MS-ESS3-3

SCUSD NGSS Curriculum Guide ====**MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.* ** [Clarification Statement: Examples of the design process include examining human environmental impacts, assessing the kinds of solutions that are feasible, and designing and evaluating solutions that could reduce that impact. Examples of human impacts can include water usage (such as the withdrawal of water from streams and aquifers or the construction of dams and levees), land usage (such as urban development, agriculture, or the removal of wetlands), and pollution (such as of the air, water, or land).] ====

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):
[Description of assessment task]

Key Student Activities:
[Description of student activity. Include necessary materials, if known.]

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

Common Student Misconceptions:
[Descriptions of common student mistakes or misconceptions related to this topic.]

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..): ====
 * The Story of Stuff - animated videos on the total resource costs for consumer goods - []