MS-ETS1-4 | Designing and Testing Solutions · NYS standard
Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
Grade 8 Science Test Questions
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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.
- constraint
- criteria
- data
- design
- generate data
- iterative testing
- model
- optimal design
- solution
- systematic process
- test results
- prototype – implied by "iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process" and "Models of all kinds are important for testing solutions"
Performance Level Descriptions
Every Grade 8 Science Test question on MS-ETS1-4 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.
Resources
Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of MS-ETS1-4.
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NGSS Dimensions
Performance expectation MS-ETS1-4 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:
- Developing and Using Models
- Develop a model to generate data to test ideas about designed systems, including those representing inputs and outputs.
- ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions
- A solution needs to be tested, and then modified on the basis of the test results in order to improve it. There are systematic processes for evaluating solutions with respect to how well they meet the criteria and constraints of a problem.
- Models of all kinds are important for testing solutions.
- There are no Crosscutting Concepts linked to this standard.