Lesson 3: Locating and Classifying Earth Science Performance Expectations (Standards) by Unit

Objective:

Learners will... Analyze the structure and components of the standards for Earth Science.

Background:  

“Standards” are known as Performance Expectations (PEs).  

Each Earth and Space Science PE for the Regents High School Level is labeled as “HS-ESS#-#”.

Be careful, some PEs from Physical Science may overlap and may want to be accounted for in your units.

New York State Added in some PEs, and they are highlighted in Yellow in the Document.

Purpose:

In this lesson, we will plan how to classify and divide the Performance Expectations into teachable units.

Assignment:  

Follow the template to sketch out units of Earth Science to be taught. Submit or email me a document.

1: MAKE A COPY OF THIS TEMPLATE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tf8tmkeEQK-MSD2YraKCi3yXU7s79GHQIvSB0t2yRNU/edit?usp=sharing

2: Title your new documents "YOURLASTNAME_lessons3&4"

3: Pick your units, you need a minimum of 5 units, but you may have more! You may use your current units OR come up with new ones that align to the DCIs or a storyline idea you may have. 

4: Visit this Link to access NYSSLS Standards/ PEs:  ***Standards: NYSSLS High School***  

5: Place each Earth & Space Science PE in the box next to your units that align. You may find a physical science standard that fits as well as you explore the standards linked above.

Reflection Question

Please add the your response to your reflective journal.

Have you discovered overlap in the Performance Expectations? Do some Performance Expectations fit for multiple units? This is the case when planning with NYSSLS! Explain your findings and provide an example or two.

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