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This worksheet describes the difference between correlation and causation and demonstrates that difference using line graphs. The content covered is MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Students investigate the signs of a chemical reaction by designing their own experiments, using a step by step process that includes identifying variables and graphing. Can be done at home or in the classroom. Extends to predictions about future results based on evidence from this investigation.

NGSS standard In this project, you will act as a paleontologist and a geologist. Your goal is to design an experiment that simulates how sedimentary layers (strata) form over time and how the "fossils" trapped within them provide a chronological map of Earth’s history. The ChallengeUsing materials from your kitchen or yard, you will create a "simulated dig site." You will then analyze how the depth of a fossil relates to its relative age and use your findings to predict where future fossils m

NGSS standard HS-ESS3-4 asks for modeling, and higher level modeling includes "systems thinking!" Includes step by step guide and rubric for: Project Goal Design, model, and propose an innovative solution that reduces human impact on the environment. Include a model that explains how your solution works and why it is effective.

The 8th grade NGSS standard on Forces and Motion calls for modeling! NGSS MS-PS2-2 | DOK Level 3 | Gifted Icon: Multiple Perspectives Project Goal Design and create a model that shows how forces affect the motion of an object. Your model should help others understand how mass and force work together to change motion. What Is a Scientific Model? A model is a representation that helps explain how something works. It may be a diagram, physical demonstration, or digital simulation.

This worksheet shows students how graphs can be interpreted differently according to scale and skew. The standard content used for these examples are MS-LS4-1 and MS-LS4-2

Watch The Lorax with your class, and have them make a copy of the Google Slide deck provided here. Then, they use the slides to show what they learned about the complicated web of relationships between the ecosystem and the society in the movie. Once they determine the cause and effect of these relationships, they use this to create claims based on evidence about what destroyed the Truffula Trees AND how they might be restored.