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NGSS Resource Hub · Grades 4-8

Everything you need to teach NGSS, standard by standard.

Finally make sense of every standard you teach, and walk away with the phenomena, ideas, and free resources to bring it to life for your students. Pick your grade to start.

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Physical Science

19 standards
MS-PS1-1Molecules Extended Structures→MS-PS1-2Chemical Reaction Data→MS-PS1-3Synthetic Materials→MS-PS1-4Changes By Thermal Energy→MS-PS1-5Mass Chemical Reactions→MS-PS1-6Endothermic Exothermic→MS-PS2-1Newtons Third Law Collisions→MS-PS2-2Changes In An Objects Motion→MS-PS2-3Electric Magnetic Force Strength→MS-PS2-4Gravitational Interactions→MS-PS2-5Noncontact Forces→MS-PS3-1Kinetic Energy of an Object→MS-PS3-2Distance & Potential Energy→MS-PS3-3Thermal Energy Transfer→MS-PS3-4Temperature & Energy→MS-PS3-5Kinetic Energy Transfer→MS-PS4-1Waves & Energy→MS-PS4-2Wave Transmission→MS-PS4-3Digital vs Analog Signals→
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Life Science

21 standards
MS-LS1-1Evidence of Living Things→MS-LS1-2Cell Parts & Functions→MS-LS1-3Interacting Body Systems→MS-LS1-4Plant & Animal Reproduction→MS-LS1-5Influencing Organism Growth→MS-LS1-6Role of Photosynthesis→MS-LS1-7Food & Chemical Reactions→MS-LS1-8Stimuli & Sensory Receptors→MS-LS2-1Resource Availability→MS-LS2-2Interactions in Ecosystems→MS-LS2-3Matter & Energy in Ecosystems→MS-LS2-4Effects of Ecosystem Change→MS-LS2-5Designs for Biodiversity→MS-LS3-1Mutations→MS-LS3-2Models for Genetic Variation→MS-LS4-1Patterns in the Fossil Record→MS-LS4-2Comparative Anatomy→MS-LS4-3Comparative Embryology→MS-LS4-4Genetic Variation for Survival→MS-LS4-5Inheritance of Desired Traits→MS-LS4-6Natural Selection & Traits→
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Earth & Space

15 standards
MS-ESS1-1Earth-Sun-Moon System→MS-ESS1-2Gravity & Our Solar System→MS-ESS1-3Scale Model of the Solar System→MS-ESS1-4Time Scale of Earth→MS-ESS2-1Cycling of Earth's Materials→MS-ESS2-2Geoscience Processes→MS-ESS2-3Past Plate Motions→MS-ESS2-4Cycling of Water→MS-ESS2-5Interactions of Air Masses→MS-ESS2-6Unequal Heating of Earth→MS-ESS3-1Earth's Resource Distribution→MS-ESS3-2Forecast Catastrophic Events→MS-ESS3-3Minimizing Human Impact→MS-ESS3-4Populations & Earth's Systems→MS-ESS3-5Changing Global Temperatures→
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Engineering

4 standards
MS-ETS1-1Defining Design Problems→MS-ETS1-2Evaluating Design Solutions→MS-ETS1-3Comparing Design Solutions→MS-ETS1-4Iterative Testing & Modification→
Chris Kesler
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