Science

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Science Framework K-8
· Students will understand how key features of the earth influence climate, weather, and the water cycle. · Students will understand scientific theories of how the earth's surface is formed and how those theories developed. · Students will know and understand scientific theories of the nature of matter and how those theories developed. · Students will be familiar with the forms and transformations of energy and the significance of energy in understanding the structure of matter and the universe. · Students will understand how society uses and conserves various sources of energy. · Students will understand the relationship between force, mass, and the motion of objects. · Students will recognize gravitational, electrical, and magnetic forces as major kinds of forces acting in nature. · Students will be familiar with the wave nature of sound and electromagnetic radiation. || · Students will understand the structure, functions, and reproduction of living cells and organisms. · Students will understand how and why organisms are dependent on one another and their environments. · Students will understand the cycling of matter and the flow and transformation of energy through systems of living things. · Students will understand how biological traits are passed on to successive generations. · Students will understand the arguments for natural selection as scientific explanation of biological evolution. || · Students will be familiar with important aspects of human development from fertilization to death. · Students will understand the basic processes of the human body. · Students will understand that a variety of factors influence learning in human beings. || [|AERO Science Standards] //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">[|Delta FOSS] //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Instructional design documents __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Best Practice: New Standards for Teaching and Learning in America’s Schools __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">, second edition By Steven Zemelman, Harvey Daniels, and Arthur Hyde ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Habits of Mind ** |||| **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Communication ** |||| **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Knowledge ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Process ** |||| **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Understanding ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Process Standards ** || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will demonstrate their understanding of the importance of curiosity, honesty, open-mindedness, and skepticism in their own efforts to understand how and why universal phenomena exist and occur. |||| <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly. |||| <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will be familiar with the character of scientific knowledge and inquiry and how it is achieved. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will be able to select and use tools and instruments to conduct scientific activities. |||| <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will understand and demonstrate the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Physical Setting Standards ** |||||||||||||||| · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will be familiar with current scientific theories about the universe and how those theories evolved.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Living Environment Standards ** |||||||||||||||| · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will be aware of the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Instructional Strategies ** |||||||||||||||| · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Students will know and understand the biological, cultural, and social explanations for why human beings have important traits in common yet differ from one another.
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