All of Pine Valley’s classes incorporate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) learning and focus on science, teamwork/leadership, and/or physical education. For Christian schools and homeschool groups, there is an additional spiritual focus in all classes. Science classes fit Next Generation Science Standards for middle school. Additionally, a selection of our classes also fit Next Generation Science Standards for 4th grade, 5th grade, and high school.
The Art of Science: Science
NGSS-5-1-3: Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
NGSS-MS-LS1-5: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms
NGSS-MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
NGSS-MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
NGSS-MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
NGSS-MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Balloon Drop Challenge: Teamwork/Leadership, Science
NGSS-3-5-ETS1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS-3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints on the problem.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
NGSS-MS-PS2-2: Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the object and the mass of the object.
Chemical Engineering: Science
NGSS-3-5-ETSI-3: Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
NGSS-5-PS1-4: Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
NGSS-MS-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
NGSS-MS-PS1-6: Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Critter Scene Investigation: Science, Teamwork/Leadership
NGSS-4-LS1-2: Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
NGSS-5-LS2-1: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
NGSS-MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
NGSS-MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
NGSS-MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
NGSS-HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
Electricity: Science
NGSS-4-PS3-2: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
NGSS-MS-PS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
NGSS-MS-PS3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
NGSS-MS-PS4-2: Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reelected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
Entomology: Science
NGSS-MS-LS1-1: Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or different numbers and types of cells.
NGSS-MS-LS1-3: Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
NGSS-MS-LS1-4: Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
NGSS-MS-LS1-5: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
NGSS-MS-LS4-4: Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Environmental Engineering: Science, Teamwork/Leadership
NGSS-5-ESS2-2: Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
NGSS-5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
NGSS-MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
NGSS-MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria.
NGSS-MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
NGSS-MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
NGSS-HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
Food & Waste: Science, Teamwork/Leadership, Physical Education
NGSS-4-ESS-3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
NGSS-5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
NGSS-5-LS2-1: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
NGSS-MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
NGSS-MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
NGSS-MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
NGSS-HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
Geology: Science, Physical Education
NGSS-4-ESS1-1: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
NGSS-4-ESS2-1:Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
NGSS-3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSS-MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the glow of energy that drives this process.
NGSS-MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
NGSS-MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the results of past and current geoscience processes.
Heights and Balances: Teamwork/Leadership, Physical Education
Junior High Ropes: Teamwork/Leadership, Physical Education
Laser Tag: Physical Education, Teamwork/Leadership, Science
NGSS-4-PS3-2: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
NGSS-MS-PS2-5: Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
NGSS-MS-PS4-2: Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reelected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Meteorology and Physics: Science
NGSS MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the glow of energy that drives this process.
NGSS-MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
NGSS-MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
NGSS-MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
NGSS-MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
NSI (Nature Science Investigators): Science, Physical Education
NGSS-5-PS1-3: Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
NGSS-MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
NGSS-MS-LS1-5: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Target Practice: Physical Education, Science
NGSS-MS-PS2-2: Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the object and the mass of the object.
NGSS-MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
NGSS-MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
NGSS-MS-PS3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Team Building: Teamwork/Leadership, Physical Education
Theatrics: Teamwork/Leadership
Trees & Me: Science, Teamwork/Leadership
NGSS-4-ESS2-1: Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
NGSS-4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
NGSS-5-LS1-1: Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
NGSS-5-PS1-3: Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
NGSS-MS-LS1-5: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
NGSS-MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
NGSS-MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
NGSS-HS-LS2-6 Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
NGSS-HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
Waste Awareness: Science, Teamwork/Leadership
NGSS-4-ESS-3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
NGSS-5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
NGSS-MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
NGSS-MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
NGSS-MS-PS1-3 Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society
NGSS-HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
Pine Valley Outdoor Science Camp’s classes also align with Common Core standards and California EP&Cs- contact us with the grade and class you’re inquiring about to receive those standards.
Read more about our partnerships with the American Camp Association, Christian Camp & Conference Association, Grades of Green, and NASA GLOBE Goes To Camp.