P-ESS2-1
Ask questions, make observations, and collect and record data using simple instruments to recognize patterns about how local weather conditions change daily and seasonally.
Clarification statement: Emphasis is on daily weather conditions recorded over a period of time and how those conditions impact student activities and what clothes they wear. Examples of local weather conditions could include cloud cover (sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy, foggy), precipitation (no precipitation, snow, hail, rain), wind (no wind, some wind, strong wind), and temperature (cold, cool, warm, hot).
Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to qualitative measures of local weather conditions.
Note: this is a NYSED-specific performance expectation that is different from the Next Generation Science Standards.
Resources
Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of P-ESS2-1.
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Assessment
What assessment of P-ESS2-1 might look like on a NY state exam.
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NGSS Dimensions
Performance expectation P-ESS2-1 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:
Connections to Other Standards
P-ESS2-1 connections to ELA, math, and other science standards as outlined by the NYS Education Department: