Wisconsin Academic Standards for Science

The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart suggests which Wisconsin Academic Standards for Science 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 Wisconsin Academic Standards for Science you can cover see the STANDARDS CORRELATION chart for the following PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE projects:

PASSPORT TO ANTARCTICA

PASSPORT TO THE RAINFOREST

PASSPORT TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM

LIVE FROM MARS 2001/2002

PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE

Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12

Grades K-4

A. Science Connections

By the end of grade four, students will:
A.4.1 When conducting science investigations*, ask and answer questions that will help decide the general areas of science being addressed	video hands-on online
A.4.2 When faced with a science-related problem, decide what evidence, models, or explanations* previously studied can be used to better understand* what is happening now	video hands-on online
A.4.3 When investigating* a science-related problem, decide what data can be collected to determine the most useful explanations*	video hands-on online
A.4.4 When studying science-related problems, decide which of the science themes* are important	video hands-on online
A.4.5 When studying a science-related problem, decide what changes* over time are occurring or have occurred	video hands-on online

B. Nature of Science

By the end of grade four, students will:
B.4.1 Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, popular press, and various other sources, to help answer science-related questions and plan investigations	video hands-on online
B.4.2 Acquire information about people who have contributed to the development of major ideas in the sciences and learn about the cultures in which these people lived and worked	video hands-on online
B.4.3 Show* how the major developments of scientific knowledge in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences have changed over time	video hands-on online

C. Science Inquiry

By the end of grade four, students will:
C.4.1 Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes* to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied	video hands-on online
C.4.2 Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations	video hands-on online
C.4.3 Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations*	video hands-on online
C.4.4 Use simple science equipment safely and effectively, including rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, hand lenses, thermometers, and computers, to collect data relevant to questions and investigations*	video hands-on online
C.4.5 Use data they have collected to develop explanations* and answer questions generated by investigations*	video hands-on online
C.4.6 Communicate the results of their investigations* in ways their audiences will understand by using charts, graphs, drawings, written descriptions, and various other means, to display their answers	video hands-on online
C.4.7 Support their conclusions with logical arguments	video hands-on online
C.4.8 Ask additional questions that might help focus or further an investigation*	video hands-on online

E. Earth and Space Science

By the end of grade four, students will:
Changes in the Earth and Sky
E.4.5 Describe* the weather commonly found in Wisconsin in terms of clouds, temperature, humidity, and forms of precipitation, and the changes* that occur over time, including seasonal changes	video hands-on online
E.4.6 Using the science themes, find patterns and cycles in the earth's daily, yearly, and long-term changes	video hands-on online

G. Science Applications

By the end of grade four, students will:
G.4.1 Identify* the technology used by someone employed in a job or position in Wisconsin and explain* how the technology helps	video hands-on online
G.4.2 Discover* what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time	video hands-on online
G.4.3 Determine what science discoveries have led to changes in technologies that are being used in the workplace by someone employed locally	video hands-on online
G.4.4 Identify* the combinations of simple machines in a device used in the home, the workplace, or elsewhere in the community, to make or repair things, or to move goods or people	video hands-on online
G.4.5 Ask questions to find answers about how devices and machines were invented and produced	video hands-on online

H. Science Applications

By the end of grade four, students will:
H.4.1 Describe* how science and technology have helped, and in some cases hindered, progress in providing better food, more rapid information, quicker and safer transportation, and more effective health care	video hands-on online
H.4.2 Using the science themes, identify local and state issues that are helped by science and technology and explain* how science and technology can also cause a problem	video hands-on online
H.4.3 Show* how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care	video hands-on online
H.4.4 Develop* a list of issues that citizens must make decisions about and describe* a strategy for becoming informed about the science behind these issues	video hands-on online

Grades 5-8

A. Science Connections

By the end of grade eight, students will:
A.8.1 Develop their understanding of the science themes* by using the themes to frame questions about science-related issues and problems	video hands-on online
A.8.2 Describe* limitations of science systems* and give reasons why specific science themes* are included in or excluded from those systems	video hands-on online
A.8.3 Defend explanations* and models* by collecting and organizing evidence* that supports them and critique explanations and models by collecting and organizing evidence that conflicts with them	video hands-on online
A.8.4 Collect evidence* to show* that models* developed as explanations* for events were (and are) based on the evidence available to scientists at the time	video hands-on online
A.8.5 Show* how models* and explanations, based on systems, were changed as new evidence* accumulated (the effects of constancy, evolution, change, and measurement should all be part of these explanations)	video hands-on online
A.8.6 Use models* and explanations* to predict* actions and events in the natural world	video hands-on online
A.8.7 Design real or thought investigations* to test the usefulness and limitations of a model*	video hands-on online
A.8.8. Use the themes* of evolution, equilibrium, and energy* to predict* future events or changes* in the natural world	video hands-on online

B. Nature of Science

By the end of grade eight, students will:
B.8.1 Describe* how scientific knowledge and concepts have changed over time in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences	video hands-on online
B.8.2 Identify* and describe* major changes that have occurred over in conceptual models* and explanations* in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences and identify* the people, cultures, and conditions that led to these developments	video hands-on online
B.8.3 Explain* how the general rules of science apply to the development and use of evidence* in science investigations, model-making, and applications	video hands-on online
B.8.4 Describe* types of reasoning and evidence* used outside of science to draw conclusions about the natural world	video hands-on online
B.8.5 Explain* ways in which science knowledge is shared, checked, and extended, and show* how these processes change over time	video hands-on online
B.8.6 Explain* the ways in which scientific knowledge is useful and also limited when applied to social issues	video hands-on online

C. Science Inquiry

By the end of grade eight, students will:
C.8.1 Identify* questions they can investigate* using resources and equipment they have available	video hands-on online
C.8.2 Identify* data and locate sources of information including their own records to answer the questions being investigated	video hands-on online
C.8.3 Design and safely conduct investigations* that provide reliable quantitative or qualitative data, as appropriate, to answer their questions	video hands-on online
C.8.4 Use inferences* to help decide possible results of their investigations, use observations to check their inferences	video hands-on online
C.8.5 Use accepted scientific knowledge, models, and theories to explain* their results and to raise further questions about their investigations*	video hands-on online
C.8.6 State what they have learned from investigations, relating their inferences to scientific knowledge and to data they have collected	video hands-on online
C.8.7 Explain* their data and conclusions in ways that allow an audience to understand the questions they selected for investigation* and the answers they have developed	video hands-on online
C.8.8 Use computer software and other technologies to organize, process, and present their data	video hands-on online
C.8.9 Evaluate, explain, and defend the validity of questions, hypotheses, and conclusions to their investigations*	video hands-on online
C.8.10 Discuss the importance of their results and implications of their work with peers, teachers, and other adults	video hands-on online
C.8.11 Raise further questions which still need to be answered	video hands-on online

E. Earth and Space Science

By the end of grade eight, students will:
Structure of Earth System
E.8.1 Using the science themes, explain and predict* changes* in major features of land, water, and atmospheric systems	video hands-on online
E.8.2 Describe* underlying structures of the earth that cause changes* in the earth's surface	video hands-on online
E.8.3 Using the science themes* during the process of investigation, describe climate, weather, ocean currents, soil movements and changes* in the forces acting on the earth	video hands-on online
E.8.4 Using the science themes, analyze the influence living organisms have had on the earth's systems, including their impact on the composition of the atmosphere and the weathering of rocks	video hands-on online

G. Science Applications

By the end of grade eight, students will:
G.8.1 Identify* and investigate* the skills people need for a career in science or technology and identify the academic courses that a person pursuing such a career would need	video hands-on online
G.8.2 Explain* how current scientific and technological discoveries have an influence on the work people do and how some of these discoveries also lead to new careers	video hands-on online
G.8.3 Illustrate* the impact that science and technology have had, both good and bad, on careers, systems, society, environment, and quality of life	video hands-on online
G.8.4 Propose a design (or re-design) of an applied science model or a machine that will have an impact in the community or elsewhere in the world and show* how the design (or re-design) might work, including potential side-effects	video hands-on online
G.8.5 Investigate* a specific local problem to which there has been a scientific or technological solution, including proposals for alternative courses of action, the choices that were made, reasons for the choices, any new problems created, and subsequent community satisfaction	video hands-on online
G.8.6 Use current texts, encyclopedias, source books, computers, experts, the popular press, or other relevant sources to identify* examples of how scientific discoveries have resulted in new technology	video hands-on online
G.8.7 Show* evidence* of how science and technology are interdependent, using some examples drawn from personally conducted investigations*	video hands-on online

H. Science Applications

By the end of grade eight, students will:
H.8.1 Evaluate* the scientific evidence* used in various media (for example, television, radio, Internet, popular press, and scientific journals) to address a social issue, using criteria of accuracy, logic, bias, relevance of data, and credibility of sources	video hands-on online
H.8.2 Present a scientific solution to a problem involving the earth and space, life and environmental, or physical sciences and participate in a consensus-building discussion to arrive at a group decision	video hands-on online
H.8.3 Understand* the consequences of decisions affecting personal health and safety	video hands-on online

Grades 9-12

A. Science Connections

By the end of grade twelve, students will:
A.12.1 Apply* the underlying themes* of science to develop defensible visions of the future	video hands-on online
A.12.2 Show* how conflicting assumptions about science themes* lead to different opinions and decisions about evolution, health, population, longevity, education, and use of resources, and show how these opinions and decisions have diverse effects on an individual, a community, and a country, both now and in the future	video hands-on online
A.12.3 Give examples that show* how partial systems, models, and explanations* are used to give quick and reasonable solutions that are accurate enough for basic needs	video hands-on online
A.12.4 Construct* arguments that show* how conflicting models* and explanations* of events can start with similar evidence*	video hands-on online
A.12.5 Show* how the ideas and themes* of science can be used to make real-life decisions about careers, work places, life-styles, and use of resources	video hands-on online
A.12.6 Identify* and, using evidence* learned or discovered, replace inaccurate personal models* and explanations* of science-related events	video hands-on online
A.12.7 Re-examine the evidence* and reasoning that led to conclusions drawn from investigations, using the science themes	video hands-on online

B. Nature of Science

By the end of grade twelve, students will:
B.12.1 Show* how cultures and individuals have contributed to the development of major ideas in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences	video hands-on online
B.12.2 Identify* the cultural conditions that are usually present during great periods of discovery, scientific development, and invention	video hands-on online
B.12.3 Relate* the major themes* of science to human progress in understanding science and the world	video hands-on online
B.12.4 Show* how basic research and applied research contribute to new discoveries, inventions, and applications	video hands-on online
B.12.5 Explain* how science is based on assumptions about the natural world and themes* that describe the natural world	video hands-on online

C. Science Inquiry

By the end of grade twelve, students will:
C.12.1 When studying science content, ask questions suggested by current social issues, scientific literature, and observations* of phenomena, build hypotheses that might answer some of these questions, design possible investigations*, and describe results that might emerge from such investigations	video hands-on online
C.12.2 Identify* issues from an area of science study, write questions that could be investigated*, review previous research on these questions, and design and conduct responsible and safe investigations to help answer the questions	video hands-on online
C.12.3 Evaluate* the data collected during an investigation*, critique the data-collection procedures and results, and suggest ways to make any needed improvements	video hands-on online
C.12.4 During investigations*, choose the best data-collection procedures and materials available, use them competently, and calculate the degree of precision of the resulting data	video hands-on online
C.12.5 Use the explanations* and models* found in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences to develop likely explanations* for the results of their investigations*	video hands-on online
C.12.6 Present the results of investigations* to groups concerned with the issues, explaining* the meaning and implications of the results, and answering questions in terms the audience can understand	video hands-on online
C.12.7 Evaluate* articles and reports in the popular press, in scientific journals, on television, and on the Internet, using criteria related to accuracy, degree of error, sampling, treatment of data, and other standards of experimental design	video hands-on online

G. Science Applications

By the end of grade twelve, students will:
G.12.1 Identify* personal interests in science and technology, implications that these interests might have for future education, and decisions to be considered	video hands-on online
G.12.2 Design, build, evaluate, and revise models* and explanations related to the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences	video hands-on online
G.12.3 Analyze* the costs, benefits, or problems resulting from a scientific or technological innovation, including implications for the individual and the community	video hands-on online
G.12.4 Show* how a major scientific or technological change has had an impact on work, leisure, or the home	video hands-on online
G.12.5 Choose a specific problem in our society, identify* alternative scientific or technological solutions to that problem and argue it merits	video hands-on online

H. Science Applications

By the end of grade twelve, students will:
H.12.1 Using the science themes* and knowledge of the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences, analyze* the costs, risks, benefits, and consequences of a proposal concerning resource management in the community and determine the potential impact of the proposal on life in the community and the region	video hands-on online
H.12.2 Evaluate* proposed policy recommendations (local, state, and/or national) in science and technology for validity, evidence, reasoning, and implications, both short and long-term	video hands-on online
H.12.3 Show* how policy decisions in science depend on social values, ethics, beliefs, and time-frames as well as considerations of science and technology	video hands-on online
H.12.4 Advocate a solution or combination of solutions to a problem in science or technology	video hands-on online
H.12.5 Investigate* how current plans or proposals concerning resource management, scientific knowledge, or technological development will have an impact on the environment, ecology, and quality of life in a community or region	video hands-on online
H.12.6 Evaluate* data and sources of information when using scientific information to make decisions	video hands-on online
H.12.7 When making decisions, construct a plan that includes the use of current scientific knowledge and scientific reasoning	video hands-on online