Disciplinary Core IDeas
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