WV--Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.1: develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the life span of the sun and the role of nuclear fusion in the sun’s core to release energy that eventually reaches Earth in the form of radiation.
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.2: construct an explanation of the Big Bang theory based on astronomical evidence of light spectra, motion of distant galaxies, and composition of matter in the universe.
Big Bang Theory - Hubble's Law
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.3: communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements.
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.4: use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System Explorer
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.7: develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to form continental and ocean-floor features.
Erosion Rates
Plate Tectonics
River Erosion
Weathering
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.8: analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.9: develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.
Conduction and Convection
Plate Tectonics
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.10: plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.
Erosion Rates
River Erosion
Rock Cycle
Water Cycle
Weathering
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.11: develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.13: use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth systems result in changes in climate.
S.9.ESS.14: analyze geoscience data and the results from the global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.
S.9.ESS.17: create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem
Water Pollution
S.9.ESS.18: evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
GMOs and the Environment
Nitrogen Cycle
WV.NGCSO.SCI.S.9.ESS.19: use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.
Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020