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Enduring Understandings
- important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the
instruction received this year.
- A common vocabulary is needed to communicate about the scientific
procedure.
- A hypothesis is a testable prediction as to the outcome of a
scientific investigation.
- A well designed investigation involves the use of a
written plan that identifies the materials to be used, the procedure to
follow, and the variables. A plan needs to be followed to make sure all
steps in an investigation are completed.
- A scientist uses many tools when conducting an
investigation. Complete data makes it possible to explain the
results of an investigation and compare it with the prediction.
- When data is analyzed, the results can be
communicated in a variety of ways.
- Materials can be measured, described, classified, and
compared by looking at common physical properties.
- Rocks can be sorted by shape, size, color, and
texture. Rocks are made of minerals that cannot be broken down further.
Properties and reactions of minerals enable us to identify which
minerals are present in a rocks.
- Fossils give evidence of past life.
- A written plan must be followed in the correct
sequence to make sure an investigation is completed in the same way each
time. An investigation should be done more than once to
make sure the data is accurate.
- Compare and contrast date with others to make sure it
is accurate.
- Data can be visually represented with labeled
diagrams, charts, tables, or graphs
- Compare and contrast date with others to make sure it
is accurate.
- Data can be graphically represented through bar
graphs, line graphs, pictographs, or pie charts.
- Data can be analyzed to predict further change.
- Models make it possible to represent events or
objects that cannot be duplicated
- There are many safety rules to follow when doing an
investigation to keep yourself and others safe.
- Many tools are available to help gather data.
Essential Questions
- most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer
after completing learning activities.
- What are the physical properties of rocks and minerals? What are
some uses of rocks and minerals?
- How can we find out what organism lived in the past?
- What are the different states in which water can be found? What properties are
in a mineral?
- How can we make sure an investigation is done the same way each
time? How can we make sure our data is accurate? How can we visually represent data? How can data be graphically represented?
- How does data help us make better predictions? How can models help complete a scientific investigation?
- What are safety procedures to follow when completing an
investigation? What tools are available to help gather data?
Highest
Frequency Standards
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Frequency Standards  Other
Standards & E-skills
Standard 1:
Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and
design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate such investigations. (1.a.,
1.b., 1.c., 1.d.)
Standard 2:
Physical
Science: Students know and understand common properties, forms, and changes
in matter and energy. (2.1.a., 2.1.b., 2.1.c., 2.3.b., 2.3.c.)
Standard 4: Earth and
Space Science: Students know and understand the processes and interactions
of earth's systems and the structure and dynamics of earth and other objects
in space. (4.1.a.)
Standard 5: Students know
and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and human
activity and how they affect the world. (5.a.)
Standard 6: Students
understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and understand
common connections among scientific disciplines. (6.a., 6.b., 6.c., 6.e.)
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