Crosscutting Concepts

The class created a replica of the Earth and its different layers to study the properties, the behavior, and the way energy interacts with each level, on a smaller scale. Which CCCs can be used with this example?

• Stability and Change

• Energy and Matter

• Scale Proportion and Quantity

• Structure and Function

• Systems and System Models

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

As we monitor and track the phases of the moon over time we can see that it repeats its phases over a 27 day period. What CCC would we use to help us study this?

• Identifying Patterns

• Cause and Effect

• Structure and Function

• Energy and Matter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Thinking about scale in the CCCs, let's say your teacher has one eye the size of a normal eyeball and one eye the size of a basketball. Would their eyes be to scale?

• No way! One eye would NOT be to scale.

• Sure thing! All teachers have one small and one gigantic eyeball on their heads

Energy and matter interactive in an ecosystem? Which example shows this CCC?

• A fly caught in a spider's web shows energy and matter

• A food web is made to hold food off the ground

• A food web is like the internet but for food

• A food web shows how energy flows through an ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The carrying capacity in an ecosystem of the following graph is 1000. When the trend on the graph keeps going in a straight line on the graph, this represents balance, which is using what CCC?

• Cause and Effect

• Identifying Patterns

• Structure and Function

• Stability and Change

The cell membrane encloses the cell, acts like a gatekeeper, allowing some materials to pass through it but not others. This is possible because of how it is built. What CCC does this represent?

• Structure and Function

• Identifying Patterns

• Cause and Effect

• System and System Models

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

1/2 is proportionate to 4/8 because 4/8’s is equal to 1/2. Which CCC are we talking about?

• Structure and Function

• Cause and Effect

• Scale Proportion Quantity

• Stability and Change

Structure and Function is one CCC. What is a small opening in leaves that allows gases to pass in and out of a plant?

• cell plate

• petiole

• stomata

• trichome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is not one of the crosscutting concepts?

• stability

• energy

• change

• charts

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which crosscutting concept helps us understand the relationship between the structure of a molecule and its function in biological systems?

• Patterns

• Structure and Function

• Energy and Matter

• Systems and System Models

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1