NGSS alignment

Code	Performance expectation	Lessons
1-PS4-1	Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.	Sound You Can See, Musical Bottles, Toy Motor Speaker
3-5-ETS1-2	Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.	Hero's Fountain, Do-Nothing Machine, Ramp Walkers, Balancing Toys, Pulley Power, Balloon in a Bottle, Catching Eggs
3-PS2-1	Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.	Cup Flyers, String Shooter, Tumbling Toy, Ramp Walkers, Balancing Toys, Falling Cones, Upside-Down Water Glass, Solar Motor, Pulley Power, Breaking Pole Paradox, Cartesian Divers, Balloon in a Bottle, Crushing Cans with Water
3-PS2-2	Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.	Sand Pendulum Art, Do-Nothing Machine, Cup Flyers, Tumbling Toy, Come-Back Can, Slow-Wave Loops
4-PS3-1	Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.	Marble Tracks & Loop-the-Loop, High Road, Low Road Race
4-PS3-4	Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.	Come-Back Can, Solar Motor, Toy Motor Speaker
4-PS4-1	Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.	Sound You Can See, Musical Bottles, Toy Motor Speaker, Slow-Wave Loops, Echo Speed of Sound
5-PS1-1	Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.	Hero's Fountain, String Shooter, Siphons, Upside-Down Water Glass, Cartesian Divers, Balloon in a Bottle, Crushing Cans with Water
5-PS2-1	Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.	Sand Pendulum Art, Tumbling Toy, Ramp Walkers, Siphons, Balancing Toys, Falling Cones, Crushing Cans with Water
MS-ETS1-1	Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution.	Upside-Down Water Glass, Catching Eggs
MS-PS2-2	Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.	Cup Flyers, String Shooter, Falling Cones, Pulley Power, Breaking Pole Paradox, Cartesian Divers, Catching Eggs
MS-PS3-2	Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.	Hero's Fountain, Marble Tracks & Loop-the-Loop, High Road, Low Road Race, Siphons
MS-PS3-5	Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.	Marble Tracks & Loop-the-Loop, High Road, Low Road Race, Come-Back Can, Solar Motor
MS-PS4-1	Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.	Sound You Can See, Slow-Wave Loops, Echo Speed of Sound

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