Science & Engineering Practices
Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Engaging in argument from evidence
Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information
Disciplinary Core Ideas
HS-PS1.C: Nuclear Processes
Crosscutting Concepts
Systems and system models
Energy and matter
Patterns
Performance Expectations
HS-PS1-8. Develop models to illustrate the changes in the composition of the nucleus of the atom and the energy released during the processes of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay.