The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart suggests which Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Science and Technology you can cover using PASSPORT TO ANTARCTICA in your classroom. We hope you will discover additional standards you can use. These are the ones our Instructional Materials Development team felt most directly related to the activities contained in PASSPORT TO ANTARCTICA.
For additional Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Science and Technology you can cover see the STANDARDS CORRELATION chart for the following PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE projects:
PASSPORT TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE
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Grade 10, Grade 12
B. Know that characteristics are inherited and thus offspring closely resemble their parents.
Identify characteristics for animal and plant survival in different climates.
video C. Identify changes in living things over time.
Know that differences in individuals of the same species may give some advantage in surviving and reproducing.
video A. Identify the basic systematic elements of scientific research.
Generate questions that can be studied.
video Design an investigation.
video Conduct a one step experiment.
video State a conclusion that is consistent with the information.
video B. Know that problem solving in Technology is a systematic process.
Identify the problem.
video Identify a possible solution.
video Try the solution.
video Describe the solution.
video Show the problem, method of solution and results.
video C. Describe the nature of technological and scientific knowledge.
Distinguish between a scientific fact and a belief.
video Describe the nature of science to improve its theories in response to new information.
video Relate how new information can change existing perceptions.
video Provide clear explanations that account for observations and results.
video A. Know that natural and human-made objects are made up of parts.
Identify and describe parts that make up a system.
video Identify system parts that are natural and human-made.
video Describe the purpose of analyzing systems.
video Know that technology parts include physical technology systems (e.g., construction, manufacturing, and transportation), informational systems and biochemical-related systems.
video B. Know models as useful imitations of objects or processes.
Identify different types of models.
video Demonstrate the use of models as tools for prediction and insight.
video Apply appropriate simple modeling tools and techniques.
video C. Illustrate patterns that regularly occur and reoccur in nature.
Identify observable patterns (e.g., growth patterns in plants, crystal shapes in minerals, climate, structural patterns in bird feathers).
video Use knowledge of natural patterns to predict next occurrences.
video D. Demonstrate scale as an important attribute of natural and human made objects, events and phenomena.
Apply scale to measure size and weight.
video Describe scale as a ratio.
video Demonstrate the importance of scale in producing models.
video A. Describe the similarities and differences that characterize diverse living things.
Describe how the structures of living things help them function in unique ways.
video Explain adaptations among organisms that live in a particular environment.
video C. Explain basic concepts of natural selection.
Identify adaptations that allow organisms to survive in their environment.
video Illustrate environmental changes that can affect the survival of organisms and entire species.
video Describe the role that fossils play in studying the past.
video Know that biologic extinction is a natural process.
video Identify diverse life forms that have changed over many generations.
video A. Explain basic systematic elements of scientific research.
Generate questions that can be studied in science.
video Evaluate the appropriateness of questions.
video Design an investigation with limited variables to investigate a question.
video Conduct a two-part experiment.
video Judge the significance of experimental information in answering the question.
video Communicate appropriate conclusions from the experiment.
video B. Know that problem solving in Technology is a systematic process.
Define the problem.
video Propose a solution.
video Apply the solution.
video Explain the solution.
video Explain the problem, design and solution.
video C. Explain the nature of scientific and technological knowledge.
Distinguish between a scientific theory and a belief.
video Answer "What if" questions based on observation, inference or prior knowledge or experience.
video Explain how skepticism about an accepted scientific explanation led to a new understanding.
video Integrate new information into existing theories and explain implied results.
video A. Explain the parts of a simple system and their relationship.
Explain a system as a group of related parts that work together to achieve a desired result.
video Explain the importance of order in a system.
video C. Explain concepts and processes of the theory of evolution.
Apply the concept of natural selection to illustrate a species’ survival, extinction or change over time.
video A. Apply the elements of scientific research to solve problems.
Generate questions that can be studied in science.
video Evaluate the appropriateness of questions.
video Design an investigation with adequate control and limited variables to investigate a question.
video Conduct a multiple step experiment.
video Organize experimental information using a variety of analytic methods.
video Judge the significance of experimental information in answering the question.
video Suggest additional steps that might be done experimentally.
video B. Apply problem solving in Technology as a systematic process.
Examine the problem.
video Propose and analyze a solution.
video Implement the solution.
video Evaluate the solution.
video Communicate and analyze the problem, design and solution.
video C. Apply understandings about the nature of scientific and technological knowledge.
Compare and contrast scientific theories and beliefs.
video Know that science is limited to the study of concrete aspects of the world and the universe.
video Evaluate how new information can change existing theories and practice.
video A. Discern structural and functional relationships in living things.
Explain significant biological diversity found in each of the biomes.
video C. Explain the theory of evolution.
Evaluate the concept of natural selection in illustrating evolution theory.
video A. Apply scientific research methods to complex problems.
Generate questions that can be studied in science.
video Evaluate the appropriateness of questions.
video Design an investigation with adequate control and limited variables to investigate a question.
video Conduct an experiment.
video Organize experimental information using analytic and descriptive techniques.
video Evaluate the significance of experimental information in answering the question.
video Project additional questions from a research study that could be studied.
video B. Apply problem solving in Technology as a systematic process.
Assess the problem.
video Propose, develop and appraise a solution.
video Implement and assess the solution.
video Evaluate and assess the solution.
video Communicate and assess the problem, design and solution.
video C. Evaluate the nature of scientific and technological knowledge.
Know and use the ongoing scientific processes to continually improve and better understand how things work.
video Critically compare or contrast the status of existing theories.
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Know the problem in simple terms.
Identify necessary information.
Identify simple questions that must be answered.
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Choose alternative methods to achieve solutions.
List the course of action.
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Try a specific solution.
Try another solution.
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Change if necessary.
Identify the impacts of the solution.
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Define all aspects of the problem.
Identify and define necessary information.
Propose questions that must be answered.
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Design alternative methods to achieve solutions.
Plan a course of action.
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Test and improve if necessary.
Identify and infer the impacts of the solution.
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Examine all aspects of the problem.
Examine and rank the necessary information based on importance.
Examine questions that must be answered.
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Design and develop alternative methods to achieve solutions.
Develop by experimentation, the best or appropriate methodology.
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Test, redesign and improve if necessary.
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Appraise all aspects of the problem.
Prioritize the necessary information.
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Develop and assess the best or appropriate methodology.
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Analyze and contrast the impacts of the solution.
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