U.S. Curriculum
Standards
National
Science Education Standards (back
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- As a result of the activities, all
students should develop an understanding of the structure
of the earth's system.
- As a result of the activities, all
students should develop an understanding of earth's
history.
- As a result of the activities, all
students should develop an understanding of evolution and
equilibrium.
- As a result of the activities, all
students should develop an understanding of change,
constancy and measurement.
New
Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (back
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- 3.2: All students will actively
listen in a variety of situations in order to receive,
interpret, evaluate, and respond to information obtained
from a variety of sources.
- 3.3: All students will compose text
that are diverse in content and form for different
audiences for real and varied purposes.
- 3.5: All students will view,
understand, and use nontextual visual information and
representations for critical comparison, analysis, and
evaluation.
- 4.9: All Students Will Develop an
Understanding of and Will Use Measurement to Describe and
Analyze Phenomena.
- 4.11: All Students Will Develop an
Understanding of Patterns, Relationships, and Functions
and Will Use Them to Represent and Explain Real-World
Phenomena.
- 5.2: All Students Will Develop
Problem-Solving, Decision-Making and Inquiry Skills,
Reflected by Formulating Usable Questions and Hypotheses,
Planning Experiments, Conducting Systematic Observations,
Interpreting and Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions, and
Communicating Results.
- 5.4: All Students Will Develop an
Understanding of Technology as an Application of
Scientific Principles
- 5.10: All Students Will Gain An
Understanding Of The Structure, Dynamics, And Geophysical
Systems of the Earth.
- 6.1: All students will learn
democratic citizenship and how to participate in the
constitutional system of government.
- 6.4: All students will acquire
historical understanding of societal ideas and forces
throughout the world.
- 6.9: All students will acquire
geographical understanding by studying the environment and
society.
- Standard 2: All students will use
technology, information and other tools.
- Standard 3: All students will use
critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving
skills.
New York State
Learning Standards (back
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- Standard 1: Students will use
mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering
design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers,
and develop solutions.
- Standard 2: Students will access,
generate, process, and transfer information using
appropriate technologies.
- Standard 4: Students will understand
and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories
pertaining to the physical setting and living environment.
- Standard 6: Students will understand
the relationships and common themes that connect
mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes
to these and other areas of learning.
- Standard 7: Students will apply the
knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and
technology to address real-life problems and make informed
decisions.
Ohio Proficiency Outcomes (back
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- Select instruments to make
observations and/or organize observations of an event,
object, or organism.
- Evaluate conclusions based on
scientific data.
- Identify simple patterns in physical
phenomena.
- Organize data, identify patterns and
trends.
- Draw conclusions and/or recognize a
conceptual model based on a given set of data.
- Apply laws, conceptual and
mathematical models, and theories to explain and predict
the interactions of components in systems.
- Analyze data to identify patterns and
trends and draw appropriate conclusions.
- Explain or illustrate why a solution
is correct
- Read, interpret, and use tables,
charts, maps, and graphs to identify patterns, note
trends, and draw conclusions.
- Organize data into tables, charts,
and graphs.
- Read, interpret, and use tables and
graphs to identify patterns, note trends, draw
conclusions, and make predictions.
Florida
Sunshine State Standards (back
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- The student measures quantities in
the real world and uses the measures to solve problems.
- The student describes, analyzes, and
generalizes a wide variety of patterns, relations, and
functions.
- The student uses the scientific
processes and habits of mind to solve problems.
- The student understands that science,
technology, and society are interwoven and interdependent.
Arizona
Science Standards and Performance Objectives (back
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- 1SC-P1: Propose solutions to
practical and theoretical problems by synthesizing and
evaluating information gained from scientific
investigations.
- 1SC-P3: Analyze and evaluate
reports of scientific studies.
- 1SC-P6: Identify and refine a
researchable question, conduct the experiment, collect and
analyze data, share and discuss findings.
- 2SC-E3: Provide different
explanations for a phenomenon; defend and refute the
explanations.
- 2SC-E5: Explain how scientific
theory, hypothesis generation and experimentation are
interrelated.
Phoenix Urban
Systemic Initiative K-12 Unitary Science Curriculum (back
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- 8.SI.1: Demonstrates abilities
to do scientific inquiry.
- 8.SI.2: Demonstrates an
understanding about the nature of science and scientific
inquiry.
- 8.SI.3: Develops and uses
scientific attitudes and habits of mind.
- 8.P.1: Demonstrates an
understanding of the science and technology that they
encounter in their daily lives.
- 12.SI.1: Abilities necessary to
do scientific inquiry
- 12.SI.2: Understanding about
scientific inquiry
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