NGSS SEP Quiz

You look up at the sky and ask, "Why is the sky blue?"

• Developing and using models

• Engaging in argument from evidence

• Asking questions and defining problems

• Using mathematical and computational thinking

A building cracked because of an Earthquake and engineers are trying to determine the cause...

• Constructing explanations and designing solutions

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Asking questions and defining problems

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A prototype is an example of....

• Engaging in argument from evidence

• Developing and using models

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Analyzing and interpreting data

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A local bird has been dying recently and you decide to design an experiment to find out why

• Using mathematical and computational thinking

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Constructing explanations and designing solutions

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

You ask your local meteorologist for the rainfall data for this year so you can compare it to the data from last year

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Using mathematical and computational thinking

• Constructing explanations and designing solutions

After looking at several graphs , you determine the cause of the rising ocean levels to be tied to polar ice caps melting

• Engaging in argument from evidence

• Developing and using models

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

• Analyzing and interpreting data

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Engineers use a prototype of a bridge and collected extensive data on how it performs, including under extreme conditions.

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Developing and using models

• Using mathematical and computational thinking

• Engaging in argument from evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Scientists use basic algebra to find the slope of their graph.

• Asking questions and defining problems

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

• Using mathematical and computational thinking

Scientists come up with a formula to prediction the amount of toxic waste that will flow into a lake if the power plant gets shut down

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Using mathematical and computational thinking

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

• Asking questions and defining problems

In order to stop the use of a deadly pesticide, scientists come up with some alternatives that can be used instead

• Developing and using models

• Engaging in argument from evidence

• Constructing explanations and designing solutions

• Using mathematical and computational Thinking

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2