New Hampshire Science Curriculum Framework
The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart
suggests which New Hampshire Science Curriculum Framework standards you can cover using PASSPORT TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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 SOLAR SYSTEM.
For additional New Hampshire Science 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
End of Grade Six, End of Grade Ten
1a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how the scientific enterprise operates.
Students will be able to:
Solve problems using a variety of strategies
video Pose questions for scientific investigations and make predictions about the outcomes
video Design and conduct a scientific investigation exploring the relationship between two variables
video Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, and interpret data
video Compare and estimate very large/very small numbers
video Use appropriate measurement units
video Read bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, and tables
video Construct explanations, including the development of simple models, for observations made
video Work in small teams to investigate problems, but form own conclusions
video Discuss the relationship between evidence and explanations
video Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and procedures
video Communicate scientific procedures and explanations
video Make hypotheses and design simple experiments to test hypotheses made
video Recognize the variables in a situation and the importance of controlling them when conducting a scientific investigation
video Seek information for comparing past and present scientific ideas and theories
2a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to use measuring instruments to gather accurate and/or precise information.
Students will be able to:
Use an assortment of measuring instruments, with a variety of scales, such as rulers, thermometers, graduated cylinders, balances, and timers
video Describe and practice appropriate techniques for using simple measuring devices
video Use technology to explore events in nature, e.g. telescopes, microscopes, computer probes
video 2b. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to use technology to observe nature.
Students will be able to:
Explore nature with simple scientific tools, e.g. magnifying glasses, levers, pulleys, batteries and bulbs
video Use technology to capture information on film, tape, etc.
video 2c. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to analyze, synthesize, and communicate scientific information using technology.
Students will be able to:
Record data using appropriate units
video Use a calculator to determine other important quantitative values from data, using proper units, e.g. speed, density, area, volume, etc.
video Compile and display classroom data on a computer
video Use technology to share data with classmates or other groups of students
video 2d. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand how technology is used to synthesize new products.
Students will be able to:
Construct simple projects from readily available materials found at home
video Choose appropriate common materials for mechanical construction of simple models
video Make safe electrical connections with various electrical components
video Assemble and/or take apart a device to identify how it works, e.g. simple motor, door bell, telephone, ice cream maker
video Create and/or reassemble technological models and identify how they work
video Compare and contrast old and new technology, e.g. antique and modern ice cream makers by making ice cream in each
video 2e. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that science and technology can affect individuals, and that individuals in turn can affect science and technology.
Students will be able to:
Describe and defend decisions that they have made involving themselves and their environment
video Identify and gather information needed to make a decision on a science- and/or technology-related issue
video Describe the possible consequences of various alternative decisions to a science- and/or technology-related issue
video 2f. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that progress in science and technology is controlled by societal attitudes and beliefs.
Students will be able to:
Demonstrate that knowledge makes it possible to make informed decisions
video Cite examples which show how society can affect the direction taken by science and technology
video Describe how science and technology affect career choices and the kinds of work people do
video 4a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that the Earth is a unique member of our solar system, located in a galaxy, within the universe.
Students will be able to:
Compare and contrast important features of the Earth, Sun and Moon
video Observe and describe the motion of the sun, moon, and stars from the perspective of the Earth
video Explain how the brightness of a star as seen from Earth is related to its size, color, and distance from the Earth
video Use a telescope to magnify the appearance of some distant objects in the sky
video Explain how the Earth's relationship to the Sun causes night, day, and the seasons
video State the type of information which can be gathered by the use of scientific instruments such as telescopes, satellites, etc.
video Cite evidence that the Earth is very old
video 5c. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand the relationships among different types and forms of energy.
Students will be able to:
Recognize and give examples of the various forms of energy, e.g. heat, light, sound, electrical, mechanical, magnetic, chemical, and nuclear
video Show by examples how types of energy are used for specific purposes
video Observe and describe how one form of energy may be transformed into another
video Identify the relationship between the pitch of a sound and the frequency of the sound wave
video 5d. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how electrical and magnetic systems interact with matter and energy.
Students will be able to:
Conduct an investigation to discover which materials are attracted to a magnet
video 5e. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how an unbalanced force exerted on an object causes a change in the state of rest or motion of that object in the direction of the unbalanced force.
Students will be able to:
Observe and describe objects in motion, including vibration motion
video Define the force which causes an object to undergo a change in direction or speed
video Design a simple experiment which demonstrates the effect of gravitational force on an object
video Describe or conduct an investigation which illustrates that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
video 5f. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding that energy can be transmitted by waves, using light and sound as examples.
Students will be able to:
Produce sounds by causing several types of objects to vibrate
video Relate the pitch of a sound to the rapidity of an object's vibration
video Use a prism to separate white light into the visible spectrum
video Identify ways in which light can be generated, e.g. heat, electricity, chemicals
video Distinguish among objects which are opaque, transparent, and translucent
video 5g. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding that heat is the product of many natural processes.
Students will be able to:
Explore and identify sources of heat including chemical, mechanical, and absorption of radiation
video Identify the effect of heat on common substances
video 6a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to recognize parts of any object or system, and understand how the parts interrelate in the operation of that object or system.
Students will be able to:
Identify and describe the essentials parts of any object or system
video Relate structure and function of parts of any object in a system to the system as a whole
video Describe the interrelationships among the parts of an object or system
video 6b. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the meaning of stability and change and will be able to identify and explain change in terms of cause and effect.
Students will be able to:
Identify and describe several ways in which things may change
video Identify and describe several types of change
video Identify and describe how change can be prevented or enhanced
video Distinguish between important and unimportant changes in given situations
video 6c. Curriculum Standard: Students will understand the meaning of models, their appropriate use and limitations, and how models can help them in understanding the natural world.
Students will be able to:
Define and describe various physical models and their uses, e.g. cell model, model cars
video Use graphs, geometric figures, number and time lines, and other devices to represent events and processes in the natural world
video Construct one or more physical models representative of objects or processes in the natural world, and explain how the elements of the model are representative of the real object, e.g. solar system, dinosaurs, telephone
video Recognize that a model is a representation of an object or process and is not identical to the object or process
video 6d. Curriculum Standard: Students will increasingly quantify their interactions with phenomena in the natural world, use these results to understand differences of scale in objects and systems, and determine how changes in scale affect various properties of those objects and systems.
Students will be able to:
Measure properties of objects, to a reasonable degree of accuracy, using standard scientific instruments such as a ruler, balance, clock, and thermometer
video Calculate derived measurements of objects, such as area, volume, and density from direct measurements made in the laboratory
video Estimate the smallest and largest limits, or the range in size, of certain objects in quantitative terms
video Determine that increases in linear dimensions (length), have a large effect on area and volume
video 1a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how the scientific enterprise operates.
Students will be able to:
Formulate questions and use appropriate concepts to guide scientific investigations and to solve real world problems
video Use ratios as a means of comparing very large/very small numbers, e.g. building scale models
video Design and conduct a controlled scientific investigation
video Use technologies as tools in conducting investigations, e.g. microscopes, computer, calculator
video Construct and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence
video Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models for observed phenomena
video Select, communicate, and defend a scientific argument
video Compare and contrast how technology has shaped our lives both in the past and the present
video Select a science-related social problem and design a solution that reflects an understanding of basic science concepts and their application
video Demonstrate an understanding that science knowledge has, over time, accumulated most rapidly after acceptance of major new theories
video Explain how scientific knowledge is applied in the design and manufacture of products or technological processes, e.g. water purification systems, sewage treatment systems, microwave ovens, resistors
video 2a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to use measuring instruments to gather accurate and/or precise information.
Students will be able to:
Measure with both analog and digital electronic devices, e.g. voltmeter, oscilloscope, and pH meters
video Estimate the error in measurements they make and use procedures to minimize those errors
video Describe ways in which technology has improved measuring instruments and their accuracy
video 2b. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to use technology to observe nature.
Students will be able to:
Explore nature with technology, e.g. microscopes, telescopes, computer probes, and spectroscopes
video Gather information that can only be obtained by using a technological tool, e.g. pH, voltage, amperage, blood pressure, etc.
video 2c. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to analyze, synthesize, and communicate scientific information using technology.
Students will be able to:
Store data in an appropriate technological device
video Manipulate data on a database, e.g. rearranging, sorting, selecting, using a spread sheet
video Analyze data graphically with technological assistance, e.g. graphing calculator
video Communicate data through an electronic medium, e.g. camera, tape recorder, computer modem
video Quantitatively analyze experimental data
video 2d. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand how technology is used to synthesize new products.
Students will be able to:
Plan and conduct a scientific research project using technology
video Construct scientific models using common materials or standard laboratory equipment
video Create a model by locating and utilizing appropriate software programs
video 2e. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that science and technology can affect individuals, and that individuals in turn can affect science and technology.
Students will be able to:
Describe immediate and long-term consequences of various alternative solutions for science- and/or technology-related issues , e.g. natural catastrophes, interactions of populations, resources and environment, health and disease
video Defend a personal decision made on a science- and/or technology-related issue
video Determine how technology affects their lives and predict how it might affect their future
video 2f. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that progress in science and technology is controlled by societal attitudes and beliefs.
Students will be able to:
Illustrate, through example, that the knowledge produced through science and technology changes the way members of society think
video Demonstrate, by giving examples, the relationships between the maintenance and progress of society and scientific and technological advancement
video 4a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that the Earth is a unique member of our solar system, located in a galaxy, within the universe.
Students will be able to:
Use a model to describe the location and motion of the Earth and its Moon in the solar system
video Identify the other planets in the solar system on a diagram or in the night sky, and describe their motions, as well as the motion of the planetary moons and comets
video Describe the characteristics of Earth and other planets in the solar system in terms of their ability to support life
video Describe the current scientific theory relating to the origin and geologic evolution of the Earth and the solar system
video Explain phases of the Moon in terms of relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun
video Draw inferences from celestial and terrestrial observations relating frames of reference for time and Earth motion
video 5a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to distinguish among materials by utilizing observable properties.
Students will be able to:
Obtain reliable and valid quantitative data through careful and skilled use of measuring instruments, e.g. balances, graduated cylinders, computer probes
video Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative properties based upon observations of a substance
video 5b. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that matter is composed of dynamic interactive units or particles and that all the properties and changes in matter can be explained in terms of the forces involved in the interactions of these units.
Students will be able to:
Explain that the arrangement, configuration and/or motion of atoms, molecules, and ions of a particular substance determine the structure and, thus, the properties of that substance
video Recognize that groups of elements have similar properties because of their atomic structure and have been organized in a Periodic Table
video Identify and describe each state of matter, including plasma, in terms of the arrangement and motion of its particulate units
video Demonstrate that it takes time for substances to change or interact and that these rates are affected by such factors as temperature, pressure, and change of state, e.g. fermentation, decomposition, combustion
video 5c. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand the relationships among different types and forms of energy.
Students will be able to:
Collect observations to show that transformations of energy involve the production of heat
video Describe or sketch how energy is released when the nuclei of some atoms undergo fission or fusion
video 5e. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how an unbalanced force exerted on an object causes a change in the state of rest or motion of that object in the direction of the unbalanced force.
Students will be able to:
Formulate questions, design an exploration, and collect data about objects in motion
video Demonstrate inertia as a property of an object which resists a change in motion and is directly related to its mass
video Observe, describe, and identify basic properties of waves (transverse and longitudinal)
video Demonstrate the relationships among change in motion, applied force, and mass of an object
video Identify friction as a force opposing motion
video Identify and experimentally explore forces acting at a distance (gravity/electromagnetism)
video 5f. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding that energy can be transmitted by waves, using light and sound as examples.
Students will be able to:
Distinguish among amplitude, wavelength, and frequency of longitudinal and transverse waves
video Conduct investigations to demonstrate the properties of reflection, refraction and diffraction of light
video Demonstrate the differences in sound quality produced by simple musical instruments, e.g. whistle, vibrating string, tapping water glasses
video Identify and distinguish among the various forms of electromagnet radiation, e.g. visible light, microwaves, X-rays
video Determine the speed of a wave using wave length and frequency
video 5g. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding that heat is the product of many natural processes.
Students will be able to:
Formulate a series of explorations that distinguish between heat and temperature
video Examine the relationship between the effects of heating and cooling and the motion of the molecules of the substance being heated or cooled
video 6a. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to recognize parts of any object or system, and understand how the parts interrelate in the operation of that object or system.
Students will be able to:
Demonstrate and describe how parts of a system influence each other, including feedback
video Demonstrate how systems include processes as well as parts, e.g. human body, telephone system, solar system
video Show how one system can be part of another system, and how systems influence each other
video Predict how certain changes in the system will/will not affect the operation of the system
video 6b. Curriculum Standard: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the meaning of stability and change and will be able to identify and explain change in terms of cause and effect.
Students will be able to:
Distinguish among cyclic (e.g. seasons), linear (e.g.distance/time) and irregular (e.g.weather) changes and give examples of each
video Identify and describe varying rates of change and measure selected rates
video Recognize one form of stability as opposing changes occurring at the same rate (dynamic equilibrium) and cite several examples of that type of stability, e.g. homeostasis, saturated solutions, vapor pressure of liquids
video Quantify certain changes and use a mathematical expression to determine past or future states of the system, e.g. gas laws, Newton's laws of motion
video 6c. Curriculum Standard: Students will understand the meaning of models, their appropriate use and limitations, and how models can help them in understanding the natural world.
Students will be able to:
Distinguish among physical (e.g. DNA), mathematical ( e.g. D=RT), and conceptual (e.g. atom) models and give examples of each
video Use different models to represent the same object or process
video Use a computer and mathematical model to determine values of variables beyond the range of phenomena observed in the laboratory
video Compare and explain differences in values obtained using a mathematical model and those obtained in the laboratory
video Illustrate how models allow scientists to better understand the natural world
video 6d. Curriculum Standard: Students will increasingly quantify their interactions with phenomena in the natural world, use these results to understand differences of scale in objects and systems, and determine how changes in scale affect various properties of those objects and systems.
Students will be able to:
Calculate from direct measurements, many of the derived measurements of objects such as density, velocity, inner and surface areas, volumes, perimeters, and changes in heat content
video Calculate averages and ranges of measurement values for certain properties or processes in a system
video Correlate the mathematical relationships among length, area, volume, surface area, mass, etc.
video Convert data collected from measurements into graphs and derive mathematical relationships from the data and graphs
video Determine the degree of error in any measurement given the accuracy of the instruments used
video Express relationships among measurements in the form of a ratio, proportion, or percentage when appropriate
video Updated January 2001End of Grade Six (Elementary)
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