New Jersey Department of Education

Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Accessible Version of Figure 1: Scope and Sequence for the High School Model Science Curriculum

The diagram includes three columns:

  1. Course 1: Biology
  2. Course 2: Chemistry
  3. Course 3: Physics

Each column includes bundles of performance expectations that have been used to build each of the units.

Key:

  • LS: Life Science
  • PS: Physical Science
  • ESS: Earth and Space Science
  • ETS: Engineering

Course 1: Biology

The first column represents Course 1: Biology. The column includes 5 bundles of performance expectations that have been used to build each of the units.

5 bundles of performance expectations:

  1. Ecosystems: Interactions and Dynamics
  2. Ecosystems: Matter and Energy
  3. Inheritance and Variation of Traits
  4. Natural Selection and Evolution of Populations
  5. Common Ancestry and Speciation

Unit B.1: Ecosystems: Interactions and Dynamics

Unit B.1 is based on the following performance expectations.

Unit B.1 Performance Expectations
Life Science Earth and Space Science Engineering
  • HS-LS2-1
  • HS-LS2-2
  • HS-LS2-4
  • HS-LS2-6
  • HS-LS2-7
  • HS-LS2-8
  • HS-LS4-6
 HS-ESS3-3 HS-ETS1-4

HS-LS2-4 builds across multiple units. HS-ETS1-4 builds across multiple courses. This bundle is connected to Unit B.2: Ecosystems: Matter and Energy and Unit B.4 Natural Selection and Evolution of Populations.

Unit B.2: Ecosystems: Matter and Energy

Unit B.2 is based on the following performance expectations.

Life Science:

  • HS-LS1-5
  • HS-LS1-6
  • HS-LS1-7
  • HS-LS2-3
  • HS-LS2-4
  • HS-LS2-5

Earth and Space Science:

  • HS-ESS2-6
  • HS-ESS3-6

Engineering: HS-ETS1-2.

HS-LS2-4 builds across units. HS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS3-6, and HS-ETS1-2 build across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit B.3 Inheritance and Variation of Traits and Chemistry Unit C.4 Chemical Reactions in our world.

Unit B.3 Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Unit B.3 is based on the following performance expectations.

Life Science:

  • HS-LS1-1
  • HS-LS1-2
  • HS-LS1-3
  • HS-LS1-4
  • HS-LS3-1
  • HS-LS3-2
  • HS-LS3-3

Engineering: HS-ETS1-3.

HS-ETS1-3 builds across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit B.4: Natural Selection and Evolution of Populations and Unit B.5 Common Ancestry and Speciation.

Unit B.4: Natural Selection and Evolution of Populations

Unit B.4 is based on:

  • HS-LS4-2,
  • HS-LS4-3,
  • HS-LS4-4,
  • HS-LS4-5, and
  • HS-ETS1-1.

HS-LS4-4 and HS-LS4-5 build across units. HS-ETS1-1 builds across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit B.5: Common Ancestry and Speciation.

Unit B.5: Common Ancestry and Speciation

Unit B.5 is based on:

  • HS-LS4-1,
  • HS-LS4-2,
  • HS-LS4-4,
  • HS-LS4-5 and
  • HS-ESS2-7.

HS-LS4-4, HS-LS4-5 build across multiple units. HS-ESS2-7 builds across courses. This bundle is connected to Chemistry Unit C.1 Thermodynamics in Earth Systems.

Course 2: Chemistry

The second column represents Course 2: Chemistry. The column includes 5 bundles of performance expectations that have been used to build each of the units.

5 bundles of performance expectations:

  1. Thermodynamics in Earth Systems
  2. Structure & Properties of Matter
  3. Molecular Processes in Earth Systems
  4. Chemical Reactions in our World
  5. Energy from Chemical and Nuclear Reactions

Unit C.1: Thermodynamics in Earth Systems

Unit C.1 is based on:

  • HS-PS3-1,
  • HS-PS3-4,
  • HS-ESS2-2,
  • HS-ESS2-4,
  • HS-ESS2-7,
  • HS-ESS3-1,
  • HS-ESS3-5, and
  • HS-ESS3-6.

HS-ESS2-4 builds across units. HS-PS3-1, HS-ESS2-7, HS-ESS3-1, and HS-ESS3-6 build across courses. This bundle is connected to C.2 Structure and Properties of Matter and Unit C.4: Chemical Reactions in our World.

Unit C.2: Structure & Properties of Matter

Unit C.2 is based on:

  • HS-PS1-1,
  • HS-PS1-2,
  • HS-PS1-3,
  • HS-PS1-4,
  • HS-PS2-4,
  • HS-PS2-6,
  • HS-PS3-2 and
  • HS-PS3-5.

HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-3, and HS-PS2-6 build across units. HS-PS2-4, HS-PS2-6, HS-PS3-2 and HS-PS3-5 build across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit C.3 Molecular Processes in Earth Systems and Unit C.5 Energy from Chemical and Nuclear Reactions.

Unit C.3: Molecular Processes in Earth Systems

Unit C.3 is based on:

  • HS-PS1-1,
  • HS-PS1-2,
  • HS-PS1-3,
  • HS-PS2-4,
  • HS-PS2-6,
  • HS-PS3-2, and
  • HS-PS3-5.

HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-3 and HS-PS2-6 build across units. HS-PS2-4, HS-PS2-6 HS-PS3-2 and HS-PS3-5 build across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit C.4 Chemical Reactions in our World and Physics Unit P.6 Earth’s History and the Big Bang.

Unit C.4: Chemical Reactions in our World

Unit C.4 is based on:

  • HS-PS1-5,
  • HS-PS1-6,
  • HS-PS1-7,
  • HS-ESS2-4,
  • HS-ESS2-6,
  • HS-ESS3-4,
  • HS-ETS1-1, and
  • HS-ETS1-2.

HS-ESS3-4 builds across units. HS-ESS2-6, HS-ETS1-1 and HS-ETS1-2 build across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit C.5 Energy from Chemical and Nuclear Reactions.

Unit C.5: Energy from Chemical and Nuclear Reactions

Unit C.5 is based on:

  • HS-PS1-5,
  • HS-PS1-5,
  • HS-PS1-6,
  • HS-PS1-7,
  • HS-ESS2-4,
  • HS-ESS2-6,
  • HS-ESS3-4,
  • HS-ETS1-1, and
  • HS-ETS1-2.

HS-ESS2-4 and HS-ESS3-4 build across units. HS-ESS2-6, HS-ETS1-1 and HS-ETS1-2 build across courses. This bundle is connected to Physics Unit P.6 Earth’s History and the Big Bang.

Course 3: Physics

The third column represents Course 3: Physics. The column includes 6 bundles of performance expectations that have been used to build each of the units.

6 bundles of performance expectations:

  1. Energy Flow from Earth’s Systems
  2. Energy, Forces & Earth’s Crust
  3. Collisions & Momentum
  4. Meteors, Orbits & Gravity
  5. Electromagnetic Radiation
  6. Earth’s History & the Big Bang

Unit P.1: Energy Flow from Earth’s Systems

Unit P.1 is based on:

  • HS-PS2-5,
  • HS-PS3-1,
  • HS-PS3-2,
  • HS-PS3-3,
  • HS-PS3-5,
  • HS-ESS3-2,
  • HS-ETS1-1, and
  • HS-ETS1-4.

HS-PS2-5 and HS-PS3-3 build across units. HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-2, HS-PS3-5, HS-ESS3-2, HS-ETS1-1, and HS-ETS1-4 build across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit P.2 Energy, Forces and Earth’s Crust, Unit P.4 Meteors, Orbits and Gravity, Unit P.5 Electromagnetic Radiation, and Unit P.6 Earth’s History and the Big Bang.

Unit P.2: Energy, Forces & Earth’s Crust

Unit P.2 is based on:

  • HS-PS2-1,
  • HS-PS3-1,
  • HS-PS3-5,
  • HS-ESS1-5,
  • HS-ESS2-1, and
  • HS-ESS2-3.

HS-PS2-1 builds across units. HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-5 ,HS-ESS2-1, and HS-ESS2-5 build across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit P.3 Collisions and Momentum and Unit P.4 Meteors, Orbits, and Gravity.

Unit P.3: Collisions & Momentum

Unit P.3 is based on:

  • HS-PS2-1,
  • HS-PS2-2,
  • HS-PS2-3, and
  • HS-ETS1-3.

All of the performance expectations listed develop across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit P.3 Collisions and Momentum.

Unit P.4: Meteors, Orbits & Gravity

Unit P.4 is based on:

  • HS-PS2-1,
  • HS-PS2-4,
  • HS-PS3-1,
  • HS-PS3-2,
  • HS-ESS1-4, and
  • HS-ESS1-6.

HS-PS2-1 develops across units. HS-PS2-4, HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-2 and HS-ESS1-4 develop across courses. This bundle is connected to Unit P.5 Electromagnetic Radiation.

Unit P.5: Electromagnetic Radiation

Unit P.5 is based on:

  • HS-PS2-5,
  • HS-PS4-1,
  • HS-PS4-3,
  • HS-PS4-4, and
  • HS-PS4-5.

HS-PS2-5 builds across units.

Unit P.6: Earth’s History & the Big Bang

Unit P.6  is based on:

  • HS-PS1-8,
  • HS-PS4-2,
  • HS-ESS1-1,
  • HS-ESS1-2, and
  • HS-ESS1-3.

HS-PS1-8 and HS-ESS1-2 build across courses.

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