2-ESS1-1: Earth Events - Slow and Quick
Use information from several sources to provide evidence that earth events can occur quickly or slowly. (Stability and Change)
Clarification Statement: Examples of events and timescales could include volcanic explosions and earthquakes, which happen quickly and erosion of rocks, which occurs slowly.
Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative measurements of timescales.
Science Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth
Crosscutting Concepts
Stability and Change
Assessments
The following assessments were created by science teachers hoping to better understand the NGSS. In most cases teachers went from standard to assessment in around an hour. These are drafts and should be used accordingly. Feel free to improve these assessments or contribute to the collection. Learn more about assessment design here.
Phenomena
Concepts
Earth events
- Quick (e.g. flood, storm, volcano, earthquake, landslide)
- Slow (e.g. weathering and erosion of rock)
Weathering
Erosion
Stability and Change
Videos
Lesson Plans
Storylines
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