The free Carolina Essentials™ lab activities supplement the line of Carolina Kits 3D® labs.
Each resource references a science and engineering practice, disciplinary core idea, and crosscutting concept. Most activities require a class period or less and use minimal or common lab supplies.
These matrices organize the activities by core idea and performance expectation (PE).
High School Life Science
From Molecules to Organisms
Structures and Processes
Structure and Function
HS-LS1-1
HS-LS1-2
HS-LS1-3
Matter and Energy Flow
HS-LS1-5
HS-LS1-6
HS-LS1-7
HS-LS2-3
Ecosystems:
Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
HS-LS2-1
HS-LS2-2
Cycles of Matter and Energy Flows in Ecosystems
HS-LS2-4
Owl Pellet Food Webs: A Model of Energy and Mass Transfer
HS-LS2-5
Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
HS-LS2-6
HS-LS2-7
Social Interactions and Group Behavior
HS-LS2-8
HS-LS2-8
Heredity:
Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Variation of Traits
HS-LS3-2
HS-LS3-3
Biological Evolution:
Unity and Diversity
Natural Selection
HS-LS4-2
HS-LS4-3
Adaptation and Biodiversity
HS-LS4-4
HS-LS4-5
HS-LS4-6
High School Physical Science: Chemistry
Structure and Properties of Matter
Periodic Table
HS-PS1-1
HS-PS1-2
Structure of Matter
HS-PS1-3
HS-PS2-6
HS-PS4-1
HS-PS4-3
Properties of Matter
HS-PS1-3
HS-PS2-6
Chemical and Nuclear Reactions
Understanding Chemical and Nuclear Reactions
HS-PS1-2
HS-PS1-7
HS-PS1-8
Stoichiometry
HS-PS1-6
HS-PS1-7
Reaction Rates
HS-PS1-4
HS-PS1-5
Energy in Chemical Processes
Energy and Kinetic Molecular Theory
HS-PS3-2
HS-PS3-4
Energy Transfer
HS-PS3-1
Developing a Computational Model for Heat Exchange
HS-PS1-4
High School Physical Science: Physics
Forces and Motion
Newton's Laws of Motion
HS-PS2-1
HS-PS2-2
Types of Interactions
Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces
HS-PS2-4
HS-PS3-5
Modeling Interactions Between Electric and Magnetic Fields: Lenz’s Law
A Model of Interacting Fields
Electricity and Magnetism
HS-PS3-5
Modeling Interactions Between Electric and Magnetic Fields: Lenz’s Law
A Model of Interacting Fields
HS-PS2-5
HS-PS3-3
HS-PS4-2
Energy
Energy and Energy Transformations
HS-PS3-1
Developing a Computational Model for Heat Exchange
HS-PS3-2
HS-PS3-3
HS-PS3-4
Energy in Everyday Life
HS-PS2-5
HS-PS3-3
Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
Wave Properties
HS-PS4-1
HS-PS4-3
Information Technologies and Instrumentation
HS-PS4-2
HS-PS4-4
HS-PS4-5
Tech Devices, Wave Behavior, and Wave Interactions
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