Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework
The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart
suggests which Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework standards you can cover using PASSPORT TO THE RAINFOREST
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 THE RAINFOREST.
For additional Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework standards you can cover see the STANDARDS CORRELATION chart
for the following PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE projects:
PASSPORT TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE
LIVE FROM THE SUN/LIVE FROM THE AURORA
LIVE FROM A BLACK HOLE/LIVE FROM THE EDGE OF SPACE AND TIME
Grades Pre K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8,
Grades 9-12
Standard 1: Observe and describe familiar objects and events, identifying details, similarities, and differences.
Compare and contrast groups of animals (e.g., insects, birds, fish or mammals) and look at how animals in these groups are more similar to one another than to animals in other groups. (Life Science #2)
video Standard 1: Use characteristics to group objects into groups based on shared properties.
Build a classification scheme as they study the different animals and plants. (Life Science #7)
video Standard 2: Ask questions and make predictions about the natural world that can be tested.
Study animals from widely different environments such as desert, temperate forest, ocean, pond, and polar region. Explore how each is adapted for its habitat. (Life Science #5)
video Standard 4: Communicate scientific procedures, results, and explanations using appropriate science and technology terminology.
Communicate results of controlled experiments to determine whether light is needed for photosynthesis. (Life Science #4)
video Standard 5: Explanations and procedures may be critiqued and revised, but data must never be changed to match the expected results.
Design controlled experiments to show that light is needed for photosynthesis. (Life Science #4)
video Standard 2: Use mathematics to analyze and to support findings and to model conclusions.
Participate in a study of a natural ecosystem. Use sampling techniques to provide a profile of the ecosystem's community together with estimates of population size. (Biology #8)
video Standard 3: Question interpretations or conclusions for which there is insufficient supporting evidence, and recognize that any conclusion can be challenged by further evidence.
Review and debate the evidence behind a current scientific controversy, such as the cause of limb mutations in amphibians. (Biology #9)
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