Delaware Science Standards
Middle School Course Model
Grade 6
Change Over Time
How do people figure out that Earth and life on Earth have changed over time?
MS-ESS1-4: Geologic Time Scale
MS-LS4-1: Fossil Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
MS-ESS2-1: Cycling of Earth's Materials
Earth Systems
How do the materials in and on the earth change over time?
MS-ESS2-1: Cycling of Earth's Materials
MS-ESS3-1: Uneven Distribution of Earth's Resources
MS-ESS3-2: Natural Hazards
Tectonic Plates
How does the movement of tectonic plates impact the surface of the Earth?
MS-ESS2-2: Geoscience Processes at Varying Scales
MS-ESS2-3: Evidence of Plate Tectonics
Solar System
What makes up our solar system?
MS-ESS1-2: Gravity and Motions in Space
MS-ESS1-3: Scale Properties in the Solar System
Earth
What is the Earth's place in the universe?
MS-ESS1-2: Gravity and Motions in Space
MS-ESS1-3: Scale Properties in the Solar System
How can the motion of the Earth explain seasons and eclipses?
MS-ESS1-1: Earth-Sun-Moon System
MS-ESS1-2: Gravity and Motions in Space
How can one describe physical interactions between objects within a system
MS-PS2-1: Collision Design Solution
MS-PS2-2: Forces, Mass and the Motion of an Object
MS-PS2-3: Electric and Magnetic Forces
MS-PS2-4: Gravitational Interactions
MS-PS2-5: Electric and Magnetic Fields
Structure/Function Relationships
How do the structures of organisms contribute to life’s functions?
MS-LS1-3: Interacting Body Systems
MS-LS1-7: Food and Chemical Reactions
Processing Information
How is information processes in the body?
MS-LS1-8: Information Processing
Grade 7
Cells
How do the structures of organisms contribute to life’s functions?
MS-LS1-1: Cell Theory
MS-LS1-2: Cell Parts and Function
MS-LS1-3: Interacting Body Systems
Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms
How do organisms grow, develop, and reproduce?
MS-LS1-4: Animal Behaviors and Plant Structures - Reproductive Success
MS-LS1-5: Environmental and Genetic Growth Factors
MS-LS3-1: Mutations - Harmful, Beneficial or Neutral
MS-LS3-2: Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
MS-LS4-5: Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
MS-LS4-1: Fossil Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
MS-LS4-2: Anatomical Evidence of Evolutionary Relationships
MS-LS4-3: Embryological Evidence of Common Ancestry
MS-LS4-4: Natural Selection
MS-LS4-6: Adaptation of Populations over Time
Molecular Structure
How can particles combine to produce a substance with different properties?
MS-PS1-1: Atomic Composition Model
MS-PS1-3: Synthetic Materials
Effects of Thermal Energy
How does thermal energy affect particles?
MS-PS1-4: Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
What happens when new materials are formed? What stays the same and what changes?
MS-PS1-2: Chemical Properties and Reactions
MS-PS1-5: Conservation of Atoms in Reactions
MS-PS1-6: Thermal Energy Design Project
Grade 8
Energy Transfer
How can energy be transferred from one object or system to another?
MS-PS3-1: Kinetic Energy of an Object
MS-PS3-2: Potential Energy of the System
MS-PS3-5: Energy Transfer to or from an Object
Waves & Electromagnetic Radiation
What are the characteristic properties of waves that enable them to transfer energy?
MS-PS4-1: Wave Properties
MS-PS4-2: Wave Reflection, Absorption, and Transmission
MS-PS4-3: Digitized Wave Signals
Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
How do organisms obtain and use matter and energy?
MS-LS1-6: Photosynthesis - Matter Cycling and Energy Flow
MS-LS2-1: Effects of Resource Availability
MS-LS2-2: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-4: Ecosystem Interactions and Dynamics
MS-LS2-5: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Solutions
How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
MS-LS1-7: Food and Chemical Reactions
MS-LS2-3: Matter Cycling and Energy Flow in Ecosystems
Energy Transfer
How can energy be transferred from one object or system to another?
MS-PS3-3: Thermal Energy Transfer Solution
MS-PS3-4: Thermal Energy Transfer
Weather & Climate
What factors interact and influence weather and climate?
MS-ESS2-5: Interacting Air Masses and Weather
MS-ESS2-6: Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation
MS-ESS3-5: Causes of Global Warming
MS-ESS2-1: Cycling of Earth's Materials
MS-ESS2-4: Cycling of Water Through Earth's Systems
Human Impact
How can natural hazards be predicted?
How do human activities affect Earth systems?
MS-ESS3-3: Human Impact on the Environment
MS-ESS3-4: Human Consumption of Natural Resources
Image By Hagley Museum and Library Source: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/photos/60782 [Public Domain] |Hagley mill race on Brandywine Creek, Delaware, USA.
