Castle wing 3 · Weeks 19–29
Natural Processes and Human Activities Shape Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems
Students use plate, rock, water, ecosystem, and particle models to explain why resources and conditions vary.
Storyline lens
Patterns reveal processes
This wing contains 9 connected rooms. Students use evidence, models, and explanation to revisit the same large ideas at new scales.
Performance expectations
7 emphasized
The rooms
Enter wing 3.
Begin with the first room for the designed storyline, or open a single room to support an existing district sequence.
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Earth’s Tectonic Plates
Processes that Shape Earth
17The Rock Cycle
Processes that Shape Earth
18The Water Cycle
Processes that Shape Earth
19Earth’s Natural Resources
Resources in Ecosystems
20Resources in Living Systems
Resources in Ecosystems
21Interactions Among Organisms
Resources in Ecosystems
22Changing Ecosystems
Resources in Ecosystems
23The Motion of Particles
States of Matter
24Heat, Temperature, and State Changes
States of Matter