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.

Performance Level Descriptions

PLDs communicate the knowledge and skills expected of students to demonstrate proficiency in each Learning Standard. NYS assessments classify student performance into one of five levels.

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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.

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

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

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

Resources

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

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Assessment

What assessment of MS-PS3-6 might look like on a NY state exam.

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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.

Connections to Other Standards

MS-PS3-6 connections to ELA, math, and other science standards as outlined by the NYS Education Department:

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