The NGSS in West Virginia

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Skills available for West Virginia sixth-grade science standards

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LS Life Science

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
- S.6.1 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
  - Classify symbiotic relationships (6-X.5)
- S.6.2 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
  - Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem (6-Y.1)
  - Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions (6-Y.2)
Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
- S.6.3 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
  - How do plants use and change energy? (6-U.1)
  - Identify the photosynthetic organism (6-U.2)
- S.6.4 Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter moves through an organism.
  - Understanding the chemistry of cellular respiration (6-N.2)
- S.6.5 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
  - Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems (6-W.1)
- S.6.6 Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
- S.6.7 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

PS Physical Science

Atoms and Elements
- S.6.8 Develop models to describe the relationship between atoms and molecules.
- S.6.9 Utilize the periodic table as an informational tool to identify elements.
  - What are atoms and chemical elements? (6-E.1)
Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
- S.6.10 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.
  - Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves (6-K.1)
  - Compare energy of waves (6-K.2)
- S.6.11 Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
- S.6.12 Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.

ESS Earth and Space Science

Space Systems
- S.6.13 Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
- S.6.14 Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
- S.6.15 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
  - Analyze data to compare properties of planets (6-HH.4)
Weather and Climate
- S.6.16 Collect data to provide evidence for how motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
- S.6.17 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climate.
  - Factors affecting climate: latitude (6-EE.)
  - Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean (6-EE.)
- S.6.18 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the change in global temperatures over the past century.
  - Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (6-Z.2)
  - The greenhouse effect (6-FF.1)
Human Impacts
- S.6.19 Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
  - Analyze natural hazard maps (6-GG.1)

ETS Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Engineering Design
- S.6.20 Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution.
- S.6.21 Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each.
  - Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions (6-C.3)
  - Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions (6-Y.2)

The NGSS in West Virginia

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LS Life Science

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

S.6.1 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

S.6.2 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

S.6.3 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

S.6.4 Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter moves through an organism.

S.6.5 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

S.6.6 Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

S.6.7 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

PS Physical Science

Atoms and Elements

S.6.8 Develop models to describe the relationship between atoms and molecules.

S.6.9 Utilize the periodic table as an informational tool to identify elements.

Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

S.6.10 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.

S.6.11 Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.

S.6.12 Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.

ESS Earth and Space Science

Space Systems

S.6.13 Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

S.6.14 Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.

S.6.15 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.

Weather and Climate

S.6.16 Collect data to provide evidence for how motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.

S.6.17 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climate.

S.6.18 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the change in global temperatures over the past century.

Human Impacts

S.6.19 Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

ETS Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Engineering Design

S.6.20 Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution.

S.6.21 Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each.