Ocean Waves - Task F
Lesson
Alignment and Connections of Task Components to the Standards Bundle <br> Task Component F asks students to compare the vertical displacement data for two specific wave energy converter designs, to consider how differences in the converter design would lead to the difference in the data, and to decide which parts of each design to keep when developing a new design. <br> This partially addresses the NGSS performance expectation of MS-ETS1-3 and part of the associated practice of Analyzing and Interpreting Data and the disciplinary core idea of **ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution**. <br> This also partially addresses parts of the NGSS practices of Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions, Engaging in Argument from Evidence, and the crosscutting concepts of Cause and Effect, and Patterns. <br> By evaluating and comparing data on the graphs, students partially address CCSS-M content standards of 8.F.2 and 8.F.5. The interpretation of the plotted data is essential for evaluating the design solution while the data plots provide an example of a situation where the positive and negative values can be used to indicate distance above or below a set height. <br> As students explain similarities and differences and explain their reasoning in Task Component F, they are addressing part of W.8.2, W.8.2.b, WHST.6-8.2, and WHST.6-8.2b, writing to inform or explain.