PRELIMINARY

HS3 MD Course Map

High School 3 Year

Modified Domain

7th Grade

DCI Sub-Ideas PEs

11th Grade Physics in the Universe

DCI Sub-Ideas 25 PEs

PS2:

Motion

and Forces

PS2.A Forces and

Motion

HS-PS2-1

HS-PS2-2

HS-PS2-3

PS2.B

Types of

Interactions

HS-PS2-4

HS-PS2-5

HS-PS2-6

PS3:

Energy

PS3.A

PS3. C

HS-PS3-2

HS-PS3-5

PS4:

Waves

PS4.A

Wave Properties

HS-PS4-1

HS-PS4-2

HS-PS4-3

HS-PS4-5

PS4.B

Electromagnetic

Radiation

HS-PS4-4

ESS1:

Earth’s

Place in

the

Universe

ESS1.A The

Universe and Its

Stars

HS-ESS1-1

HS-ESS1-2

HS-ESS1-3

ESS1.B Earth and

the Solar System

HS-ESS1-4

ESS2:

Earth

Systems

ESS2.A Earth

Materials and

Systems

HS-ESS2-1

HS-ESS2-2

HS-ESS2-3

HS-ESS2-4

ESS2. B Plate

Tectonics and

Large Scale

System

Interactions

HS-ESS1-5

ETS1:

Engineering

Design

ETS1.A

Defining and

Delimiting an

Engineering

Problem

HS- ETS1-1

ETS1.B

Developing

Possible Solutions

HS- ETS1-3

HS- ETS1-4

ETS1.C

Optimizing the

Design Solutions

HS- ETS1-2

9th Living Earth

DCI Sub-Idea 34 PEs

LS1:

Structure

and Processes

LS1.A

Structure and

Function

HS-LS1-1

HS-LS1-2

HS-LS1-3

LS1.B

Growth and

Development of

Organisms

HS-LS1-4

LS1.C Organization

for Matter and

Energy Flow in

Organisms

HS-LS1-5

HS-LS1-6

HS-LS1-7

LS2: Ecosystems

LS2.A

Interdependent

Relationships in

Organisms

HS-LS2-1

HS-LS2-2

LS2.B

Cycles of Matter

and Energy Transfer

in Organisms

HS-LS2-3

HS-LS2-4

HS-LS2-5

LS2.C Ecosystems

Dynamics,

Functioning, and

Resilience

HS-LS2-6

HS-LS2-7

LS2.D Biodiversity

and Humans

HS-LS2-8

LS3:

Heredity

LS3.A

Inheritance of Traits

HS-LS3-1

LS3.B Variation of

Traits

HS-LS3-2

HS-LS3-3

LS4: Evolution

LS4.A

Evidence of

Common Ancestry

and Diversity

HS-LS4-1

LS4.B Natural

Selection

HS-LS4-2

HS-LS4-3

LS4.C Adaptation HS-LS4-4

HS-LS4-5

HS-LS4-6

ESS1:

Earth’s

Place in

the

Universe

ESS1.C The History

of Planet Earth

HS-ESS1-5

HS-ESS1-6

ESS2:

Earth’s

Systems

ESS2.E Biogeology

HS-ESS2-7

ESS3:

Earth

and

Human

Activity

ESS3.B Natural

Hazards

HS-ESS3-1

ESS3.C Human

Impacts on Earth

Systems

HS-ESS3-3

HS-ESS3-4

ETS1: Engineering Design

ETS1.A

Defining and

Delimiting an

Engineering

Problem

HS- ETS1-1

ETS1.B Developing

Possible Solutions

HS- ETS1-3

HS- ETS1-4

ETS1.C Optimizing

the Design Solutions

HS- ETS1-2

10th Grade Chemistry in Earth Systems

DCI Sub-Ideas 21 PEs

PS1:

Matter and

its Interactions

PS1.A Structure

and Properties of

Matter

HS-PS1-1

HS-PS1-2

HS-PS1-3

HS-PS1-4

PS1.B Chemical

Reactions

HS-PS1-5

HS-PS1-6

HS-PS1-7

PS1.C Nuclear

Processes

HS-PS1-8

PS3:

Energy

PS3.B

Conservation of

Energy and

Energy Transfer

HS-PS3-1

HS-PS3-4

PS3.D Energy in

Chemical

Processes

HS-PS3-3

ESS2:

Earth’s

Systems

ESS2.C Roles of

Water in Earth’s

Surface Processes

HS-ESS2-5

ESS2.D Weather

and Climate

HS-ESS2-4

HS-ESS2-6

ESS3:

Earth and

Human

Activity

ESS3.A

Natural Resources

HS-ESS3-2

ESS3.D

Global Climate

Change

HS-ESS3-5

HS-ESS3-6

ETS1:

Engineering

Design

ETS1.A

Defining and

Delimiting an

Engineering

Problem

HS- ETS1-1

ETS1.B

Developing

Possible Solutions

HS- ETS1-3

HS- ETS1-4

ETS1.C

Optimizing the

Design Solutions

HS- ETS1-2

Sample HS3 MD Leveled Course

Progressions