Middle School Physical Science

NGSS Middle School Physical Science performance expectations (grades 7–8) — forces, energy, and waves, with age-appropriate experiments.

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Newton's third law and collisions (MS-PS2-1)

How two colliding objects push back on each other with equal and opposite force.

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Force, mass, and motion (MS-PS2-2)

How the total force on an object and its mass determine how its motion changes.

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Electric and magnetic force strength (MS-PS2-3)

What makes an electric or magnetic force stronger or weaker.

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Gravity between objects (MS-PS2-4)

Gravitational pull is always attractive and depends on the mass of the objects.

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Fields without contact (MS-PS2-5)

Objects can push or pull on each other without touching, through a field.

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Kinetic energy (MS-PS3-1)

How an object's kinetic energy depends on its mass and its speed.

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Stored (potential) energy (MS-PS3-2)

How the arrangement of objects changes how much energy is stored between them.

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Controlling heat transfer (MS-PS3-3)

Designing something that either traps heat in or lets heat escape faster.

Extension

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Energy transfer between materials (MS-PS3-4)

How much energy moves between materials depends on what they're made of, how much there is, and how their temperature changes.

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Energy in, energy out (MS-PS3-5)

A change in an object's kinetic energy means energy moved into or out of it.

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Wave amplitude and energy (MS-PS4-1)

How the size (amplitude) of a wave relates to how much energy it carries.

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Waves meeting materials (MS-PS4-2)

What happens when a wave is reflected, absorbed, or passes through different materials.

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