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Crosscutting Standards J, K, L for Secondary Grades 9-12 Boldface indicator has been selected as benchmark perormance indicator. |
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Students will apply inquiry and problem-solving approaches in science and technology. Students will be able to: 1. Make accurate observations using appropriate tools and units of measure. 2. Verify, evaluate, and use results in a purposeful way. This includes analyzing and interpreting data, making predictions based on observed patterns, testing solutions against the original problem conditions, and formulating additional questions. 3. Demonstrate the ability to use scientific inquiry and technological method with short term and long term investigations, recognizing that there is more than one way to solve a problem. Demonstrate knowledge of when to try different strategies. 4. Design and construct a device to perform a specific function, then redesign for improvement (e.g., performance, cost). |
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Students will learn to formulate and justify ideas and to make informed decisions. Students will be able to: 1. Judge the accuracy of alternative explanations by identifying the evidence necessary to support them. 2. Explain why agreement among people does not make an argument valid. 3. Develop generalizations based on observations. 4. Determine when there is a need to revise studies in order to improve their validity through better sampling, controls or data analysis techniques. 5. Produce inductive and deductive arguments to support conjecture. 6. Analyze situations where more than one logical conclusion can be drawn. |
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Students will communicate effectively in the application of science and technology. Students will be able to: 1. Analyze research or other literature for accuracy in the design and findings of experiments. 2. Use journals and self-assessment to describe and analyze scientific and technological experiences and to reflect on problem-solving processes. 3. Make and use appropriate symbols, pictures, diagrams, scale drawings, and models to represent and simplify real-life situations and to solve problems. 4. Employ graphs, tables, and maps in making arguments and drawing conclusions. 5. Critique models, stating how they do and do not effectively represent the real phenomenon. 6. Evaluate the communication capabilities of new kinds of media (e.g., cameras with computer disks instead of film). 7. Use computers to organize data, generate models, and do research for problem solving. 8. Engage in a debate, on a scientific issue, where both points of view are based on the same set of information.
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