Disciplinary Core IDeas
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"The Disciplinary Core IDeas are the Content (tools) to be used to construct explanations and can be used in the form of evidence to support ARGUMENTS....in the context of practices and crosscutting concepts"
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Experienced by students in a K–12 learning progression and taught at increasing levels of depth and complexity over time.
Physical Sciences
- PS 1: Matter and its interactions
- PS 2: Motion and stability: Forces and interactions
- PS 3: Energy
- PS 4: Waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer
- LS 1: From molecules to organisms: Structures and processes
- LS 2: Ecosystems: Interactions, energy, and dynamics
- LS 3: Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits
- LS 4: Biological evolution: Unity and diversity
Earth and Space Sciences
- ESS 1: Earth’s place in the universe
- ESS 2: Earth’s systems
- ESS 3: Earth and human activity
Engineering, Technology, and the Applications of Science
- ETS 1: Engineering design
- ETS 2: Links among engineering, technology, science, and society