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Enduring Understandings
- important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the
instruction received this year.
- The world is affected by the interrelationship of
science and technology. New technology continually impacts human
activity.
- New technology continually impacts human activity.
- Scientists use models to predict change.
Essential Questions
- most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer
after completing learning activities.
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of
using technology to solve problems?
- How has technology influenced the way people work?
What are advantages/disadvantages created by new technology?
- How do people use science and technology in their
professional lives?
- What are some different sources and methods a
scientist uses to collect and record data?
- How can models help us predict future outcomes?
Standards
 Highest
Frequency Standards
 High
Frequency Standards,
 Other
Standards & E-skills
Standard 1: Students understand the processes of
scientific investigations and design, conduct, communicate about, and
evaluate such investigation.
Standard 2: Physical Science: Students know and
understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and energy.
Students know that matter has characteristic properties which are
related to its composition and structure. Students understand that
energy appears in different forms and can move (be transferred) and
change (be transformed). Students understand that interactions can
produce changes in a system, although the total quantities of matter and
energy remain unchanged.
Standard 3: Life Science Students know and understand the
characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life and
how living things interact with each other and their environment. Students
know and understand the characteristics of living things, the diversity of
life, and how living things interact with each other and with their
environment. Students know and understand interrelationships of matter and
energy in living systems. Students know and understand how the human body
functions, factors that influence its structures and functions compared with
those of other organisms. Students know and understand how organisms change
over time in terms of biological evolution and genetics.
Standard 5: Students know and understand
interrelationships among science, technology, and human activity and how
they affect the world.
Standard 6: Students understand that science involves a
particular way of knowing and they understand common connections among
scientific disciplines.
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Parents
When parents ask their teenagers what happened at school, they often get
very vague responses. You can demonstrate your support of your child's
learning by asking specific questions like, "What topic are you studying
this week in science? Share the topics you are interested in and why. While
driving together, there are games you can play to foster good communication.
Ask your teen to pick a science topic and quiz you by posing questions for
you to answer. Don't be intimidated if your child outscores you. Teaching
information to someone else is the best way to remember information.
You will be giving your teen an opportunity to demonstrate his or her
understanding of science information, and boost his or her confidence in
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