Crosscutting Concepts

Which crosscutting concept best helps students make sense of the way the moon looks different during each month?

• Structure and Function

• Energy and Matter

• Patterns

• Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Over time, a system might stay the same or become different, depending on a variety of factors describes which Crosscutting Concept?

What are the CCCs?

• Create Content Creatively

• Cross Cutting Concepts

• Critical Collaborative Communication

• Cross Curricular Content

Taking a closer look at something under a microscope helps you understand the _________.

• stability and change

• cause and effect

• systems

• scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

How does the principle of cross-cutting relationships help in dating rock layers?

• It states that layers are always deposited in a horizontal manner.

• It suggests that the Earth is younger than previously thought.

• It determines the exact age of rock layers.

• It indicates that features that cut through layers are younger than the layers themselves.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which CCC best supports making sense of a population of animals slowly disappearing over time?

• Stability and Change

• Structure and Function

• Systems and System Models

• Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which CCC best helps students make sense of the size of the Moon compared to the Earth?

• Patterns

• Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

• Cause and Effect

• Structure and Function

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What CCC best helps students make sense of how the shape of airplane wings allow flight?

• Patterns

• Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

• Structure and Function

• Energy and Matter

Which of the following is NOT an example of a NGSS Cross Cutting concept?

• Scale, Proportion & Quantity

• Constructivism & Inquiry

• Systems & System Models

Repeating designs or events is an example of _________.

• structure and function

• patterns

• cause and effect

• systems