2-ESS2-1: Erosion Design Solution
Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land. (Stability and Change)
Clarification Statement: Examples of solutions could include different designs of dikes and windbreaks to hold back wind and water, and different designs for using shrubs, grass, and trees to hold back the land.
Assessment Boundary: none
Science Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems
ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution
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
Anchor Charts
Video
Vocabulary
Land (e.g. hill, park, valley, mountain)
Weathering
Wind erosion
Water erosion
Stability and Change
Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land. (Stability and Change)
Learning Plans
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