NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

SEP stands for...

• Science and Engineering Practices

• Science Ecology Patterns

• Science Education Practices

• Student Education Patterns

Which SEP are students using when creating a scale diagram of the solar system?

• engaging in argument from evidence

• planning and carrying out investigations

• developing and using models

• constructing explanations and designing solutions

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

At the end of an experiment testing the rate of diffusion through different materials, a student group presents their findings to the class. Which SEP are they demonstrating?

• constructing explanations and designing solutions

• obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

• engaging in argument from evidence

• using mathematics and computational thinking

Which of the following are Science and Engineering Practices ? (Choose all that apply)

• Asking questions and defining problems

• Planning an investigation

• Memorizing the first ten elements on the periodic table

• Analyzing and interpreting data

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

During which step of the engineering design process do engineers create a detailed plan or drawing?

• Researching

• Prototyping

• Planning

• Testing

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which step in the engineering design process involves testing and redesiging?

• Asking questions

• Making a prototype

• Testing and evaluating

• Researching

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Which of the following best describes an ecosystem?

• A community of people living in a particular area

• A collection of all the non-living things in an area

• A system comprising all living organisms in an area along with the non-living components of their environment, interacting as a system

• A group of interacting living organisms

Deciding how to build and test a better popsicle stick bridge is an example of...

• Engage in an Argument from Evidence
  

• Plan and Carry Out Investigations

• Ask questions and define problems
  

• Use math and computational thinking

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Real scientific process often repeats and rearranges steps in the investigation in order to take the most logical process to new information.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

When I design a computational version of a bridge to test designs and predict future behavior, I am..

• Engaging in an argument from evidence
  

• Asking questions and defining problems

• Planning and carrying out investigations
  

• Developing and Using Models

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4