Michigan Science Standards

Space Systems

MS-ESS1-1: Earth-Sun-Moon System
MS-ESS1-2: Gravity and Motions in Space
MS-ESS1-3: Scale Properties in the Solar System

History of Earth

MS-ESS1-4: Geologic Time Scale
MS-ESS2-2: Geoscience Processes at Varying Scales
MS-ESS2-3: Evidence of Plate Tectonics

Earth's Systems

MS-ESS2-1: Cycling of Earth's Materials
MS-ESS2-4: Cycling of Water. Through Earth's Systems
MS-ESS3-1: Uneven Distribution of Earth's Resources

Weather and Climate

MS-ESS2-5: Interacting Air Masses and Weather
MS-ESS2-6: Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation
MS-ESS3-5: Causes of Global Warming

Human Impacts

MS-ESS3-2: Natural Hazards
MS-ESS3-3: Human Impact on the Environment
MS-ESS3-4: Human Consumption of Natural Resources

*MS-ESS2-5 MI Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions in Michigan due to the Great Lakes and regional geography.

Cells to Organisms

MS-LS1-1: Cell Theory
MS-LS1-2: Cell Parts and Function
MS-LS1-3: Interacting Body Systems
MS-LS1-8: Information Processing

Matter and Energy in Life

MS-LS1-6: Photosynthesis - Matter Cycling and Energy Flow
MS-LS1-7: Food and Chemical Reactions
MS-LS2-1: Effects of Resource Availability
MS-LS2-3: Matter Cycling and Energy Flow in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-4: Ecosystem Interactions and Dynamics

Ecosystems

MS-LS2-2: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-5: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Solutions

Natural Selection

MS-LS1-4: Animal Behaviors and Plant Structures - Reproductive Success
MS-LS1-5: Environmental and Genetic Growth Factors
MS-LS3-1: Mutations - Harmful, Beneficial, or Neutral
MS-LS3-2: Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
MS-LS4-5: Artificial Selection

Heredity, Growth, and Development

MS-LS4-1: Fossil Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
MS-LS4-2: Anatomical Evidence of Evolutionary Relationships
MS-LS4-3: Embryological Evidence of Common Ancestry
MS-LS4-4: Natural Selection
MS-LS4-6: Adaptation of Populations over Time

Matter: Structure and Properties

MS-PS1-1: Atomic Composition Model
MS-PS1-3: Synthetic Materials
MS-PS1-4: Thermal Energy and Particle Motion

Chemical Reactions

MS-PS1-2: Chemical Properties and Reactions
MS-PS1-5: Conservation of Atoms in Reactions
MS-PS1-6: Thermal Energy Design Project

Forces and Interactions

MS-PS2-1: Collision Design Solution
MS-PS2-2: Forces, Mass and the Motion of an Object
MS-PS2-3: Electric and Magnetic Forces
MS-PS2-4: Gravitational Interactions
MS-PS2-5: Electric and Magnetic Fields

Energy

MS-PS3-1: Kinetic Energy of an Object
MS-PS3-2: Potential Energy of the System
MS-PS3-3: Thermal Energy Transfer Solution
MS-PS3-4: Thermal Energy Transfer
MS-PS3-5: Energy Transfer to or from an Object

Waves and Information

MS-PS4-1: Wave Properties
MS-PS4-2: Wave Reflection, Absorption, and Transmission
MS-PS4-3: Digitized Wave Signals