HS-PS3-5Fields and Energy Transfer

What NYSED says about assessing it

The three dimensions

Every item written to HS-PS3-5 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.

Related performance expectations

• HS-PS3-1Energy Change in a SystemCreate 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.
• HS-PS3-2Energy at the Macroscopic ScaleDevelop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
• HS-PS3-3Designing an Energy Conversion DeviceDesign, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.
• HS-PS3-4Thermal Energy TransferPlan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).
• HS-PS3-6Ohm's Law and Electric CircuitsNYAnalyze data to support the claim that Ohm's Law describes the mathematical relationship among the potential difference, current, and resistance of an electric circuit.