MS-ESS2-4

SCUSD NGSS Curriculum Guide ====**MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. ** [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the ways water changes its state as it moves through the multiple pathways of the hydrologic cycle. Examples of models can be conceptual or physical.] [//Assessment Boundary: A quantitative understanding of the latent heats of vaporization and fusion is not assessed.//] ====

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.
 * All rivers flow North to South.
 * The sun boils the sea.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Energy can be used up.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.]

====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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