MS-PS3-6

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Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred by electric currents.

Clarification statement: Emphasis should be on arrangements of circuit components in series and parallel circuits.

Assessment boundary: Assessment will be limited to qualitative analysis and reasoning.

Note: this is a NYSED-specific performance expectation that is different from the Next Generation Science Standards.

Grade 8 Science Test Questions

No released Grade 8 science test questions for MS-PS3-6 have been added to the wiki yet.

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Vocabulary

Terms from the Middle School Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released Grade 8 Science Test questions that assess it.

From this standard

• circuit
• circuit component
• closed path
• conservation of energy
• data
• electric circuit
• electric current
• energy transfer
• evidence
• observation
• parallel circuit
• qualitative
• quantitative
• series circuit

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 8 Science Test question on MS-PS3-6 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Using evidence, identify the observation, from those given, that indicates that energy can be transferred by electric currents.

Level 2: Given observations, provide evidence that energy can be transferred by electric currents.

Level 3: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred by electric currents.

Level 4: Make qualitative and quantitative observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred by electric currents and predict how a change in circuit components would change the data.

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of MS-PS3-6.

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NGSS Dimensions

Performance expectation MS-PS3-6 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

• Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
  • Collect data to produce data to serve as the bases for evidence to answer scientific questions or test design solutions under a range of conditions.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

• PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
  • (NYSED) An electric circuit is a closed path in which an electric current can exist.

Crosscutting Concepts

• Energy and Matter
  • The transfer of energy can be tracked as energy flows through a designed or natural system.

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