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JASON makes integrating its curriculum components into the classroom easy. The Operation: Monster Storms curriculum aligns with National Science Education Standards (NSES) for grades 5-8. This table lists core standards, strands, and substrands covered by the Missions in Operation: Monster Storms. You can use the Digital Library in the JASON Mission Center to see alignments of individual resources (articles, images, videos, Labs, and Field Assignments) to these standards and Standard A: Science as Inquiry. You can also use the Digital Library to find alignments of content to other state, regional, and local education standards.  | Operation: Monster Storms NSES Alignments: |  |  | 
| Mission 1: Profiling the Suspects - Trouble Brewing in Earth's Atmosphere | B.3.a | Energy is aproperty of many substances and is associated with heat, light, electricity, mechanical motion, sound, nuclei, and the nature of a chemical. | | B.3.b | Heat moves in predictable ways, flowing from warmer objects to cooler ones, until both reach the same temperature. | | D.1.h | The atmosphere is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and trace gases that include water vapor. | | D.1.i | Clouds, formed by the condensation of water vapor, affect weather and climate. | | 
| Mission 2: The Plot Condenses - Air and Water | B.3.a | Energy is aproperty of many substances and is associated with heat, light, electricity, mechanical motion, sound, nuclei, and the nature of a chemical. | | D.1.f | Water, which covers the majority of the Earth's surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the water cycle. | | D.1.h | The atmosphere is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and trace gases that include water vapor. | | D.1.i | Clouds, formed by the condensation of water vapor, affect weather and climate. | | 
| Mission 3: The Chase - On the Run in Tornado Alley | B.3.a | Energy is a property of many substances and is associated with heat, light, electricity, mechanical motion, sound, nuclei, and the nature of a chemical. | | D.1.i | Clouds, formed by the condensation of water vapor, affect weather and climate. | | F.3.a | Internal and external processes of the Earth system cause natural hazards, events that change or destroy human and wildlife habitats, damage property, and harm or kill humans. | | F.3.b | Human activities also can induce hazards through resource acquisition, urban growth, land-use decisions, and waste disposal. | | D.1.j | Global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather. | | 
| Mission 4: The Hunt - Flying into the Eye | D.1.i | Clouds, formed by the condensation of water vapor, affect weather and climate. | | E.2.e | Technological designs have constraints. | | F.3.a | Internal and external processes of the Earth system cause natural hazards, events that change or destroy human and wildlife habitats, damage property, and harm or kill humans. | | F.3.b | Human activities also can induce hazards through resource acquisition, urban growth, land-use decisions, and waste disposal. | | 
| Mission 5: The Recovery - Living with Monster Storms | E.2.d | Perfectly designed solutions do not exist. All technological solutions have trade-offs, such as safety, cost, efficiency, and appearance. | | E.2.e | Technological designs have constraints. | | F.3.a | Internal and external processes of the Earth system cause natural hazards, events that change or destroy human and wildlife habitats, damage property, and harm or kill humans. | | F.3.b | Human activities also can induce hazards through resource acquisition, urban growth, land-use decisions, and waste disposal. |
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