--- title: 6-MS-PS1-1 description: 6-MS-PS1-1 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. image: https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Right%20Image.png --- [![Teacher Login](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/347944/f56bee57-133e-4975-8055-799f1f23588b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/347944/f56bee57-133e-4975-8055-799f1f23588b) [Teacher Login](https://app.knowatom.com/signin) [![KnowAtom Logo](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/KnowAtom%20Logo.svg "KnowAtom Logo")](https://www.knowatom.com/) # 6-MS-PS1-1 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. 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Students begin with an investigation into the structure of matter and how energy determines state of matter. This page is a high level look at key components of this lesson. ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/thermal-energy-and-particle-motion) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/thermal-energy-and-particle-motion) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Grade/Screenshot%20(32).png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/the-rock-cycle) ## [The Rock Cycle In this unit, students use what they know about the relationship between energy and matter to investigate phenomena of how energy powers the cycling of Earth materials. They begin with this lesson on modeling the Earth processes that form different kinds of rock. This page provides an overview of this lesson.  ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/the-rock-cycle) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/the-rock-cycle) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Grade/Screenshot%20(32).png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/renewable-energy) ## [Renewable Energy In this unit, students explore the natural processes that cause Earth’s surface to change over time, analyzing how energy causes Earth’s matter to transform and cycle from one form to another. In this lesson, they trace phenomena of how energy is transferred in chemical reactions, which allows scientists to produce ethanol to use as an alternative energy source. 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This page is a high-level extract of this lesson.](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/6th-grade-science/molecules) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/6th-grade-science/molecules) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Screenshot%20(33).webp) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/natural-resources) ## [Natural Resources In this unit, students use what they know about the relationship between energy and matter to investigate how energy powers the cycling of Earth materials. In this lesson, they analyze the phenomena of processes that form fossil fuels, which determine how these natural resources are distributed around the planet. This page highlights all the parts of this lesson. ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/natural-resources) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/7th-grade-science/natural-resources) Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. *Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By State*s. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 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