Standards
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to explain the causes of lunar phases and eclipses of the sun and moon.
Generate resourceAnalyze and interpret rock layers and index fossils to determine the relative ages of rock formations that result from processes occurring over long periods of time.
Generate resourceUse graphical displays to illustrate that Earth and its solar system are one of many in of the Milky Way galaxy, which is one of billions of galaxies in the universe.
Generate resourceAnalyze and interpret maps showing the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence that Earth's plates have moved great distances, collided, and spread apart.
Generate resourceDefine the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution. Include potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
Generate resourceCreate visual representations of solutions to a design problem. Accurately interpret and apply scale and proportion to visual representations.
Generate resourceCommunicate a design solution to an intended user, including design features and limitations of the solution.
Generate resourceAnalyze and compare properties of metals, plastics, wood, and ceramics, including flexibility, ductility, hardness, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and melting point.
Generate resourceGiven a design task, select appropriate materials based on specific properties needed in the construction of a solution.
Generate resourceChoose and safely use appropriate measuring tools, hand tools, fasteners, and common hand-held power tools used to construct a prototype.
Generate resourceProvide evidence that all organisms (unicellular and multicellular) are made of cells.
Generate resourceDevelop and use a model to describe how parts of cells contribute to the cellular functions of obtaining food, water, and other nutrients from its environment, disposing of wastes, and providing energy for cellular processes.
Generate resourceConstruct an argument supported by evidence that the body systems interact to carry out essential functions of life.
Generate resourceAnalyze and interpret evidence from the fossil record to describe organisms and their environment, extinctions, and changes to life forms throughout the history of Earth.
Generate resourceConstruct an argument using anatomical structures to support evolutionary relationships among and between fossil organisms and modern organisms.
Generate resourcePlan and conduct an experiment involving exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions to measure and describe the release or absorption of thermal energy.
Generate resourceUse a particulate model of matter to explain that density is the amount of matter (mass) in a given volume. Apply proportional reasoning to describe, calculate, and compare relative densities of different materials.
Generate resourceConduct an experiment to show that many materials are mixtures of pure substances that can be separated by physical means into their component pure substances.
Generate resourceUse evidence to support the claim that gravitational forces between objects are attractive and are only noticeable when one or both of the objects have a very large mass.
Generate resourceUse diagrams of a simple wave to explain that (a) a wave has a repeating pattern with a specific amplitude, frequency, and wavelength, and (b) the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy of the wave.
Generate resourceUse diagrams and other models to show that both light rays and mechanical waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Generate resourcePresent qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals (sent as wave pulses representing 0s and 1s) can be used to encode and transmit information.
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