Appendix on Implementing District Standards
The standards that are used in Chicago Public Schools are the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Students who display understanding and mastery of these standards will be able to use inquiry skills to obtain evidence to help them decipher patterns of evidence.15 The standards that will be used are MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1.A, MS-ESS1.B, and MS-ESS1-3. Students will show mastery of these standards by demonstrating understanding of the key concepts.
MS-ESS1-1 - Students will develop and use models of the Earth as their reference as they explore other planets in the solar System.
MS-ESS1.A Students will describe the motion of the sun, the moon and stars in the sky using models
MS-ESS1.B Students will analyze and determine how the solar system formed
MS-ESS1-3-Students will analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
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