MS-PS3-6 | Electric Circuits · NYS standard
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.
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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:
- 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.
- PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
- (NYSED) An electric circuit is a closed path in which an electric current can exist.
- Energy and Matter
- The transfer of energy can be tracked as energy flows through a designed or natural system.