🌍 Unit 5: Earth Systems & Engineering Design
Explore geoscience processes, natural hazards, ecosystem interactions, and engineering solutions
5
Standards
150
Questions
~50
Minutes
MS-ESS2-2
Geoscience Processes
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
MS-ESS3-2
Natural Hazards
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
MS-LS2-2
Ecosystem Interactions
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
MS-ETS1-1
Engineering Design Problems
Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles.
MS-ETS1-3
Design Solutions Analysis
Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics that can be combined.