The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart suggests which Hawaii Science Content Standards you can cover using PASSPORT TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE 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 WEATHER AND CLIMATE.
For additional Hawaii Science Content Standards you can cover see the STANDARDS CORRELATION chart for the following PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE projects:
Grades K-3, Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Science as Inquiry
1. Students demonstrate the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry.
Generate ideas, questions, and/or predictions about objects, organisms, events, places, and/or relationships in the environment.
video Design and conduct simple investigations using systematic observations.
video Collect and organize data using simple tools, equipment, and techniques.
video Analyze data to construct a reasonable explanation.
video Appropriately communicate their investigations and explanations to an audience.
video Defend explanations based on evidence and revise explanations when they are faulty or inadequate.
video Habits of Mind
2. Students apply the values, attitudes, and commitments characteristic of an inquiring mind.
Honesty
Report observations accurately.
video Critical-Mindedness
Ask many questions starting with What, Where, Why, Whom, and How, to gather information about their "wonderings".
video Objectivitiy
Examine many perspectives of a question, situation or problem.
video Open-Mindedness
Examine ideas presented by others.
video Questioning
Ask "wondering" questions.
video Self-Directed
Share new experiences and knowledge learned from individual investigations.
video Value Science
Ask questions and describe the wonderings about the world around us.
video 3. Students use concepts and themes such as system, change, scale, and model to help them understand and explain the natural world.
System
Identify the components of a system that interact to perform a function (examples of systems are human body, clock, solar system, or automobile).
video Change
Observe and describe changes that occur in nature.
video Scale
Describe changes in the size, weight, color, or movement of things, and note which of their other qualities remains the same.
video Model
Use a model, such as a toy or a picture, to describe the feature or function of the original object, device, thing, etc.
video Safety
4. Students demonstrate the importance of safety by applying safety skills in all activities.
Apply school, classroom, laboratory, and field trip rules, as appropriate, to maintain a safe learning environment.
video Identify potentially unsafe conditions prior to the activity and explain how accidents can be prevented.
video Follow prescribed procedures of science activity under teacher supervision.
video Handle live organisms only under proper supervision.
video Apply appropriate safety protocols when conducting scientific activities in and out of the classroom.
video Science and Technology in Society
5. Students use the problem-solving process to address current issues involving human adaptation in the environment.
Identify a simple problem.
video Gather information needed to solve the problem.
video Determine relevant information, draw conclusions and arrive at alternative solutions.
video Make inferences for each alternative solution and select a solution based on information collected.
video State solution as a recommendation and give reasons for the decision made.
video Historical Perspectives
Scientific Inquiry
Identify and describe the skills of inquiry including asking questions, doing a scientific investigation, and comparing the answers with what is already known.
video Give examples where scientists use technology to increase their ability to observe, measure, and compare things more accurately.
video Scientific Knowledge
Describe how scientists prove that their conclusions are valid.
video 2. Students analyze and evaluate the interdependence of science, technology, and society.
Interdependence of Science
Technology and Society
Identify new and old technologies and the impact they have/had on society and the environment.
video Technological Impacts
Give examples of how various technologies such as agriculture, information, manufacturing, and communication have affected the students’ lives.
video Health Technologies
Explain how sanitary practices, vaccinations, medicines, and other scientific treatments keep people healthy.
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The Physical Environment Grade Cluster Benchmarks
14. Students identify the different forms of energy and explain transformation of energy and its significance in under-standing the structure of matter and the Universe.
Illustrate that the sun warms the land, air, and water.
video Earth Systems and The Universe
18. Students discuss how the Earth-moon-sun system causes seasons, moon phases, climate, weather and global changes.
Describe the movements of the sun, moon and stars throughout the day.
video Describe how weather changes from day to day and over the seasons.
video Science as Inquiry
1. Students demonstrate the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry.
Explain how the question or problem arose. Develop a hypothesis or prediction based on the question.
video Design and conduct simple investigations to answer their questions or to test their ideas about the environment.
video Collect and organize data for analysis, using simple tools and equipment.
video Use appropriate models to summarize data and construct conclusions based on observations and findings.
video Communicate investigations and results appropriately to an audience.
video Defend conclusions based on evidence; reflect and revise conclusions based on recommendations from other points of view.
video Habits of Mind
2. Students apply the values, attitudes, and commitments characteristic of an inquiring mind.
Honesty
Report all observations accurately and precisely.
video Acknowledge work done by others.
video Critical-Mindedness
Validate and evaluate multiple sources of information (texts, periodicals, web sites, and people) to support research.
video Objectivitiy
Examine many perspectives of a question, situation, or problem and consider many possible solutions.
video Open-Mindedness
Acknowledge that ideas, conclusions, and expectations may change.
video Questioning
Ask questions to clarify and expand an idea or statement.
video Self-Directed
Plan and carry out tasks as an individual and as a member of a group.
video Value Science
Ask questions and give examples of how science explains what is happening in the world around us.
video 3. Students use concepts and themes such as system, change, scale, and model to help them understand and explain the natural world.
System
Observe and describe how parts influence one another in a system.
video Change
Identify patterns of change in things (such as steady, repetitive, or irregular change) using data as evidence.
video Scale
Measure things that are difficult to measure because they are very large or very small (e.g., buildings, trees, seeds, pinhead).
video Model
Use geometric figures, number sequences, graphs, diagrams, sketches, number lines, maps, or stories to represent corresponding features of objects, events, and processes in the real world. Identify ways in which the representations do not match their original counterparts.
video Safety
4. Students demonstrate the importance of safety by applying safety skills in all activities.
Apply school, classroom, laboratory, and field trip rules, as appropriate, to maintain a safe learning environment.
video Identify potentially unsafe conditions prior to the activity and explain how accidents can be prevented.
video Conduct authorized science activities with teacher present.
video Use supplies, chemicals, and equipment, as instructed.
video Document and apply appropriate safety protocols when conducting scientific activities in and out of the classroom.
video Science and Technology in Society
5. Students use the problem-solving process to address current issues involving human adaptation in the environment.
Identify and state a problem.
video Collect, organize, and analyze information from various sources and identify possible alternatives based on the information.
video Make inferences for each alternative solution and select a tentative solution.
video Test the solution and document the results.
video Analyze the results and propose recommendations/modifications to the solution.
video Historical Perspectives
Scientific Inquiry
Describe scientific inquiry including the asking of questions, conducting investigations, answering the questions, and presenting the results to others.
video Explain how scientific methods for understanding are not perfect and results are not "magic."
video Scientific Knowledge
Explain how knowledge is acquired through scientific investigation.
video Describe the events/people that made major contributions to science and technology throughout history.
video 2. Students analyze and evaluate the interdependence of science, technology, and society.
Interdependence of Science
Technology and Society
Examine how technology influenced the economy, demography, and environment of the state and nation.
video Technological Impacts
Analyze how the various technologies have changed the nature of work and affected the economy, demography, and environment.
video Health Technologies
Explain how technology provides clues about what is happening inside the body and improves the medical treatment of people.
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The Physical Environment Grade Cluster Benchmarks
13. Students examine the nature of matter.
Describe how materials can change from one state to another by heating or cooling (e.g., water cycle, burning candle).
video Give examples of how the properties of a material can be used to predict how that material will behave under different conditions.
video Earth Systems and The Universe
18. Students discuss how the Earth-moon-sun system causes seasons, moon phases, climate, weather and global changes.
Illustrate the water cycle and its relationship to weather and climactic patterns.
video Explain the phases of the moon and eclipses.
video Describe the Earth’s daily rotation and annual revolution.
video Science as Inquiry
1. Students demonstrate the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry.
Develop questions and hypotheses that can be answered through scientific investigations.
video Design and conduct scientific investigations to answer questions or to test hypotheses.
video Collect, organize, analyze and display data/ information, using tools, equipment, and techniques that will help in data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
video Develop conclusions and explanations showing the relationship between evidence and results drawn.
video Communicate and defend scientific procedure used and conclusion and explanation drawn from evidence.
video Reflect and revise conclusion and explanation based on new evidence given from other valid points of view.
video Habits of Mind
2. Students apply the values, attitudes, and commitments characteristic of an inquiring mind.
Honesty
Report observations even when they contradict a hypothesis.
video Acknowledge references, contributions, and work done by others.
video Critical-Mindedness
Evaluate empirical evidence to develop reasonable conclusions and explanations and compare them to current scientific knowledge.
video Objectivitiy
Examine several possible options when investigating a problem. Distinguish between facts and speculations/inferences.
video Open-Mindedness
Evaluate all evidence that support or contradict the hypothesis.
video Questioning
Ask questions to understand the multiple perspectives and interpretations of a problem, situation, or solution.
video Self-Directed
Locate, identify, and use a wide variety of appropriate information to draw conclusions in a research project.
video Value Science
Ask questions and explain findings and answers scientifically.
video 3. Students use concepts and themes such as system, change, scale, and model to help them understand and explain the natural world.
System
Explain how a given system works.
video Change
Identify patterns of change and the implications on a system.
video Scale
Calculate very large or very small numbers using exponential numbers. (e.g., distances to other planets.)
video Model
Identify several different models that could be used to represent the same thing, and evaluate their usefulness, taking into account such things as the model’s purpose and complexity.
video Safety
4. Students demonstrate the importance of safety by applying safety skills in all activities.
Apply school, classroom, laboratory, and field trip rules, as appropriate, to maintain a safe learning environment.
video Identify potentially unsafe conditions prior to the activity and explain how accidents can be prevented.
video Use supplies, chemicals, and equipment as instructed and for the purposes they were intended under teacher supervision.
video Operate emergency equipment, such as eyewash, shower, and fire blanket when needed.
video Assist teacher as requested in case of emergency.
video Document and apply appropriate safety protocols when conducting scientific activities in and out of the classroom.
video Science and Technology in Society
5. Students use the problem-solving process to address current issues involving human adaptation in the environment.
Identify and elaborate on a problem or issue.
video Collect and analyze information to identify alternative solutions.
video Apply appropriate criteria for evaluating alternative solutions in solving a problem or issue.
video Select and carry out action steps for the most suitable alternative solution.
video Evaluate the effectiveness of the processes and actions used in solving the problem or issue.
video Historical Perspectives
Scientific Inquiry
Describe how scientific inquiry is a way of knowing.
video Identify good scientific explanations and justify their soundness based on evidence, logical and consistent arguments, and use of scientific principles, models, or theories.
video Give examples where scientists used mathematics and technology to gather, quantify, and analyze results of an investigation.
video Scientific Knowledge
Give examples of how science advances through legitimate questioning.
video Describe and exemplify the nature of scientific explanations.
video 2. Students analyze and evaluate the interdependence of science, technology, and society.
Interdependence of Science
Technology and Society
Give an example of the interdependence of science, technology, and society and how it changed the course of history.
video Give examples of societal influence on the development and use of technology and peoples’ responses to these developments (e.g., development of dynamite).
video Technological Impacts
Describe and exemplify how information and communication technologies affect research and work done in the field of science.
video Health Technologies
Describe and elaborate how scientific knowledge impact the monitoring of people’s health and the diagnosis and treatment of illness and diseases.
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Earth Systems and The Universe
18. Students discuss how the Earth-moon-sun system causes seasons, moon phases, climate, weather and global changes.
Describe how the Earth’s motions and tilt on its axis lead to changes in seasons.
video Explain the role of the sun as the major source of energy for plant growth, weather systems, ocean currents, and the water cycle.
video 19. Students analyze the scientific view of how the Earth’s surface is formed.
Describe how different kinds of rocks are formed.
video Compare different kinds of soil and their formation.
video Science as Inquiry
1. Students demonstrate the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry.
Develop and clarify questions and hypotheses that guide scientific investigations.
video Design and conduct scientific investigations to test hypotheses.
video Organize, analyze, validate and display data/ information in ways appropriate to scientific investigations, using technology and mathematics.
video Formulate scientific explanations and conclusions and models using logic and evidence.
video Communicate and defend scientific explanations and conclusions.
video Identify and analyze alternative explanations and conclusions and models.
video Revise scientific explanations and conclusions based on additional information/data gathered.
video Habits of Mind
2. Students apply the values, attitudes, and commitments characteristic of an inquiring mind.
Honesty
Report findings accurately without alterations and draw conclusions from unaltered findings.
video Acknowledge references, contributions, and work done by others.
video Critical-Mindedness
Evaluate the logic and validity of evidence, conclusions, and explanations against current scientific knowledge.
video Objectivitiy
Evaluate various perspectives and their implications before drawing conclusions.
video Open-Mindedness
When appropriate, modify ideas, explanations, and hypotheses, based on empirical data or evidence.
video Questioning
Ask questions to clarify or validate purpose, perspective, assumptions, interpretations, and implications of a problem, situation, or solution.
video Self-Directed
Use research techniques and a variety of resources to complete a report on a project of one’s choice.
video Value Science
Ask questions, explain, and elaborate how science is a way of thinking and knowing the world around us.
video 3. Students use concepts and themes such as system, change, scale, and model to help them understand and explain the natural world.
System
Explain the function of a given system and its relationship to other systems in the natural world.
video Change
Explain the effect of large and small disturbances on systems in the natural world.
video Scale
Report how large changes in scale typically change the way things work in physical, biological, or social systems.
video Model
Design or create a model to represent a device, a plan, an equation, or a mental image.
video Safety
4. Students demonstrate the importance of safety by applying safety skills in all activities.
Apply school, classroom, laboratory, and field trip rules, as appropriate, to maintain a safe learning environment.
video Identify potentially unsafe conditions prior to the activity and explain how accidents can be prevented.
video Follow most recent protocols established by the International Science and Engineering Fair when conducting any investigations on living and non-living organisms and under teacher/mentor supervision.
video Operate emergency equipment, such as eyewash, shower, and fire blanket when needed.
video Assist teacher as requested in case of emergency.
video Document and apply appropriate safety protocols when conducting scientific activities in and out of the classroom.
video Science and Technology in Society
5. Students use the problem-solving process to address current issues involving human adaptation in the environment.
Identify and explain current issues or problems based on evidence found in available information.
video Collect, organize, and analyze information from reliable sources to identify alternative solutions.
video Evaluate alternative solutions for effectiveness based on appropriate criteria.
video Predict consequences or implications of proposed decisions and related actions.
video Select and carry out actions for the alternative solution selected.
video Evaluate the effectiveness of the actions taken to resolve the problem or issue and its overall effect on self, others, and the environment.
video Historical Perspectives
Scientific Inquiry
Critique a scientific investigation for logic and validity based on evidence.
video Examine and elaborate how ethics and integrity play important roles in scientific research.
video Explain how scientists prevent biases in research.
video Scientific Knowledge
Compare and contrast the different science disciplines in terms of areas of study, techniques used, outcomes sought, purpose and philosophy.
video Generalize that the human need to satisfy curiosity results in scientific knowledge and expanded ideas about the world.
video 2. Students analyze and evaluate the interdependence of science, technology, and society.
Interdependence of Science
Technology and Society
Analyze, conclude, and defend how technology and science impacted the social, cultural, legal, political, economic, and/or ecological systems locally or globally and vice versa.
video Technological Impacts
Analyze and evaluate the uses and impact of technologies locally and/or globally and propose possible solutions to address negative issues.
video Health Technologies
Analyze and evaluate the benefits, drawbacks, and trade-offs of issues raised by the application of biotechnology in the health field (i.e., moral, ethical, legal, economic, cultural, and/or social).
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Grades K-3
Domain I: How Humans Think While Understanding the Natural World
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Grades 4-5
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Grades 6-8
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Grades 9-12
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