Physical Science: Physics · Energy

HS-PS3-1Energy Change in a System

Performance expectation

Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known.

What NYSED says about assessing it

Clarification statement

Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions for energy, work, and power used in the model.

Assessment boundary

Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to work, power, thermal energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, electrical energy and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.

The three dimensions

Every item written to HS-PS3-1 has to assess all three dimensions together, not the content alone. This is the structural change that made older practice material stop matching the exam.

Science & engineering practice

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

Disciplinary core ideas
  • PS3.A: Definitions of Energy
  • PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
Crosscutting concepts
  • Systems and System Models

Related performance expectations

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