Difference between revisions of "MS-LS1-3"

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| Level4 = Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how major body systems function and interact and that these systems are composed of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
 
| Level4 = Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how major body systems function and interact and that these systems are composed of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
 
| Level3 = Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
 
| Level3 = Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
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| Example3 = [[Questions:Respiration#q2|Spring 2024 Question 40]]
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| Example3 = [[Questions:Respiration#q2|Spring 2024 · Q40]]
 
| Level2 = Support a given explanation by providing evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
 
| Level2 = Support a given explanation by providing evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
 
| Level1 = Using given evidence, identify the explanation, from those provided, to support the claim that the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
 
| Level1 = Using given evidence, identify the explanation, from those provided, to support the claim that the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
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| Example1 = [[Questions:Organ Systems and Responses#q1|Spring 2025 Question 19]]
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| Example1 = [[Questions:Organ Systems and Responses#q1|Spring 2025 · Q19]]
 
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Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.

Clarification statement: Emphasis should be on the function and interactions of the major body systems (e.g. circulatory, respiratory, nervous, musculoskeletal).

Assessment boundary: Assessment is focused on the interactions between systems not on the functions of individual systems.

Grade 8 Science Test Questions

Released New York State Grade 8 science test questions that assess MS-LS1-3 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.

Exam Cluster Question
Spring 2025 Grade 8 Test Organ Systems and Responses Question 19
Spring 2024 Grade 8 Test Respiration Question 40

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
  • body function
  • body system
  • cell
  • circulatory system
  • claim
  • evidence
  • explanation
  • homeostasis
  • multicellular organism
  • musculoskeletal system
  • nervous system
  • organ
  • organ system
  • respiratory system
  • subsystem
  • tissue
From released test questions

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 8 Science Test question on MS-LS1-3 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Using given evidence, identify the explanation, from those provided, to support the claim that the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis. Spring 2025 · Q19
Level 2: Support a given explanation by providing evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
Level 3: Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis. Spring 2024 · Q40
Level 4: Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how major body systems function and interact and that these systems are composed of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.
Notice: PLD levels!

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of MS-LS1-3.

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NGSS Dimensions

Performance expectation MS-LS1-3 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
    • Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources (including the students’ own experiments) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
  • LS1.A: Structure and Function
    • In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions.
Crosscutting Concepts
  • Systems and System Models
    • Systems may interact with other systems; they may have sub-systems and be a part of larger complex systems.
Page contributors: Caroline Leonard, Conrad Richman, Shirley Shameen
MS | MS. Structure, Function and Information Processing
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