Ants are annoying, but also absolutely fascinating. This might be a great way to introduce animal behavior ( MS-LS1-4) to your students. It was an unpleasant experience but definitely a relatable one. Ant Takeover: One time ants took over my kitchen.Students could use this phenomenon to the disciplinary core idea PS2.A: Forces and Motion. Kids spend hours sifting through these discarded pieces in order to find the perfect piece to use to help them go down the slide. During the summer, the slide is littered with cardboard pieces. Cement slide and cardboard: There is a local park in our area that is made of cement.Check out how many requirements this activity fulfills from the evidence statement for MS-ESS1-1. (This product is available on my TPT Store.) These observations are excellent examples of NGSSS phenomena because they are observations that students make in their day-to-day lives. We used these observations as phenomena for our solar system unit. Students logged the pathway of the sun and wrote down the shape of the moon for 4 weeks. I created these journals for use in my 8th grade integrated science classroom. What are some examples of good, simple NGSS phenomena? There is a sweet spot between highly complicated phenomena and phenomena that are too simple. Students should not be able to quickly explain the phenomenon. Still, you don't want them to be too simple. I like to focus on simplicity and try to choose examples that are applicable to the student's everyday lives. Too often, teachers use overly complicated phenomena when they are getting started with the NGSS. Here are a few examples of simple phenomena for your NGSS aligned class. It is vital that we use phenomena to drive lessons in an NGSS aligned classroom and engage your learners.

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