HS-PS1-8 Matter and its Interactions

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

HS-PS1-8. Develop models to illustrate the changes in the composition of the nucleus of the atom and the energy released during the processes of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on simple qualitative models, such as pictures or diagrams, and on the scale of energy released in nuclear processes relative to other kinds of transformations.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative calculation of energy released. Assessment is limited to alpha, beta, and gamma radioactive decays.]
The performance expectation above was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

Developing and Using Models

Modeling in 9–12 builds on K–8 and progresses to using, synthesizing, and developing models to predict and show relationships among variables between systems and their components in the natural and designed worlds.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS1.C: Nuclear Processes

Crosscutting Concepts

Energy and Matter

Connections to other DCIs in this grade-band:

HS.PS3.A ; HS.PS3.B ; HS.PS3.C ; HS.PS3.D ; HS.ESS1.A ; HS.ESS1.C 

 

Articulation of DCIs across grade-bands:

MS.PS1.A ; MS.PS1.B ; MS.ESS2.A

Common Core State Standards Connections:

Mathematics -
MP.4 Model with mathematics. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.1 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.2 Define appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.3 Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities. (HS-PS1-8)

HS-PS1-8 Matter and its Interactions

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

HS-PS1-8. Develop models to illustrate the changes in the composition of the nucleus of the atom and the energy released during the processes of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on simple qualitative models, such as pictures or diagrams, and on the scale of energy released in nuclear processes relative to other kinds of transformations.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative calculation of energy released. Assessment is limited to alpha, beta, and gamma radioactive decays.]
The performance expectation above was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

Developing and Using Models

Modeling in 9–12 builds on K–8 and progresses to using, synthesizing, and developing models to predict and show relationships among variables between systems and their components in the natural and designed worlds.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS1.C: Nuclear Processes

Crosscutting Concepts

Energy and Matter

Connections to other DCIs in this grade-band:

HS.PS3.A ; HS.PS3.B ; HS.PS3.C ; HS.PS3.D ; HS.ESS1.A ; HS.ESS1.C 

 

Articulation of DCIs across grade-bands:

MS.PS1.A ; MS.PS1.B ; MS.ESS2.A

Common Core State Standards Connections:

Mathematics -
MP.4 Model with mathematics. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.1 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.2 Define appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.3 Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities. (HS-PS1-8)

HS-PS1-8 Matter and its Interactions

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

HS-PS1-8. Develop models to illustrate the changes in the composition of the nucleus of the atom and the energy released during the processes of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on simple qualitative models, such as pictures or diagrams, and on the scale of energy released in nuclear processes relative to other kinds of transformations.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative calculation of energy released. Assessment is limited to alpha, beta, and gamma radioactive decays.]
The performance expectation above was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

Developing and Using Models

Modeling in 9–12 builds on K–8 and progresses to using, synthesizing, and developing models to predict and show relationships among variables between systems and their components in the natural and designed worlds.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS1.C: Nuclear Processes

Crosscutting Concepts

Energy and Matter

Connections to other DCIs in this grade-band:

HS.PS3.A ; HS.PS3.B ; HS.PS3.C ; HS.PS3.D ; HS.ESS1.A ; HS.ESS1.C 

 

Articulation of DCIs across grade-bands:

MS.PS1.A ; MS.PS1.B ; MS.ESS2.A

Common Core State Standards Connections:

Mathematics -
MP.4 Model with mathematics. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.1 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.2 Define appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling. (HS-PS1-8)
HSN-Q.A.3 Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities. (HS-PS1-8)

* The performance expectations marked with an asterisk integrate traditional science content with engineering through a Practice or Disciplinary Core Idea.

The section entitled “Disciplinary Core Ideas” is reproduced verbatim from A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Cross-Cutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Integrated and reprinted with permission from the National Academy of Sciences.

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