MS-ESS2-5

SCUSD NGSS Curriculum Guide ====**MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions. ** [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure, causing weather (defined by temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind) at a fixed location to change over time, and how sudden changes in weather can result when different air masses collide. Emphasis is on how weather can be predicted within probabilistic ranges. Examples of data can be provided to students (such as weather maps, diagrams, and visualizations) or obtained through laboratory experiments (such as with condensation).] [//Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of cloud types or weather symbols used on weather maps or the reported diagrams from weather stations.//] ====

Science Background for the Teacher:
[overview of relevant science background for teacher]

Key Vocabulary:

 * [key vocab term for this performance expectation] || [key vocab term for this performance expectation] || [key vocab term for this performance expectation] || [key vocab term for this performance expectation] ||

Possible Assessments (formative and/or summative):
Selected questions from Holt textbook

End of unit assessment and project-based assessment from Investigation Earth Systems.

Key Student Activity:
Selected investigations from Unit 1 and 2 (Investigating Earth Systems Vol. 1, AGI)

and Unit 4 (Investigating Earth Systems Vol 2, AGI)

Key Teacher Demo/Activity:
[Description of teacher demo or activity. Include necessary materials, if known.]

Common Student Misconceptions:

 * Rain occurs when clouds get scrambled and melt.
 * Rain occurs when clouds are shaken.
 * Clouds come somewhere above the sky.

Things to Avoid/Correct:
[Descriptions of imprecise language or other mistakes related to this topic that might have to be corrected at a higher grade band.]

====Other Resources (text, video, simulations, activities, models, etc..): ====


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bay Area Earth Science Institute (BAESI) baesi.org
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.learner.org