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5. Science
- All students will learn to identify systems of interacting components and understand how their interactions combine to produce the overall behavior of the system.
- Recognize that most things are made of components that, when assembled can do things that they could not do separately.
Activity 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Recognize that since components of a system usually influence one another, a system may not work if a component is missing.
Activity 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Diagram the components of a system.
Activity 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- All students will develop problem solving, decision-making and inquiry skills, reflected by formulating usable questions and hypotheses, planning experiments, conducting systematic observations, interpreting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and communicating results.
- State a problem about the natural world in the form of a question.
Activity 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Develop stratgies and skills for information-gathering and problem solving, using appropriate tools and technologies.
Activity 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- Use technology to present the design and results of investigation.
Activity 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- Keep a journal record of observations, recognizing patterns of observations and summarizing findings.
Activity 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- All students will develop an understanding of how people of various cultures have contributed to the advancement of science and technology, and how major discoveries and events have advanced science and technology.
- Hear, read, write, and talk about scientists and inventors in historical context.
Extension of Activity 5, 6, 8, 9 by research/discussion of uses/inventions of simple machines could address this standard.
- Recognize that scientific ideas and knowledge have come from men and women of all cultures.
Extension of Activity 5, 6, 8, 9 by research/discussion of uses/inventions of simple machines could address this standard.
- All students will develop an understanding of technology as an application of scientific principles.
- Develop skill in the use of tools for everyday purposes.
Activity 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- Demonstrate how tools are used to do things better and more easily or to do tasks that could not otherwise be done.
Activity 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- Examine and compare toys and other familiar objects and explain how they work.
Activity 3, 9
- Find and report on examples of how technology helps people.
Extension of Activity 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 could address this standard by research/discussion of toys and technology
- All students will integrate mathematics as a tool for problem-solving in science, and as a means of expressing and/or modeling scientific theories.
- Judge whether estimates, measurements, and computations of quantities are reasonable.
Activity 6, 7
- Use a variety of measuring instruments, emphasizing appropriate units.
Activity 7
- Use mathematical skills and concepts in ordering, counting, identifying, measuring, and describing.
Activity 2, 5, 6, 7
- Use tables and graphs to represent and interpret data.
Activity 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- All students will gain an understanding of natural laws as they apply to motion, forces, and energy transformations.
- Demonstrate that the motion of an object can vary in speed and direction.
Activity 6, 7
- Demonstrate that the position and motion of an object can be changed by pushing or pulling and that the change is related to the strength of the push or pull.
Activity 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- Recognize that some forces are invisible and can act at a distance.
Activity 7
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