MS-PS1-6

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Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy during a chemical and/or physical process.

Clarification statement: Emphasis is on the design, controlling the transfer of energy to the environment, and modification of a device using factors such as type and amount of a substance. Examples of designs could include combining vinegar and baking soda, activating glow sticks at various temperatures and dissolving ammonium chloride or calcium chloride.

Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to the criteria of substance amounts, reaction time, and observed temperature changes.

Grade 8 Science Test Questions

Released New York State Grade 8 science test questions that assess MS-PS1-6 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.

Exam	Cluster	Question
Middle school sample clusters	Investigating Chemical Reactions	Question 5

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

• absorb energy
• change in temperature
• chemical process
• chemical reaction
• criteria
• design project
• device
• dissolving
• energy transfer
• environment
• glow stick
• physical process
• reaction time
• release energy
• thermal energy

From released test questions

• claim – Sample
• data – Sample
• gas – Sample
• investigation – Sample
• observation – Sample
• temperature – Sample

Implied by this standard

• exothermic reaction – implied by "a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy during a chemical and/or physical process" and "Some chemical reactions release energy, others absorb energy"
• endothermic reaction – implied by the same wording: a process that "absorbs thermal energy"

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 8 Science Test question on MS-PS1-6 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Given a project design, test a device to determine whether it releases or absorbs thermal energy during a chemical or physical process. Sample · Investigating Chemical Reactions Q5

Level 2: Given a project design, test and identify one modification to the device that would improve the release or absorption of thermal energy during a chemical and physical process.

Level 3: Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy during a chemical and/or physical process.

Level 4: Undertake design projects to construct, test, and modify devices – one that will release thermal energy and one that will absorb thermal energy during a chemical and/or physical process.

Notice: PLD levels!

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of MS-PS1-6.

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NGSS Dimensions

Performance expectation MS-PS1-6 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

• Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
  • Undertake a design project, engaging in the design cycle, to construct and/or implement a solution that meets specific design criteria and constraints.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

• PS1.B: Chemical Reactions
  • Some chemical reactions release energy, others absorb energy.

Crosscutting Concepts

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

Page contributors: Caroline Leonard, Conrad Richman, Shirley Shameen

MS | MS. Chemical Reactions