P-PS3-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Clarification statement: Examples of effects could include illumination, shadows casted, and the warming effect on living organisms and nonliving things.
Assessment boundary: Assessment of effects is limited to relative measures: e.g. warm/cool, bright/dark.
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-PS3-1.
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Assessment
What assessment of P-PS3-1 might look like on a NY state exam.
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NGSS Dimensions
Performance expectation P-PS3-1 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:
- Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
- With guidance, plan and conduct an investigation in collaboration with peers.
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Analyze data from tests of an object or tool to determine if it works as intended.
- PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
- Sunlight warms Earth's surface.
- PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation
- Objects can be seen if light is available to illuminate them or if they give off their own light.
- Cause and Effect
- Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute student ideas about causes.
Connections to Other Standards
P-PS3-1 connections to ELA, math, and other science standards as outlined by the NYS Education Department: