Strand-
S1 Scientific Inquiry- The student demonstrates abilities necessary to do scientific
inquiry and an understanding about scientific inquiry; that is, the student:
Standards- S1a- develops research questions that can be answered through scientific
investigations.
S1b-accesses, evaluates and uses information from a variety of reliable sources.
S1c-
designs, conducts, and records scientific investigations following the
general procedures of scientific inquiry.
S1d-
applies appropriate tools and techniques to systematically collect,
record, analyze, interpret and present data.
S1e-
develops logical descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
S1f- recognizes and
analyzes interpretations, conclusions, and predictions
based upon alternative evidence and explanations.
S1g-
communicates scientific procedures, explanations, and conclusions using
appropriate scientific language and mathematics.
Strand:
S2 History and Nature of Science- The student demonstrates an understanding of science
as a human endeavor, and the history and nature of science; that is, the student:
Standards- S2a- describes how doing science requires varying human abilities, interest
and habits of mind (such as: reasoning, insight, skill, creativity, intellectual honesty, tolerance of ambiguity, skepticism,
and openness to new ideas.)
S2b- identifies contributions of individuals from diverse cultures who have
extended
the knowledge in science and technology.
S2c- explains how the effects of science and technology affect
cultural
development, innovation and human history.
Strand:
S4 Science and Technology: The student demonstrates an understanding about science and
technology, and the nature of technological design; that is, the student:
Standards: S4a: explores how societal challenges may drive scientific research.
S4b:
designs and conducts a test on an invention (or existing product) based
on specified criteria.
S4c:
compares the intended benefits and unintended consequences of
technology and how it impacts society.
S4d:
describes how technology responds to societal needs.
Strand:
S7 Earth & Space Sciences: The student demonstrates a conceptual understanding of the
Earths systems, history, and place in the solar system; that is, the student:
Standards: S7a: differentiates the layers of the geosphere, including the crust, the
hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic core.
Components:
S7a1. distinguishes among layers of the geosphere by their
composition,
state, positions relative to one another, and temperature
S7a2. explains how heat is transferred,
by convection, from the core to the
mantle and crust.
Standards: S7b: applies concepts of rotation, revolution, and alignment to explain
the predictable patterns of phasing, eclipses and seasons.
Components:
S7b1. differentiates between rotation and revolution.
S7b2.
demonstrates and explains that the rotation of earth produces the
night and day cycle, and its revolution produces the
year.
S7b3. models how the moons phases can be explained by simulating the
moons orbit around the earth
and its position relative to the earth and Sun.
S7b4. demonstrates the situations that will result in
lunar and solar eclipses
as seen from earth.
S7b5. relates seasons on earth to variations in the amount
of the Suns
energy that strikes different latitudes on the surface of the earth, due to
earths tilted axis of rotation.
Standards: S7c: recognizes that gravity is the force that pulls all things towards earths
center, and governs the motions of objects in the solar system and the universe beyond.
