This multimodal text set is designed to help middle school learners work toward mastering the grade-level moderately complex Anchor Text “Heat Waves in Missouri (Is it getting hotter, or is it just me?)”, adapted from a published study that models summer heat stress in the St. Louis region during future climates (Steinweg and Gutowski, 2015).
Next Generation Science Standards (MS- NGSS) are emphasized in the Anchor Text:
- NGSS MS-LS1-3: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
- NGSS MS-ESS2-4-6: Earth’s Systems – The Water Cycle
- NGSS MS-ESS3-2: Earth and Human Activity – Natural Hazards
Next Generation Science Standards (MS- NGSS) are also important to the Anchor Text:
- NGSS MS-LS2-4: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics
- NGSS MS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation in Traits
- NGSS MS-ESS3-5: Earth and Human Activity – Global Climate Change
Pertinent Common Core English Language Arts Standards in Science and Technical Subjects (CCSS.ELA.RST):
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.1-3 Key Ideas and Details
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.4-6 Analyze Craft and Structure
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.10 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.1: Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.9: Draw evidence from informational texts.