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Machines
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1.5.3: Investigate and describe that objects may move in a variety of ways (e.g., straight lines or by rotating, rolling, or revolving).
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Pressure, Density, and Buoyancy
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1.5.4: Classify objects by whether they sink or float in air or water.
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Machines
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1.6.3: Investigate and describe how machines can use motion to do work.
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Pressure, Density, and Buoyancy
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1.6.4: Investigate and describe the relationship between the mass and the volume of various objects.
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Pressure, Density, and Buoyancy
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1.7.4: Investigate and describe the density of solids, liquids, and gases.
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Machines
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1.8.3: Investigate and describe that certain physical principles are used in the design and function of simple machines.
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Pressure, Density, and Buoyancy
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1.8.4: Investigate and describe that buoyancy changes the apparent weight of an object immersed in a fluid.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Machines
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1.12.3: Investigate and describe that the usefulness of a simple machine such as a wheel or axle is based on its function, mechanical advantage, and efficiency.
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Pressure, Density, and Buoyancy
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1.12.4: Investigate and describe the relationship that exists between force, pressure, and area in general, and between pressure and depth in liquids.
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Mechanical Advantage - The degree to which a machine makes work easier by decreasing either the force or distance needed to move something.
Efficiency- Determines how close a machine is to operating without the loss of energy due to friction.
Density -The relationship that exists between mass and volume of an object. A cube of styrofoam has less density than an equal–size cube of rock.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Electrical and Magnetic Forces
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1.5.5: Investigate and describe the ways that magnets attract and repel each other and certain kinds of other materials.
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Electrical and Magnetic Forces
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1.8.5: Investigate and explain that electric current produces magnetic forces, and moving magnets produce electric forces in conductors.
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Electrical and Magnetic Forces
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1.12.5: Investigate and explain that magnetic forces are related to electric forces and can be thought of as different aspects of a single electromagnetic force. (e.g., electric motors, generators, radios).
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Conductor - A material that carries a force such as metal carries heat or electricity.
Electromagnetic Force - The unified force of electricity and magnetism.
Content Standard 2.0: Structure and Properties of Matter-Students understand that materials have distinct properties which depend on the amount of matter present, its chemical composition, and structure.
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Physical Properties
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2.5.1: Separate mixtures based on their properties.
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Chemical Analysis
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2.5.2: Describe and classify matter in terms of elements, compounds, and mixtures.
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Physical Properties
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2.7.1: Investigate and describe the differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
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Physical Properties
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2.8.1: Use simple models to explain observed properties of matter (e.g., use a particle model to account for the states of matter).
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Chemical Analysis
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2.8.2: Separate substances based on their physical and chemical properties (e.g., color, solubility, chemical reactivity, melting point, boiling point).
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Physical Properties
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2.12.1: Investigate and describe intrinsic (color, odor, density) and extrinsic (e.g., size, mass, volume) physical properties of matter.
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Chemical Analysis
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2.12.2: Explain that substances can be identified on the basis of specific energies given off or taken in by that substance.
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Homogeneous Mixtures - A mixture in which all of the components are evenly distributed, with no visible distinct parts; examples include salt water and air.
Heterogeneous Mixtures - A mixture in which the components are unevenly distributed, and may be seen to separate into two or more distinct parts; examples include salad dressing, sand and iron filings, and smoke in air.
Intrinsic Property - A characteristic of a sample of material related only to the quality of the material itself and not on the amount of material present; examples include density, color, odor, and hardness.
Extrinsic Property - A property of material that depends on the amount of material present, for example, mass, length, and volume.
Substance - The class of homogeneous matter made up of elements and compounds.
Chemical Reactivity - Indicates how likely a substance is to undergo change to a new substance.
Content Standard 2.0: Structure and Properties of Matter
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Chemical Bonding
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2.5.3: Investigate and describe the ways that solids remaining after a solvent has been evaporated may form distinctive patterns of crystals.
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Atomic Theory
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2.6.4: Explain that all matter is composed of atoms, and atoms are composed of smaller particles.
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Atomic Theory
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2.7.4: Describe atomic structure by using various historic models of the atom.
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Chemical Bonding
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2.8.3: Use models or drawings to explain how atoms may join together to form molecules or large groups of molecules.
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Atomic Theory
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2.8.4: Explain that all atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
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Chemical Bonding
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2.12.3: Explain how atoms may bond with one another by transferring or sharing electrons that are farthest from the nucleus.
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Atomic Theory
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2.12.4: Explain that the electromagnetic force between the nucleus and electrons holds the atom together.
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Matter - Anything that has mass and takes up space.
Content Standard 2.0: Structure and Properties of Matter
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System of Particles
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2.5.5: Investigate and describe how materials can be broken down physically into smaller and smaller pieces, and that each piece may retain its same properties.
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System of Particles
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2.8.5: Explain that liquids, solids, and gases are systems of particles.
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System of Particles
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2.12.5: Explain the properties of phases of matter in terms of the kinetic molecular theory and forces of attraction between particles.
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Kinetic Molecular Theory - A theory stating that all material is made of tiny particles that are in constant motion; this provides a model that is useful for describing why states of matter have their particular properties and behaviors.
Theory - An explanation or model based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning; especially one that has been tested and confirmed as a general principle helping to explain and predict natural events.
Content Standard 2.0: Structure and Properties of Matter
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Properties and Composition
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2.5.6: Investigate and describe how the observable properties of a material depend on its composition.
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Properties and Composition
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2.6.6: Investigate and describe how elements can combine to form new substances which often have different properties.
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Properties and Composition
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2.8.6: Explain that various elements combine in a multitude of ways to produce all known living and non-living substances.
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Properties and Composition
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2.12.6: Explain that carbon atoms can bond to one another to form a large variety of structures, including the molecules essential to life.
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Content Standard 3.0: Energy and Matter: Interactions and Forms-Students understand that changes in temperature and pressure can alter states of matter. Energy exists in many forms, and one form can change into another.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Heat and Temperature
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3.5.1: Investigate and describe how warm objects cool and cool objects warm when they are put together, until they reach the same temperature.
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Changes of State
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3.5.2: Investigate and describe how energy can be used to bring about changes in matter (e.g., melting an ice cube).
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Heat and Temperature
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3.8.1: Investigate and describe how heat moves from one object to another at different rates, depending on what the objects are made of and whether they are touching each other.
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Changes of State
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3.8.2: Investigate and describe how all phase changes are accompanied by changes in energy.
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Heat and Temperature
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3.12.1: Explain that the transformation of energy usually results in some energy in the form of heat, which spreads by radiation, conduction, and sometimes convection into cooler places.
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Changes of State
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3.12.2: Investigate and describe how pressure may affect changes of state.
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Content Standard 3.0: Energy and Matter: Interactions and Forms
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Waves
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3.5.3: Investigate and describe how vibrations produce sound.
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Waves
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3.7.3: Investigate and describe that forms of energy can travel in waves (e.g. seismic, light, radio, tv).
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Waves
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3.8.3: Investigate and describe how waves transfer energy and move at different speeds in different materials.
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Waves
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3.12.3: Investigate and describe how waves can superimpose on one another, bend around corners, reflect off surfaces, be absorbed by materials they enter, and change direction when entering a new material.
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Superimpose - To place or lay over or above something.
Content Standard 3.0: Energy and Matter: Interactions and Forms
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Descriptions of Energy and Order
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3.8.6: Identify the energy involved in a particular process as potential (energy of position and stored chemical energy) or kinetic (energy of motion).
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Descriptions of Energy and Order
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3.12.6: Investigate and describe how systems tend to become less ordered over time.
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Content Standard 4.0: Chemical Reaction-Students understand that chemical reactions change substances into different substances.
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Conservation of Matter
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4.5.1: Investigate and describe how observable changes in matter may occur when different materials are heated, mixed, or cooled.
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Rates of Chemical Reactions
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4.6.2: Investigate and describe how chemical reactions may be fast or slow.
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Conservation of Matter
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4.8.1: Investigate and describe how in chemical reactions, the total mass is conserved and the elements involved do not change into other elements.
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Rates of Chemical Reactions
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4.8.2: Investigate and describe how the rate of a chemical reaction can be influenced by variables such as temperature, pH, and light.
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Conservation of Matter
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4.12.1: Investigate and describe how, in chemical reactions, elements combine in predictable ratios, and the numbers of atoms of each element do not change.
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Rates of Chemical Reactions
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4.12.2: Investigate and describe how chemical reaction rates depend on conditions in the reacting system, the properties of reacting materials, and the presence of certain rate-regulating chemicals.
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Chemical Reaction - The process in which substances change into other substances. This occurs at the level of atoms and molecules.
Atom - The smallest part of a chemical element which can take part in a chemical reaction.
pH - A measure of the degree to which a substance is an acid or a base.
Content Standard 4.0 Chemical Reaction
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Transformation of Matter and Energy
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4.8.3: Investigate and describe how materials may give off heat or light when they react chemically with each other.
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Chemical Properties
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4.8.4: Predict common properties of elements using the Periodic Table.
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Transformation of Matter and Energy
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4.12.3: Investigate and describe how chemical reactions may release or consume energy.
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Chemical Properties
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4.12.4: Relate the chemical properties of an element to the outermost electrons of an element.
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Content Standard 5.0: Nuclear Energy and Electromagnetic Energy-Students understand that nuclear energy and electromagnetic energy are produced from both natural and human-made sources in many forms.
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Behaviors of Light
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5.6.1: Describe light in terms of simple properties (e.g. color, brightness).
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Behaviors of Light
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5.8.1: Investigate and describe how light interacts with matter by moving through the matter, being absorbed by matter, or being scattered by the matter.
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Behaviors of Light
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5.12.1: Predict how light interacts with matter (e.g., reflection and refraction).
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Radioactive Isotopes - Very large atoms of elements that are unstable and undergo nuclear reactions to form new elements.
Nuclear Reaction - A change in the nucleus of an atom. Some nuclear reactions can result in the transfer of a tremendous amount of energy.
Content Standard 5.0: Nuclear Energy and Electromagnetic Energy
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Nuclear Wastes
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5.8.3: Compare and contrast between high and low level nuclear wastes and their associated hazards.
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Nuclear Wastes
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5.12.3: Describe the different disposal techniques used for high and low level nuclear wastes.
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Content Standard 5.0: Nuclear Energy and Electromagnetic Energy
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Electromagnetic Energy
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5.8.4: Investigate and describe how the sun produces energy in a range of wavelengths within the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Nuclear Structure and Processes
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5.8.5: Compare and contrast the nuclear processes that occur in the sun and stars as well as in nuclear reactors.
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Electromagnetic Energy
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5.12.4: Describe electromagnetic waves including a wide range of forms and varying wavelengths.
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Nuclear Structure and Processes
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5.12.5: Explain how the forces that hold the nucleus of an atom together are usually stronger than other forces that could make the nucleus fly apart.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum- The entire range of different types of electromagnetic waves, including visible light, X-rays, and radiowaves.
Nucleus (atomic) - The central region of an atom which contains more than 99% of the atom’s mass.
Content Standard 5.0: Nuclear Energy and Electromagnetic Energy
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Nuclear Energy
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5.8.6: Explain how nuclear reactions convert small amounts of matter into a relatively large amount of energy.
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Nuclear Energy
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5.12.6: Explain how energy is released when the nuclei of very heavy atoms (e.g., uranium or plutonium), split into middleweight ones, or when very light nuclei (e.g., hydrogen and helium), combine into heavier ones.
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Earth and Space Sciences
Content Standard 14.0: The Solar System and the Universe-Students understand that the Earth is part of a planetary system within the Milky Way Galaxy, which is part of the known universe.
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The Solar System
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14.5.1: Investigate and describe the basic components of our solar system (e.g., planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and the sun).
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Celestial Motion
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14.5.2: Describe the apparent motion of celestial objects across the sky.
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Stars and Galaxies
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14.5.3: Describe how the stars in the sky are not scattered evenly, and they are not all the same in brightness or color.
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The Solar System
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14.8.1: Investigate and describe the size, composition, and surface features of the planets in our solar system.
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Celestial Motion
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14.8.2: Investigate and describe how seasons, eclipses, moon phases, and tides are caused by the effects of relative motion and positions of the sun, Earth, and moon.
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Stars and Galaxies
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14.8.3: Explain that billions of galaxies form most of the visible mass in the universe.
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The Solar System
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14.12.1: Investigate and describe how the Earth’s atmosphere, water, temperature, and composition compare with conditions on other planets.
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Celestial Motion
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14.12.2: Explain how most objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motion which explains such phenomena as the day, the year, phases of the moon, and eclipses.
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Stars and Galaxies
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14.12.3: Explain how stars produce energy and elements heavier than hydrogen from nuclear reactions.
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Content Standard 14.0: The Solar System and the Universe
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Tools and Methods of Astronomy
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14.8.5: Explain how various tools (e.g., optical and radio telescopes, unmanned robotic spacecraft) allow us to investigate objects in the sky that are too distant, faint, or bright to observe directly from Earth.
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Origin of the Universe
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14.12.4: Explain that on the basis of scientific evidence, the universe is estimated to be about ten billion years old.
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Tools and Methods of Astronomy
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14.12.5: Describe how increasingly sophisticated technology (e.g., mathematical models and computer simulations) is used to learn about the universe.
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Content Standard 14.0: The Solar System and the Universe
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Universality of Physical Laws
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14.8.6: Investigate and describe the laws of motion and gravity and their development.
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Universality of Physical Laws
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14.12.6: Explain that the physical laws, such as laws of Newton, Kepler, thermodynamics, relativity, and quantum physics, appear to apply to all bodies in the universe.
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The Nature and History of Science
Content Standard 18.0: Scientific, Historical, and Technological Perspectives-Students understand that humans have the unique ability to change personal and societal behavior based on ethical considerations regarding other organisms, the planet as a whole and future generations.
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The Nature of Science
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18.5.1: Explain that science is a systematic way of exploring the world.
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Attributes of Scientific Research
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18.5.2: Develop explanations using observations (evidence) from investigations.
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The Nature of Science
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18.8.1: Explain that scientific investigations involve the use of logic, respect for the rules of evidence, openness to criticism, and public reporting of methods and procedures.
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Attributes of Scientific Research
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18.8.2: Explain that scientific inquiry done in a school setting is similar to what scientists do.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The Nature of Science
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18.12.1: Explain that the scientific way of knowing uses a critique and consensus process (e.g., peer review, openness to criticism, logical argument, skepticism).
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Attributes of Scientific Research
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18.12.2: Investigate and explain how research emphasis is influenced by economic and public policy.
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Content Standard 18.0: Scientific, Historical, and Technological Perspectives
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The History of Science and Invention
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18.5.3: Describe key scientists, classical experiments in science, and technological inventions that lead to a better understanding of the impact of science on society.
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Science as a Collaborative Process
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18.5.4: Recognize and explain that science is an activity done by more than one person working together.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The History of Science and Invention
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18.7.3: Investigate and describe how people create models to explain the world as scientific knowledge has increased, and that these models are modified or discarded.
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The History of Science and Invention
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18.8.3: Explain, using examples, that ancient peoples provided knowledge about the natural world that is still regarded as valid today, even though that knowledge may not have originated by scientific methods.
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Science as a Collaborative Process
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18.8.4: Explain that scientists may work in teams and some may work alone, but all communicate extensively with each other.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The History of Science and Invention
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18.12.3: Investigate and explain how scientific innovations that were originally challenged are now widely accepted.
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Science as a Collaborative Process
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18.12.4: Explain that scientists work with others to resolve differences in interpretation of observations.
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Content Standard 18.0: Scientific, Historical, and Technological Perspectives
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Technology
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18.5.5: Explain that technology enables scientists and others to study the motion of objects that are moving rapidly or that are hardly moving at all.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Technology
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18.6.5: Identify and describe various technological tools that scientists use to help them do their work.
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Technology
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18.8.5: Explain that scientific inquiry and technological design have similarities and differences. Scientists propose explanations for questions about the natural world and engineers propose solutions relating to human problems, needs, and aspirations.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Technology
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18.12.5: Explain that technological problems create a demand for new scientific knowledge and new technologies which make it possible for scientists to extend their research in new ways or to undertake entirely new lines of research.
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Content Standard 18.0: Scientific, Historical, and Technological Perspectives
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The Dynamic Character of Scientific Knowledge
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18.5.6: Explain that science is an ongoing process of investigation (inquiry).
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The Dynamic Character of Scientific Knowledge
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18.8.6: Explain that scientific knowledge is revised through a process of incorporating new evidence gained through continual investigation.
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Scientific Ethics
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18.8.7: Identify and describe how science is subject to strengths and limitations related to other human social and intellectual activities.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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The Dynamic Character of Scientific Knowledge
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18.12.6: Explain that scientific knowledge builds on previous information, and rarely are entire theories completely discarded in favor of new ones.
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Scientific Ethics
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18.12.7: Explain that scientists have ethical procedures, violations of which have consequences.
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Content Standard 19.0: Reasoning and Critical Response Skills-Students understand that many decisions require critical consideration of scientific evidence.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Analyzing Systems
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19.6.3: Investigate and describe the components of systems (including processes or parts).
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Analyzing Systems
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19.7.3: Identify and describe how the parts of a system relate to one another and/or to other systems.
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Evaluating Data
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19.8.1: Identify and evaluate critically the use of statistics, data, and graphs.
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Analyzing and Evaluating Benefits and Risks
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19.8.2: Give examples of human activities with their associated benefits, costs and risks.
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Analyzing Systems
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19.8.3: Analyze and describe a system for efficiency, optimal function, and possible sources of malfunction.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Evaluating Data
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19.12.1: Identify and determine the credibility of sources of information based on the techniques used to gather that information.
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Analyzing and Evaluating Benefits and Risks
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19.12.2: Apply cost benefit and risk analyses in decision-making processes.
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Analyzing Systems
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19.12.3: Recognize and describe situations in which a system is qualitatively different from the parts which comprise it (e.g., how a population differs from an individual).
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Content Standard 19.0: Reasoning and Critical Response Skills
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Critical Analysis
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19.5.4: Explain that claims must be supported by evidence and logical argument.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Critical Analysis
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19.6.4: Distinguish between fact and opinion when responding to information.
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Critical Analysis
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19.8.4: Critically evaluate information to distinguish between fact and opinion when responding to information.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Critical Analysis
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19.12.4: Distinguish between hypotheses, laws, theories and rules, and explain the level of their limitations.
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Critical Evaluation
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19.12.5: Determine the limits of generalizations, assumptions, analogies, and models.
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Scientific Inquiry: Processes and Skills
Content Standard 20.0: Systems, Models, Risk, and Predictions-Students understand that a variety of models can be used to describe or predict things and events.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Models
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20.5.1: Develop a physical model to explain how something works or how something is constructed.
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Models and Predictions
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20.5.2: Predict that some events are more likely to happen than others.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Models and Predictions
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20.6.2: Analyze data to predict likely outcomes (e.g., how temperature range can affect the survival rate of a species).
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Models
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20.8.1: Investigate and describe how different models can be used to demonstrate the same thing.
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Models and Predictions
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20.8.2: Use a model to predict change (e.g., stream table).
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Models
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20.12.1: Use mathematical symbols and formulas to express relationships that behave in the same ways as the objects or processes under investigation.
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Models and Predictions
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20.12.2: Use models to identify and predict cause-effect relationships (e.g., effect of temperature on gas volume, effect of carbon dioxide level on the greenhouse effect).
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Content Standard 20.0: Systems, Models, Risk, and Predictions
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Systems
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20.5.3: Describe and compare the components and interrelationships of a simple system (e.g., trace the flow of water through an aquarium, a filter, and a pump).
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Systems
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20.8.3: Identify and illustrate natural cycles within systems (e.g., water, planetary motion, climate, geological changes).
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Statistical Modeling
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20.8.4: Analyze data from two groups, comparing both their middles and ranges.
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Risk Analysis
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20.8.5: Use a systematic approach to thinking critically about risks and benefits.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Systems
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20.12.3: Identify and describe how systems are often different from their components.
(e.g., aquaria or automobiles)
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Statistical Modeling
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20.12.4: Compare groups of data, taking into account both percentages and actual numbers.
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Risk Analysis
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20.12.5: Identify the type of hazard, estimate the extent and consequences of exposure, and determine the options for reducing or eliminating risks.
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Content Standard 21.0: Scientific Values and Attitudes-Students understand that science is an active process of systematically examining the natural world.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Scientific Investigations
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21.5.1: Keep records of investigations and observations, without changing those records later.
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Repeating Scientific Trials
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21.5.2: Make careful observations and test things more than once.
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Generating Multiple Explanations
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21.5.3: Offer reasons for findings and consider the reasons suggested by others.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Scientific Investigations
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21.8.1: Explain why it is important to keep honest, clear, and accurate records.
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Repeating Scientific Trials
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21.8.2: Explain that hypotheses are valuable even if they turn out to be incorrect, if they lead to fruitful investigations.
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Generating Multiple Explanations
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21.8.3: Describe how different explanations can often be given for the same evidence, and it is not always possible to tell which one is correct.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Scientific Investigations
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21.12.1: Demonstrate curiosity, honesty, and skepticism in doing science.
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Repeating Scientific Trials
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21.12.2: Repeat experimentation for statistical analysis and to produce conclusions that are without bias.
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Generating Multiple Explanations
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21.12.3: Evaluate multiple explanations for the same evidence.
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Content Standard 22.0: Communication Skills-Students understand that a variety of communication methods can be used to share scientific information.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Writing and Following Instructions
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22.5.1: Give written or oral instructions that others are able to follow.
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Working With Graphical Models
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22.5.2: Organize information into charts, tables, and graphs.
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Working With Others
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22.5.3: Collaborate on a group project.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Writing and Following Instructions
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22.8.1: Write clear, step-by-step instructions for a procedure.
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Working With Graphical Models
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22.8.2: Organize information in tables and graphs and describe the relationships they reveal.
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Working With Others
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22.8.3: Discuss scientific topics by paraphrasing, asking for clarification or elaboration, and expressing alternative positions using available multimedia resources.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Writing and Following Instructions
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22.12.1: Analyze experimental procedures and suggest appropriate revisions for improvement.
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Working With Graphical Models
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22.12.2: Use tables, charts, and graphs in making arguments and claims in oral and written presentations.
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Working With Others
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22.12.3: Discuss scientific topics by restating or summarizing accurately what others have said; ask for clarifications or elaborations, and express alternative positions using available multimedia resources.
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Content Standard 23.0: Scientific Applications of Mathematics_Students understand that scientific inquiry is enhanced and often communicated by using mathematics.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Variables
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23.5.1: Explain that sometimes changing one thing causes changes in another.
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Computing
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23.5.2: Explain to other students how to go about solving numerical problems
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Estimating
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23.5.3: Make quantitative estimates of familiar lengths, weights, and time intervals, and check them by measurements.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Variables
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23.8.1: Explain that quantities can vary in proportion to one another. (e.g., the ratio of mass to volume in the calculation of density).
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Computing
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23.8.2: State the purpose of each step in a calculation.
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Estimating
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23.8.3: Estimate probabilities of outcomes in familiar situations.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Variables
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23.12.1: Determine if the correlation between variables is high or low.
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Computing
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23.12.2: Use algebraic equations when appropriate.
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Estimating
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23.12.3: Estimate answers to the correct order of magnitude.
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Content Standard 23.0: Scientific Applications of Mathematics
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working With Measurements
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23.5.4: Recognize the appropriate unit for a particular measurement (e.g., meters for length, seconds for time, and kilograms for mass).
(aligns with grade 3 math standard)
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Evaluating Measurements
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23.5.5: Recognize that repeated measurements of the same thing are likely to vary slightly.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working With Measurements
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23.8.4: Select and use the appropriate SI unit for a particular measurement (e.g., meters for length, seconds for time, and kilograms for mass).
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Evaluating Measurements
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23.8.5: Judge whether repeated measurements and computations of quantities are reasonably precise and accurate.
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Validity of Samples
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23.8.6: Make predictions based on all known data from similar conditions.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working With Measurements
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23.12.4: Use derived quantities, ratios, proportions, and constants.
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Evaluating Measurements
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23.12.8: Trace the source of differences between an estimate and the calculated answer that exceeds agreed-upon standards for precision.
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Validity of Samples
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23.12.6: Select samples by some random system to avoid bias.
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Content Standard 24.0: Laboratory Skills and Safety-Students can appropriately and safely apply the tools and techniques of scientific inquiry.
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working Safely
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24.5.1: Use safety equipment and attire.
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Working With Chemicals
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24.5.2: Measure and mix dry and liquid materials safely in prescribed amounts.
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Using Experimental Apparatus
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24.5.3: Use provided materials to construct objects for a particular task.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working Safely
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24.6.1: Use safety equipment and attire.
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working Safely
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24.7.1: Use safety equipment and attire.
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working Safely
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24.8.1: Use instruments and laboratory safety equipment properly.
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Working With Chemicals
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24.8.2: Handle and dispose of chemicals according to established standards.
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Using Experimental Apparatus
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24.8.3: Choose appropriate common materials for making and repairing simple mechanical constructions.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Working Safely
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24.12.1: Demonstrate personal responsibility for using safety equipment and observing all safety standards.
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Working With Chemicals
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24.12.2: Use the information found in materials safety data sheets to handle, store, and dispose of chemicals properly.
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Using Experimental Apparatus
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24.12.3: Inspect, manipulate, and describe the functions of various parts of technical and scientific equipment.
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Content Standard 24.0: Laboratory Skills and Safety
By the end of Grade 5, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Recording Data
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24.5.4: Label measurements and diagrams properly.
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Writing and Following Laboratory Procedures and Problem Solving
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24.5.5: Use appropriate technology in lab procedures for measuring and recording.
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Designing and Conducting Experiments
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24.5.6: Manipulate objects and observe events in an experiment.
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By the end of Grade 6, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 7, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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By the end of Grade 8, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Recording Data
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24.8.4: Keep an organized record of scientific investigations.
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Writing and Following Laboratory Procedures and Problem Solving
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24.8.5: Use appropriate technology in laboratory procedures for measuring, recording, and analyzing data (e.g., computers, graphing calculators, and probes).
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Designing and Conducting Experiments
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24.8.6: Design a controlled experiment.
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By the end of Grade 12, students know and are able to do everything required in previous grades and:
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Recording Data
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24.12.4: Maintain a permanent record of procedures, data, analyses, decisions, and understandings of scientific investigations.
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Writing and Following Laboratory Procedures and Problem Solving
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24.12.5: Write procedures for the investigation of delegated or original scientific problems.
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Designing and Conducting Experiments
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24.12.6: Carry out an independent scientific investigation.
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