Nebraska High School Physical Science Science Standards Unwrapped
Nebraska High School Physical Science Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)
Below you will find a list of the current Nebraska 1st Grade Science Standards. Each standard has a link to the Unwrapping Standard Template for that standard and indicator.
| Topic | Standard | Standard/Indicator Code | Indicator | Unwrapping Document Link |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions. | NE.SC.HS.1.1.A | Analyze data to support the claim that Newton's Second Law of Motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PFmkfCxxtXL6QMkVjisgo3Da69fz1rACcAXxYcQJfts/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions. | NE.SC.HS.1.1.B | Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z_e24L2mxPBuQHXIpyi2XFjp3eslWur485vaLxeqzho/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions. | NE.SC.HS.1.1.C | Apply science and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/147s8JjRg8BuQb7vMqANi3VD4-2VS-PlYg1ZXf5qBmEY/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions. | NE.SC.HS.1.1.D | Use mathematical representations of Newton's Law of Gravitation and Coulomb's Law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ddOe-3v-Y9wBXh4HtXz2u2NzqGFqZJfl8edkevkQBaY/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions. | NE.SC.HS.1.1.E | Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that an electrical current can produce a magnetic field and that a changing magnetic field can produce an electrical current. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IsVKALEJs6r7XtDoJnyR11pHxLie9YrzW3vUwLKOxx0/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of waves. | NE.SC.HS.2.2.A | Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fmgRfUGkZuwVMbmnNsOYEquIqJHW39ror_kWrJBKWsk/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of waves. | NE.SC.HS.2.2.B | Evaluate questions about the advantages of using digital transmission and storage of information. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G0J0GlUwZFZrp2vMpAYnSo3TTk7njLcp7_SPa-OnssU/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of waves. | NE.SC.HS.2.2.C | Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and that for some situations one model is more useful than the other. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MsYKxYHw3MdGm3vgKB0cQXs40XkAC3dv5C5Hzfty2I/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of waves. | NE.SC.HS.2.2.D | Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hDBNSn_FsGNn6IdRY6XqhSpmnABpkJQlSQCqMCpiGek/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of waves. | NE.SC.HS.2.2.E | Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J4nB5TMGo9ZQ5OwweG_oCt4W5nx18aoiOOINUnLpr_g/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the structure, properties, and interactions of matter. | NE.SC.HS.3.3.A | Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1drYgQ12MjBpWTfZUTq-6LBb3NgfDIgZQcWwE2fX6k9c/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the structure, properties, and interactions of matter. | NE.SC.HS.3.3.B | Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the macro scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/19r-1O5YaS1F1MrDuVDcEinpm1WpvzQ45xdORjtk0-Rc/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the structure, properties, and interactions of matter. | NE.SC.HS.3.3.C | 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. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_CavT4U_e_HfCLEjsVWNdAPMjV7E_OuicJXduzbXuDQ/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the structure, properties, and interactions of matter. | NE.SC.HS.3.3.D | Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of designed materials. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PksitZA7X5D31x4i9fk6ddPprosDJf9HZ_03tv6W31Y/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of energy. | NE.SC.HS.4.4.A | Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPcFSw0nqYZgNqlbXK5lgFOyRMrPBFVN-ppu1rRVA8E/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of energy. | NE.SC.HS.4.4.B | Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motion of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative positions of particles (objects). | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AWHX2Oy57NQ448-criW_7wMeqBCSIaPlBgg9qIiVMsw/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of energy. | NE.SC.HS.4.4.C | Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vdWkzlcSelYHIu89_bO6AEk8tnULpxTqbnw0ybYWaRo/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of energy. | NE.SC.HS.4.4.D | Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kkr_UO4dcXC6L9Or-7-U_DPIZ9wv1jPWJjMlFxlD6iI/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of energy. | NE.SC.HS.4.4.E | Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics). | https://docs.google.com/document/d/18zGUcgnx677jcRG7Xfezem-GdRDUZsYY98qb8gck6rQ/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions of energy. | NE.SC.HS.4.4.F | Develop and use a model of two objects interacting through electrical or magnetic fields to illustrate the forces between objects and the changes in energy of the objects due to the interaction. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTkwLpDz073fAnV_g2f9FuDo1Ag_vTlzUBTlUadnPEo/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of chemical reactions. | NE.SC.HS.5.5.A | Construct and revise an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms, trends in the periodic table, and knowledge of the patterns of chemical properties. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NWeE1T6bjkcpBP8EL1k-6TD7QdVwY6JCrwuCz61wmE4/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of chemical reactions. | NE.SC.HS.5.5.B | Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends on the changes in total bond energy. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sfVsddS854DCx468fWNazYDP_s1pubDbUu26mb5APD4/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of chemical reactions. | NE.SC.HS.5.5.C | Apply scientific principles and evidence to provide an explanation about the effects of changing the temperature or concentration of the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/11FLHfdQFxl4OsyeJPhHu3yqgR_aPUgb6dOAPqnIYUBY/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of chemical reactions. | NE.SC.HS.5.5.D | Refine the design of a chemical system by specifying a change in conditions that would produce increased amounts of products at equilibrium. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2sCHw2b56I1NfRYPKSappOvXt84sOY1_XFTJcUP7qc/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of chemical reactions. | NE.SC.HS.5.5.E | Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VUjwJj_BjMnUTQXNMN5I-03W98WIithUZoF75IyzH6g/edit?usp=sharing |
| Physical Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of chemical reactions. | NE.SC.HS.5.5.F | Use mathematical representations to support the claim that atoms, and therefore mass, are conserved during a chemical reaction. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/16SJS4llUaVhAs-b5Bku2dX3wbvKX6ftCo-ZxNVdVSQA/edit?usp=sharing |