources are unevenly distributed", "grade": "7th", "lesson_id": 1339, "lesson_title": "Rock Cycle", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ess3-1.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations", "idea": "Geological processes produce uneven resource distributions", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Emphasize past and current geoscience processes and timescales, not detailed extraction engineering.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ess3-1-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "MS-ESS3-2", "title": "Use hazard records without promising exact predictions", "grade": "6th", "lesson_id": 1183, "lesson_title": "Weather Systems", "url": "/science-projects/ms-ess3-2.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Analyzing and interpreting data", "idea": "Natural-hazard patterns inform mitigation", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use data to forecast hazards and inform mitigation; do not claim exact earthquake prediction.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ess3-2-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS1-3", "title": "Infer particle attractions from bulk properties", "grade": "9th", "lesson_id": 1645, "lesson_title": "Chemical Bonding", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps1-3.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Planning and carrying out investigations", "idea": "Bulk properties reflect electrical interactions among particles", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "No hazardous heating or student solvent handling without teacher approval. Do not infer exact force strengths from a single bulk property.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps1-3-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS1-5", "title": "Explain temperature and concentration effects on rate", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1771, "lesson_title": "Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps1-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations", "idea": "Reaction rates depend on collisions and particle energy", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use simple two-reactant comparisons; do not require derivation of a complex rate law.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps1-5-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS1-6", "title": "Refine a reversible-reaction process", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1771, "lesson_title": "Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps1-6.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations and designing solutions", "idea": "Equilibrium responds to changed conditions", "crosscutting": "Stability and change", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Qualitative equilibrium reasoning; do not require equilibrium-constant calculations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps1-6-matter-and-its-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS2-3", "title": "Design a cushion that lowers collision force", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1924, "lesson_title": "Forces and Momentum", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps2-3.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations and designing solutions", "idea": "Momentum change relates force and interaction time", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Low-energy classroom models only. No people, raw eggs, high drops or testing of protective equipment on bodies.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps2-3-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS2-4", "title": "Compare gravitational and electric force laws", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1933, "lesson_title": "Electricity and Magnetism", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps2-4.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Using mathematics and computational thinking", "idea": "Gravitational and electric forces follow quantitative relationships", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Two-object algebraic models; no calculus or many-body derivations required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps2-4-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS3-2", "title": "Connect visible energy with microscopic motion", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1927, "lesson_title": "Energy Conservation", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps3-2.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Energy can be modeled as motion and relative position", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use conceptual models rather than microscopic force calculations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps3-2-energy", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS3-3", "title": "Build and refine a small energy converter", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1927, "lesson_title": "Energy Conservation", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps3-3.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations and designing solutions", "idea": "Devices convert energy between forms", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Low loads, no mains electricity, sharp tools or elevated falling weights.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps3-3-energy", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS3-5", "title": "Model fields and changes in potential energy", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1933, "lesson_title": "Electricity and Magnetism", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps3-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Fields connect force and stored interaction energy", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Qualitative two-object field and energy models; no potential integrals.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps3-5-energy", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS4-2", "title": "Test a claim about digital information", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1930, "lesson_title": "Waves and Optics", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps4-2.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Asking questions and evaluating claims", "idea": "Digital information offers conditional transmission and storage advantages", "crosscutting": "Stability and change", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Conceptual and simple numerical coding models; detailed communications circuitry is not required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps4-2-waves-and-their-applications-technologies-information-transfer", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS4-4", "title": "Evaluate claims about absorbed electromagnetic energy", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1780, "lesson_title": "Electromagnetic Radiation", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps4-4.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information", "idea": "Electromagnetic absorption can affect matter differently across frequencies", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Qualitative evaluations only; no radiation exposure experiments, medical advice or unsupported safety thresholds.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps4-4-waves-and-their-applications-technologies-information-transfer", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-PS4-5", "title": "Explain how a fiber-optic link carries information", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1930, "lesson_title": "Waves and Optics", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ps4-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information", "idea": "Wave behavior enables information technologies", "crosscutting": "Structure and function", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Conceptual device explanations; no fiber fabrication or laser experiments.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ps4-5-waves-and-their-applications-technologies-information-transfer", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS1-5", "title": "Model light energy becoming stored chemical energy", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1939, "lesson_title": "Molecular Biology", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls1-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Photosynthesis transforms light energy into chemical energy", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "No detailed light-reaction or Calvin-cycle sequence required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls1-5-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS1-6", "title": "Explain how food molecules become body materials", "grade": "12th", "lesson_id": 2080, "lesson_title": "Biochemistry: Proteins and Enzymes", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls1-6.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations", "idea": "Sugar-derived atoms combine with other elements to build molecules", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Focus on conserved elements and assembly; do not require identification of specific synthesis reactions or detailed macromolecular structures.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls1-6-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS1-7", "title": "Account for matter and energy in cellular respiration", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1939, "lesson_title": "Molecular Biology", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls1-7.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Respiration rearranges molecules and transfers energy", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Conceptual net models; detailed biochemical steps and exact ATP yields are not required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls1-7-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS2-3", "title": "Compare energy release with and without oxygen", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1942, "lesson_title": "Ecology and Sustainability", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls2-3.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations", "idea": "Organisms cycle matter and transfer energy under different oxygen conditions", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Conceptual comparisons; no detailed glycolysis, electron-transport or fermentation pathway memorization.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls2-3-ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS2-4", "title": "Balance an ecosystem\u2019s matter and energy budgets", "grade": "9th", "lesson_id": 1639, "lesson_title": "Ecology: Population Dynamics", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls2-4.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Using mathematics and computational thinking", "idea": "Matter and energy transfer among trophic levels", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use proportional reasoning; avoid universal efficiency rules or confusing energy units with matter mass.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls2-4-ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS2-5", "title": "Connect photosynthesis and respiration across Earth\u2019s spheres", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1942, "lesson_title": "Ecology and Sustainability", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls2-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Photosynthesis and respiration contribute to carbon cycling", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Conceptual models across spheres; no complete biochemical pathway or numerical global budget required here.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls2-5-ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS2-8", "title": "Evaluate whether larger hunting groups always do better", "grade": "9th", "lesson_id": 1639, "lesson_title": "Ecology: Population Dynamics", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls2-8.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Group behaviors can influence survival and reproduction", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use empirical evidence; do not substitute fictional performance percentages for published observations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls2-8-ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS4-1", "title": "Build an ancestry argument from several kinds of evidence", "grade": "9th", "lesson_id": 1636, "lesson_title": "Evolution and Natural Selection", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls4-1.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information", "idea": "Common ancestry is supported by multiple evidence lines", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Multiple lines of empirical evidence; toy DNA alone does not fulfill the task.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls4-1-biological-evolution-unity-and-diversity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS4-3", "title": "Compare trait distributions before and after selection", "grade": "9th", "lesson_id": 1636, "lesson_title": "Evolution and Natural Selection", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls4-3.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Analyzing and interpreting data", "idea": "Selection changes trait distributions across generations", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Basic statistical comparisons; no Hardy\u2013Weinberg calculations or allele-frequency derivations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls4-3-biological-evolution-unity-and-diversity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS4-5", "title": "Evaluate three possible responses to environmental change", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1789, "lesson_title": "Biodiversity and Conservation", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls4-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Environmental changes can alter abundance, speciation and extinction", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use supported causal arguments, not claims that a single short observation proves speciation or extinction.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls4-5-biological-evolution-unity-and-diversity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-LS4-6", "title": "Test a habitat solution with a population simulation", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1789, "lesson_title": "Biodiversity and Conservation", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ls4-6.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Using mathematics and computational thinking", "idea": "Human impacts and conservation solutions affect biodiversity", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "Saved scenario tables, a tested conservation proposal and a limitations assessment.", "boundary": "Original educational simulation, not a validated ecological forecast. Students must use and revise scenarios, not merely read a graph.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ls4-6-biological-evolution-unity-and-diversity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS1-3", "title": "Explain how stars make and disperse elements", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1948, "lesson_title": "Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess1-3.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information", "idea": "Stellar evolution produces and distributes elements", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Details of all nucleosynthesis pathways are not assessed.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess1-3-earths-place-universe", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS1-4", "title": "Predict a two-body orbit mathematically", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1948, "lesson_title": "Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess1-4.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Using mathematics and computational thinking", "idea": "Orbital motion follows mathematical relationships", "crosscutting": "Scale, proportion and quantity", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Two bodies and algebra only; no calculus or many-body simulation.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess1-4-earths-place-universe", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS1-5", "title": "Use crust ages to test plate-motion explanations", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1945, "lesson_title": "Plate Tectonics and Earth History", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess1-5.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Plate processes explain crust-age patterns", "crosscutting": "Patterns", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use crust-age evidence; do not present an invented transect as a real ocean survey.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess1-5-earths-place-universe", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS1-6", "title": "Reconstruct early Earth from surviving evidence", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1945, "lesson_title": "Plate Tectonics and Earth History", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess1-6.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations", "idea": "Surviving records constrain Earth\u2019s early history", "crosscutting": "Stability and change", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use multiple lines of evidence; no required derivation of radiometric dating equations.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess1-6-earths-place-universe", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS2-5", "title": "Investigate water\u2019s mechanical and chemical roles", "grade": "11th", "lesson_id": 1945, "lesson_title": "Plate Tectonics and Earth History", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess2-5.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Planning and carrying out investigations", "idea": "Water\u2019s properties influence Earth materials and processes", "crosscutting": "Structure and function", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Teacher-supervised household-scale materials only; no strong acids, hot liquids or sealed gas-producing containers.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess2-5-earths-systems", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS2-6", "title": "Balance a four-reservoir carbon model", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1792, "lesson_title": "Climate and Earth Systems", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess2-6.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Developing and using models", "idea": "Carbon cycles quantitatively among four Earth systems", "crosscutting": "Energy and matter", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Quantitative model required; clearly distinguish invented carbon units from measured global stocks.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess2-6-earths-systems", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS2-7", "title": "Explain a feedback between life and Earth", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1792, "lesson_title": "Climate and Earth Systems", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess2-7.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Life and Earth systems influence one another over time", "crosscutting": "Stability and change", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "One well-supported coevolution example; a comprehensive account of all Earth\u2013biosphere mechanisms is not required.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess2-7-earths-systems", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS3-1", "title": "Explain how Earth conditions influence a settlement", "grade": "12th", "lesson_id": 2086, "lesson_title": "Environmental Science and Policy", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess3-1.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Constructing explanations", "idea": "Earth conditions influence human activity", "crosscutting": "Cause and effect", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Explain evidence-based influences; do not make deterministic claims about communities.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess3-1-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS3-2", "title": "Compare mineral-resource management choices", "grade": "12th", "lesson_id": 2086, "lesson_title": "Environmental Science and Policy", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess3-2.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Argument from evidence", "idea": "Resource choices involve scientific and societal tradeoffs", "crosscutting": "Stability and change", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Use explicit hypothetical units and criteria; no claim of a verified real-world lifecycle ranking.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess3-2-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS3-3", "title": "Explore resource use, people and habitat together", "grade": "12th", "lesson_id": 2086, "lesson_title": "Environmental Science and Policy", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess3-3.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Using mathematics and computational thinking", "idea": "Resource use links human sustainability and biodiversity", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "Scenario tables, flow explanation and a qualified sustainability proposal.", "boundary": "Provided educational model; no claim of calibrated demographic or biodiversity prediction.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess3-3-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS3-5", "title": "Compare observed warming with published projections", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1792, "lesson_title": "Climate and Earth Systems", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess3-5.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Analyzing and interpreting data", "idea": "Geoscience observations and models inform climate projections", "crosscutting": "Stability and change", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "One climate change\u2014global warming\u2014and its heat-related implications. Do not compare incompatible baselines as if identical.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess3-5-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ESS3-6", "title": "Interpret published models of connected Earth systems", "grade": "10th", "lesson_id": 1792, "lesson_title": "Climate and Earth Systems", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ess3-6.html", "time": "Two 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Using mathematics and computational thinking", "idea": "Human activities affect interactions among Earth systems", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "An evidence record, explanation and revision.", "boundary": "Assessment uses published scientific model results; running an original computational climate model is outside this expectation\u2019s boundary.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ess3-6-earth-and-human-activity", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" }, { "code": "HS-ETS1-4", "title": "Simulate a constrained school water plan", "grade": "12th", "lesson_id": 2098, "lesson_title": "Senior Research Project", "url": "/science-projects/hs-ets1-4.html", "time": "Three 45-minute sessions", "practice": "Using mathematics and computational thinking", "idea": "Models can evaluate complex design solutions", "crosscutting": "Systems and system models", "deliverable": "Three or more scenario tables, constraint matrix, sensitivity test and design recommendation.", "boundary": "Original simplified engineering model; not a plumbing design, drinking-water recommendation or real budget.", "standard_source": "https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ets1-4-engineering-design", "status": "Project provided; teacher assessment and full performance coverage not certified" } ]