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S

tan

da

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Ali

gn

men

t

U

nit

C

on

cep

t

Big

Id

eas

Ess

en

tia

l Q

ues

tio

ns

Stu

den

t L

earn

ing

Ta

rget

s

Ass

essm

en

ts

Un

it O

ne:

Tre

es

Tim

elin

e :

8 w

eek

s

Sta

nd

ard

On

e

Na

ture

an

d A

pp

lica

tio

n o

f S

cien

ce a

nd

Tec

hn

olo

gy

Str

an

d O

ne

Un

der

sta

nd

ing

s a

nd

Ab

ilit

ies

of

Sci

enti

fic

Inq

uir

y

Su

bst

ran

d A

. U

nd

erst

and

that

: S

cien

tifi

c in

ves

tigat

ions,

wh

ether

co

nd

uct

ed b

y s

tud

ents

or

scie

nti

sts,

invo

lve

askin

g a

ques

tio

n a

bo

ut

the

natu

ral

wo

rld

.

Su

bst

ran

d C

. U

nd

erst

and

that

: T

he

purp

ose

of

accu

rate

ob

serv

atio

ns

and

dat

a co

llec

tio

n i

s to

pro

vid

e ev

iden

ce.

Sci

enti

sts

use

to

ols

to

en

hance

thei

r se

nse

s in

ord

er t

o

ob

tain

mo

re e

vid

ence

.

Su

bst

ran

d D

. U

nd

erst

and

that:

Sci

enti

sts

use

ob

serv

atio

ns

fro

m i

nvest

igat

ions

and

kno

wle

dge

that

is

alre

ady k

no

wn

to

dev

elo

p a

n e

xp

lanat

ion.

Su

bst

ran

d E

. U

nd

erst

and

that

: T

he

purp

ose

of

com

mu

nic

atin

g w

ith o

ther

s is

to

shar

e ev

iden

ce a

nd

concl

usi

on

s.

Sci

enti

sts

com

munic

ate

the

resu

lts

of

thei

r

invest

igat

ions

to o

ther

s

F.

Und

erst

and

that

: T

he

use

of

mat

hem

atic

s, r

ead

ing,

wri

tin

g,

and

tec

hno

log

y a

re i

mp

ort

an

t in

co

nd

uct

ing

scie

nti

fic

inq

uir

ies.

Str

an

d T

wo

Sci

ence

, T

ech

no

log

y a

nd

So

ciet

y

Su

bst

ran

d B

. T

oo

ls a

re u

sefu

l in

sci

ence

to

hel

p g

ather

Co

nce

pts

Cycl

es

(stu

den

ts o

bse

rve

and

dis

cover

that

tre

es h

ave

pre

dic

tab

le l

ife c

ycle

s).

Str

uct

ure

/Funct

ion (

stud

ents

use

thei

r

sen

ses

to o

bse

rve

and

id

enti

fy

stru

cture

s th

at h

ave

spec

ific

fu

nct

ion

s

in t

rees

).

Ob

serv

atio

n (

stud

ents

ob

serv

e t

rees

in

dif

fere

nt

stages

of

life

to

co

mp

are

stru

cture

and

fu

nct

ion a

t ea

ch s

tage)

.

Invest

igati

on (

stud

ents

mea

sure

circ

um

fere

nce

over

tim

e and

ob

serv

e

ph

ysi

cal

chan

ges

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

seas

on

s).

Big

Id

eas

Tre

es a

re a

live

and

have

char

act

eris

tics

that

mak

e th

em

dif

fere

nt

fro

m o

ther

livin

g a

nd

no

nli

vin

g t

hin

gs.

Tre

es h

ave

stru

cture

s and

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

that

all

ow

them

to

be

iden

tifi

ed.

Tre

es h

ave

stru

cture

s th

at h

elp

them

per

form

lif

e fu

nct

ions.

Tre

es a

re l

ivin

g o

rganis

ms

that

Ess

en

tia

l Q

ues

tio

ns:

Ho

w d

o w

e kno

w t

rees

are

livin

g t

hin

gs?

What

are

the

sim

ilar

itie

s an

d

dif

fere

nce

s b

etw

een d

iffe

rent

tree

s an

d d

iffe

rent

leaves

?

Wh

y a

re t

rees

im

po

rtan

t?

Ho

w d

o t

rees

change

over

tim

e-a

s a

resu

lt o

f changin

g

seas

on

s an

d/o

r o

f gro

wth

?

In w

hat

ways

do

the

off

spri

ng

of

tree

s re

sem

ble

thei

r

par

ents

?

Ho

w d

o o

rgan

ism

s change

as

they g

o t

hro

ug

h t

heir

lif

e

cycl

es?

Lea

rnin

g T

arg

ets:

Su

gg

este

d F

orm

ati

ve

Ass

essm

en

ts:

Ass

essi

ng a

ccura

te u

se

of

scie

nti

fic

dis

cours

e

vo

cab

ula

ry.

Buil

d-A

-Tre

e:

Co

nst

ruct

ing a

nd

iden

tify

ing t

he

par

ts o

f

a tr

ee.

So

rtin

g l

eaves

:

Rec

og

niz

ing l

eaves

fro

m t

he

sam

e tr

ee b

y

shap

e, s

ize,

co

lor

and

oth

er p

rop

erti

es.

Tre

e/N

ot

a T

ree:

Iden

tify

ing t

rees

fro

m

oth

er l

ivin

g t

hin

gs.

Ho

w T

rees

Change:

Dra

win

g t

rees

in

dif

fere

nt

seaso

ns.

Ob

serv

atio

n

Puzz

les,

mat

chin

g

card

s, c

lass

and

ind

ivid

ual

jo

urn

als,

gam

es,

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en

tia

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ues

tio

ns

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den

t L

earn

ing

Ta

rget

s

Ass

essm

en

ts

dat

a fo

r o

bse

rvat

ions

and

mea

sure

men

ts a

nd

pro

vid

e a

safe

mea

ns

of

cond

uct

ing a

n i

nvest

igat

ion.

Sta

nd

ard

Tw

o

Ma

teria

ls a

nd

Th

eir

Pro

per

ties

Str

an

d O

ne

Pro

per

ties

an

d S

tru

ctu

res

of

Ma

teria

ls

Su

bst

ran

d A

. M

ater

ials

can

be

des

crib

ed a

nd

cla

ssif

ied

acco

rdin

g t

o t

he

foll

ow

ing p

hysi

cal

pro

per

ties

: si

ze,

shap

e, m

ass

, te

xtu

re,

colo

r, a

nd

mat

eria

l co

mp

osi

tio

n.

Stu

dents

can o

bse

rve

mat

eria

ls’

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

by

usi

ng t

oo

ls t

hat

incl

ud

e ru

lers

, b

alan

ces,

ther

mo

met

ers

and

han

d l

ense

s.

Sta

nd

ard

Six

Lif

e P

roce

sses

Str

an

d O

ne

Str

uct

ure

/Fu

nct

ion

Rela

tio

nsh

ip

Su

bst

ran

d A

. P

lants

and

anim

als

are

sim

ilar

to

and

dif

fere

nt

fro

m e

ach o

ther

in o

bse

rvab

le s

truct

ure

s and

beh

avio

r.

Thes

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s d

isti

ng

uis

h t

hem

fro

m

each

oth

er a

nd

fro

m n

onli

vin

g t

hin

gs

Su

bst

ran

d B

. E

ach p

lant

or

anim

al h

as

dif

fere

nt

stru

cture

s th

at s

erve

dif

fere

nt

funct

ions

in g

row

th,

surv

ival

and

rep

rod

ucti

on.

Str

an

d T

wo

Ma

tter

an

d E

ner

gy

Tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

s

Su

bst

ran

d A

. P

lants

and

anim

als

are

livin

g t

hin

gs.

A

ll

livin

g t

hin

gs

hav

e b

asic

nee

ds

for

surv

ival

incl

ud

ing a

ir,

wat

er,

foo

d (

nu

trie

nts

), s

pac

e, s

hel

ter,

and

lig

ht.

rep

rod

uce

, d

evel

op

, hav

e p

red

icta

ble

life

cycl

es a

nd

pas

s o

n t

rait

s to

thei

r o

ff

spri

ng.

Tre

es h

ave

bas

ic n

eed

s fo

r su

rviv

al.

The

stru

cture

s o

f tr

ees

can c

hange

over

tim

e in

res

po

nse

to

thei

r en

vir

on

ment

or

as a

res

ult

of

gro

wth

and

dev

elo

pm

ent.

Hu

man

s an

d a

nim

als

inte

ract

wit

h

tree

s.

teac

her

/stu

den

t

conver

sati

ons

are

tang

ible

evid

ence

of

und

erst

and

ing

s.

Invest

igati

on

s

FO

SS

Tre

e S

tori

es

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Id

eas

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en

tia

l Q

ues

tio

ns

Stu

den

t L

earn

ing

Ta

rget

s

Ass

essm

en

ts

Sta

nd

ard

Sev

en

Div

ersi

ty a

nd

Co

nti

nu

ity

of

Liv

ing

Th

ing

s

Str

an

d O

ne

Rep

rod

uct

ion

, H

ered

ity

an

d D

evel

op

men

t

Su

bst

ran

d A

. T

he

off

spri

ng o

f so

me

pla

nts

and

anim

als

rese

mb

le t

he

par

ents

(i.

e.,

a tr

ee s

eed

lin

g r

esem

ble

s a

mat

ure

tre

e).

Su

bst

ran

d C

. A

ll p

lants

and

anim

als

go

thro

ugh a

lif

e

cycl

e o

f b

irth

, gro

wth

, d

evel

op

ment,

rep

rod

uct

ion,

and

dea

th.

This

cycl

e is

pre

dic

tab

le a

nd

des

crib

able

, b

ut

dif

fers

fro

m o

rganis

m t

o o

rganis

m.

Str

an

d T

wo

Div

ersi

ty a

nd

Ev

olu

tio

n

Su

bst

ran

d A

. M

any d

iffe

rent

kin

ds

of

pla

nts

and

an

imals

live

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

wo

rld

. T

hes

e p

lants

and

anim

als

can

be

gro

up

ed a

cco

rdin

g t

o t

he

char

acte

rist

ics

they s

har

e.

Str

an

d T

hre

e

Tec

hn

olo

gy

Ap

pli

cati

on

s

Su

bst

ran

d A

. P

eop

le u

se t

he

var

iety

of

pla

nts

and

anim

als

fou

nd

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

wo

rld

fo

r fo

od

, cl

oth

ing,

and

shel

ter

(e.g

., s

ilk f

or

clo

thin

g,

wo

od

fo

r b

uil

din

g

shel

ters

).

Sta

nd

ard

Eig

ht

Eco

log

y

Str

an

d O

ne

Inte

ract

ion

s W

ith

in t

he

En

vir

on

men

t

Su

bst

ran

d A

. A

n i

nte

rco

nnect

ednes

s exis

ts a

mo

ng t

he

livin

g a

nd

no

nli

vin

g p

arts

of

an e

nvir

on

ment.

T

his

inte

rco

nnec

ted

ness

can b

e o

bse

rved

by t

he

chan

ges

mad

e

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en

tia

l Q

ues

tio

ns

Stu

den

t L

earn

ing

Ta

rget

s

Ass

essm

en

ts

by p

lants

and

anim

als

in t

hei

r en

vir

on

ment.

Su

bst

ran

d B

. P

lants

and

anim

als

nee

d e

no

ug

h s

pac

e an

d

reso

urc

es t

o s

urv

ive.

O

ver

cro

wd

ing l

ead

s to

an i

ncr

ease

d

nee

d f

or

reso

urc

es.

Un

it T

wo

: S

ense

s

Tim

elin

e:

8 w

eek

s

Sta

nd

ard

On

e

Na

ture

an

d A

pp

lica

tio

n o

f S

cien

ce a

nd

Tec

hn

olo

gy

Str

an

d O

ne

Un

der

sta

nd

ing

s a

nd

Ab

ilit

ies

of

Sci

enti

fic

Inq

uir

y

Su

bst

ran

d A

. U

nd

erst

and

that

: S

cien

tifi

c in

ves

tigat

ions,

wh

ether

co

nd

uct

ed b

y s

tud

ents

or

scie

nti

sts,

invo

lve

askin

g a

ques

tio

n a

bo

ut

the

natu

ral

wo

rld

.

Su

bst

ran

d C

. U

nd

erst

and

that

: T

he

purp

ose

of

accu

rate

ob

serv

atio

ns

and

dat

a co

llec

tio

n i

s to

pro

vid

e ev

iden

ce.

Sci

enti

sts

use

to

ols

to

en

hance

thei

r se

nse

s in

ord

er t

o

ob

tain

mo

re e

vid

ence

.

Su

bst

ran

d D

. U

nd

erst

and

that:

Sci

enti

sts

use

ob

serv

atio

ns

fro

m i

nvest

igat

ions

and

kno

wle

dge

that

is

alre

ady k

no

wn

to

dev

elo

p a

n e

xp

lanat

ion.

Su

bst

ran

d E

. U

nd

erst

and

that

: T

he

purp

ose

of

com

mu

nic

atin

g w

ith o

ther

s is

to

shar

e ev

iden

ce a

nd

concl

usi

on

s.

Sci

enti

sts

com

munic

ate

the

resu

lts

of

thei

r

invest

igat

ions

to o

ther

s.

Su

bst

ran

d F

. U

nd

erst

and

that

: T

he

use

of

math

em

atic

s,

read

ing,

wri

ting,

and

tec

hno

log

y a

re i

mp

ort

ant

in

cond

uct

ing s

cien

tifi

c in

quir

ies.

Str

an

d T

wo

Sci

ence

, T

ech

no

log

y a

nd

So

ciet

y

Co

nce

pts

Ob

serv

atio

n a

nd

Evid

ence

(m

ult

iple

op

port

unit

ies

for

invest

igat

ion

of

obje

cts

usi

ng t

he

five

sen

ses

are

giv

en

to s

tud

ents

thro

ug

ho

ut

this

unit

)

Invest

igati

on (

stud

ents

id

enti

fy o

bje

cts

usi

ng t

hei

r se

nse

s).

Rel

atio

nsh

ips

(bet

wee

n s

enso

ry

per

cep

tio

n,

stru

cture

and

fu

nct

ion)

Ord

er a

nd

Org

aniz

atio

n (

Stu

den

ts s

ort

obje

cts

usi

ng t

hei

r se

nse

s)

Big

Id

eas

Ther

e ar

e fi

ve

sen

ses,

sig

ht,

hea

ring,

touch

, sm

ell,

and

tas

te

Sp

ecif

ic t

oo

ls c

an e

xte

nd

so

me

of

our

sen

ses

The

use

of

each

sen

se p

rovid

es

dif

fere

nt

info

rmat

ion a

bo

ut

the

wo

rld

aro

und

us.

Ob

ject

s ca

n b

e id

enti

fied

or

des

crib

ed

usi

ng o

ne

or

mo

re o

f o

ur

sen

ses.

Ess

en

tia

l Q

ues

tio

ns:

Ho

w c

an y

our

sense

s b

e use

d

to i

den

tify

an o

bje

ct?

Ho

w c

an y

our

sense

s b

e use

d

to s

ort

obje

cts?

Ho

w d

o y

our

sense

s hel

p y

ou

in a

n e

mer

gency?

What

are

so

me

scie

nti

fic

too

ls

that

can

exte

nd

yo

ur

sense

s to

ob

serv

e o

bje

cts

in g

reat

er

det

ail?

Su

gg

este

d F

orm

ati

ve

Ass

essm

en

ts:

Dra

w a

nd

lab

el p

ictu

res

of

thei

r w

ork

Des

crib

e w

hat

they d

o

duri

ng s

cience

tim

e an

d

its

purp

ose

Rec

ord

and

make

sim

ple

pre

dic

tio

ns

abo

ut

dat

a an

d

ob

serv

atio

ns

Dis

cover

ho

w c

arefu

lly

they m

ust

ob

serv

e an

obje

ct t

o d

isti

ng

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s?

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w d

o t

he

sense

s hel

p

pro

vid

e in

form

atio

n a

bo

ut

the

wea

ther

?

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rnin

g T

arg

ets:

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serv

e an

d r

eco

rd t

he

wea

ther

(cl

oud

co

ver

,

pre

cip

itat

ion,

and

win

d s

pee

d)

by c

ircl

ing t

he

app

rop

riat

e

pic

ture

.

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d a

nd

rec

ord

a r

ain g

auge

to t

he

nea

rest

un

it.

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d a

nd

rec

ord

tem

per

ature

accu

rate

ly.

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r a

seas

on b

ased

on s

ever

al

pie

ces

of

dat

a.

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ect

clo

thin

g a

pp

rop

riat

e fo

r

the

wea

ther

.

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gg

este

d F

orm

ati

ve

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essm

en

ts:

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rari

um

and

aq

uar

ium

ob

serv

atio

ns.

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ess

ment

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atio

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atio

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f st

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n D

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on S

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serv

atio

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f st

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go

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ed o

n

char

acte

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atio

n o

f ra

infa

ll g

rap

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self

ass

essm

ent

and

refl

ecti

on

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gg

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d S

um

ma

tiv

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new

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hno

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s

to s

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rob

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oo

ls a

re u

sefu

l in

sci

ence

to

hel

p

gat

her

dat

a fo

r o

bse

rvat

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and

mea

sure

men

ts a

nd

pro

vid

e a

safe

mea

ns

of

cond

uct

ing a

n i

nvest

igat

ion.

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an

d T

hre

e

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tory

an

d C

on

text

of

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ence

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bst

ran

d A

: P

eop

le f

rom

all

par

ts o

f th

e w

orl

d

pra

ctic

e sc

ience

and

mak

e m

an

y i

mp

ort

ant

scie

nti

fic

contr

ibuti

on

s

Su

bst

ran

d B

: M

uch

has

bee

n l

earn

ed a

bo

ut

the

nat

ura

l w

orl

d b

ut

ther

e is

sti

ll m

uch t

o u

nd

erst

and

.

Sta

nd

ard

Th

ree

En

erg

y a

nd

Its

Eff

ects

Str

an

d O

ne

Fo

rm

s a

nd

So

urc

es

of

En

erg

y

Su

bst

ran

d A

: T

he

Sun i

s a

sourc

e o

f en

erg

y t

hat

lig

hts

and

war

ms

the

Ear

th.

Su

bst

ran

d B

: O

bje

cts

that

mo

ve

(i.e

., m

ovin

g a

ir,

mo

vin

g w

ater

) hav

e ener

gy b

eca

use

of

thei

r m

oti

on.

Su

bst

ran

d C

: H

eat

ener

gy i

s a

form

of

ener

gy t

hat

mak

es

thin

gs

war

mer

.

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an

d T

hre

e

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erg

y I

nte

ract

ing

wit

h M

ate

ria

ls:

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e

Tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

an

d C

on

serv

ati

on

of

En

erg

y

Su

bst

ran

d A

: W

hen

lig

ht

hit

s an

ob

ject

; th

e li

ght

ener

gy c

an b

eco

me

hea

t en

erg

y.

curr

ent

wea

ther

co

nd

itio

ns

and

pre

dic

t fu

ture

wea

ther

.

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r an

outs

ide

tem

per

ature

bas

ed o

n c

loth

ing a

nd

wea

ther

cond

itio

ns

and

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k a

ther

mo

met

er a

pp

rop

riat

ely.

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oci

ate

wea

ther

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nd

itio

ns

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h t

em

per

ature

des

crip

tio

ns.

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ate

wea

ther

co

nd

itio

ns

to

hu

man a

ctiv

ity.

Inte

rpre

t a

wea

ther

dat

a gra

ph.

Tal

ly g

rap

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in

form

atio

n.

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dat

a to

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ide

on a

app

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e ac

tivit

y g

iven

wea

ther

co

nd

itio

ns.

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form

ance

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ks

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rics

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on

sum

pti

on

an

d A

pp

lica

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n o

f

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erg

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ran

d A

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ovin

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ir,

mo

vin

g w

ater

, an

d s

unli

ght

conta

in e

ner

gy t

hat

can

be

put

to o

ur

use

.

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nd

ard

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ur

Ea

rth

in

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ace

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an

d O

ne

Th

e E

art

h/M

oo

n/S

un

Sy

stem

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bst

ran

d A

: T

he

shap

e o

f th

e E

arth

is

sim

ilar

to

a

spher

e.

Su

bst

ran

d B

: F

rom

Ear

th m

an

y o

bje

cts

may b

e se

en

in t

he

sky i

ncl

ud

ing t

he

Su

n,

the

Mo

on,

star

s, a

nd

man

-mad

e o

bje

cts.

Su

bst

ran

d C

: T

he

Sun a

nd

Mo

on a

pp

ear

to m

ove

slo

wly

acr

oss

the

sky.

Su

bst

ran

d E

: T

he

Mo

on c

an b

e o

bse

rved

so

met

imes

at n

ight

and

so

met

imes

duri

ng

the

day.

Su

bst

ran

d F

: T

he

app

eara

nce

of

the

Mo

on c

han

ges

in

a cy

cle

that

takes

ab

out

a m

on

th.

Str

an

d F

ou

r

Tec

hn

olo

gie

s a

nd

Ap

pli

cati

on

s

Su

bst

ran

d A

: B

ino

cula

rs a

llo

w p

eop

le t

o o

bse

rve

obje

cts

in t

he

sky f

rom

Ear

th.

Sta

nd

ard

Fiv

e

Ea

rth

’s D

yn

am

ic S

yst

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s

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essm

en

ts

Str

an

d O

ne

Co

mp

on

ents

of

the

Ea

rth

Su

bst

ran

d B

: W

ater

can

exis

t as

a s

oli

d,

liq

uid

or

gas

and

in d

iffe

rent

form

s su

ch a

s ra

in,

sno

w a

nd

ice

.

Str

an

d T

wo

Inte

ract

ion

s T

hro

ug

ho

ut

Ea

rth

’s S

yst

em

s

Su

bst

ran

d A

: W

eath

er i

nfl

uence

s p

lan

ts,

anim

als

and

hu

man a

ctiv

ity.

Su

bst

ran

d B

: P

eop

le w

ho

wo

rk o

r p

lay o

utd

oo

rs

oft

en d

ress

and

bas

e th

eir

acti

vit

ies

on t

he

spee

d o

f th

e

win

d a

nd

the

tem

per

ature

of

the

air.

Su

bst

ran

d D

: C

loud

s ar

e sh

ap

ed b

y w

ind

s and

are

mad

e o

f sm

all

wat

er d

rop

lets

or

ice

cryst

als.

C

loud

shap

es c

an b

e use

d t

o h

elp

fo

reca

st w

eath

er.

Str

an

d T

hre

e

Tec

hn

olo

gy

an

d A

pp

lica

tio

ns

Su

bst

ran

d B

: W

eath

er c

an b

e o

bse

rved

, m

easu

red

and

des

crib

ed t

hro

ug

h t

he

use

of

sim

ple

to

ols

such a

s

a th

erm

om

eter

, ra

in g

au

ge

and

win

d v

ane.

Sta

nd

ard

Eig

ht

Eco

log

y

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an

d O

ne

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ract

ion

s W

ith

in t

he

En

vir

on

men

t

Su

bst

ran

d A

: A

n i

nte

rco

nnect

ednes

s exis

ts a

mo

ng

the

livin

g a

nd

no

nli

vin

g p

arts

of

an e

nvir

on

ment.

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his

inte

rco

nnec

ted

ness

can b

e o

bse

rved

by t

he

chan

ges

mad

e b

y p

lants

and

anim

als

in t

hei

r en

vir

on

men

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8 w

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s

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nd

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Na

ture

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d A

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tio

n o

f S

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an

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sta

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ilit

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of

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fic

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bst

ran

d A

: U

nd

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and

that:

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enti

fic

invest

igat

ions,

wheth

er c

ond

uct

ed b

y s

tud

ents

or

scie

nti

sts,

in

vo

lve

askin

g a

qu

esti

on a

bo

ut

the

nat

ura

l

wo

rld

.

Su

bst

ran

d C

: U

nd

erst

and

that:

The

purp

ose

of

accu

rate

ob

serv

atio

ns

and

dat

a co

llec

tio

n i

s to

pro

vid

e

evid

ence

. S

cienti

sts

use

to

ols

to

enhance

thei

r se

nse

s

in o

rder

to

ob

tain

mo

re e

vid

ence

.

Su

bst

ran

d D

: U

nd

erst

and

that:

Sci

enti

sts

use

ob

serv

atio

ns

fro

m i

nvest

igat

ions

and

kno

wle

dge

that

is a

lrea

dy k

no

wn t

o d

evel

op

an e

xp

lanat

ion.

Su

bst

ran

d E

: U

nd

erst

and

that

: T

he

purp

ose

of

com

mu

nic

atin

g w

ith o

ther

s is

to

shar

e ev

iden

ce a

nd

concl

usi

on

s.

Sci

enti

sts

com

munic

ate

the

resu

lts

of

thei

r in

ves

tigati

on

s to

oth

ers.

Su

bst

ran

d F

: U

nd

erst

and

that

: T

he

use

of

mat

hem

ati

cs,

read

ing

, w

riti

ng,

and

tec

hno

log

y a

re

imp

ort

ant

in c

ond

uct

ing s

cienti

fic

inq

uir

ies.

Sta

nd

ard

Tw

o

Ma

teria

ls a

nd

Th

eir

Pro

per

ties

Str

an

d O

ne

Pro

per

ties

an

d S

tru

ctu

res

of

Ma

teria

ls

Su

bst

ran

d A

: M

ater

ials

can

be

des

crib

ed a

nd

Co

nce

pts

Invest

igate

Ob

serv

e

Org

aniz

e

Big

Id

eas

The

sense

s ca

n b

e use

d t

o o

bse

rve,

des

crib

e, g

ather

dat

a an

d

com

mu

nic

ate

abo

ut

the

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

of

soli

ds

and

liq

uid

s.

Tes

ts c

an b

e p

erfo

rmed

to

invest

igat

e th

e p

hysi

cal

pro

per

ties

of

soli

ds

and

liq

uid

s.

So

lid

s an

d l

iquid

s ca

n b

e so

rted

bas

ed o

n t

he

sim

ilar

itie

s an

d

dif

fere

nce

s o

f th

eir

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

.

Ess

en

tia

l Q

ues

tio

ns:

Whic

h p

hysi

cal

pro

per

ties

det

erm

ine

if s

om

ethin

g i

s a

soli

d o

r li

quid

?

Ho

w d

o t

he

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

of

soli

ds

and

liq

uid

s

det

erm

ine

thei

r u

se?

Ho

w d

o t

he

sim

ilar

itie

s and

dif

fere

nce

s o

f a

soli

d o

r a

liq

uid

det

erm

ine

ho

w t

hey

sho

uld

be

sort

ed a

nd

gro

up

ed?

Ho

w d

o t

he

sense

s p

rovid

e

info

rmat

ion a

bo

ut

the

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

of

a so

lid

or

a

liq

uid

?

Lea

rnin

g T

arg

ets:

Ob

serv

e an

d r

eco

rd p

hysi

cal

pro

per

ties

of

a so

lid

.

Rec

og

niz

e th

at

soli

ds

have

a

def

init

e sh

ape.

Rec

og

niz

e th

at

liq

uid

s ar

e

fluid

s th

at

take

the

shap

e o

f

thei

r co

nta

iner

.

Cla

ssif

y o

bje

cts

on t

he

bas

is o

f

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

.

Ob

serv

e an

d r

eco

rd p

hysi

cal

pro

per

ties

of

liq

uid

s.

Iden

tify

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

Su

gg

este

d F

orm

ati

ve

Ass

essm

en

ts:

Ter

rari

um

and

aq

uar

ium

ob

serv

atio

ns.

Pre

-unit

ass

ess

ment

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ord

ed p

lant

ob

serv

atio

ns

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serv

atio

n o

f st

ud

ent

coll

abo

rati

on

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kli

sts

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n D

iagra

m

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lecti

on S

hee

ts

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serv

atio

n o

f st

ud

ents

cate

go

rizi

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nd

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aniz

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obje

cts

bas

ed o

n

char

acte

rist

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gg

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d S

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ma

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e

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ts:

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ed a

cco

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g t

o t

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foll

ow

ing

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

: si

ze,

shap

e, m

ass,

tex

ture

, co

lor,

and

mat

eria

l co

mp

osi

tio

n.

Stu

den

ts c

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bse

rve

mat

eria

ls’

ph

ysi

cal

pro

per

ties

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sing t

oo

ls t

hat

incl

ud

e ru

lers

,

bal

ance

s, t

her

mo

mete

rs a

nd

han

d l

ense

s.

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bst

ran

d B

: M

ater

ials

exis

t in

one

of

thre

e st

ates

–

soli

d,

liq

uid

, o

r gas

. S

oli

ds

and

liq

uid

s have

easi

ly

ob

serv

able

pro

per

ties

and

may

chan

ge

fro

m o

ne

form

to t

he

oth

er.

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bst

ran

d C

: P

hysi

cal

pro

per

ties

of

mat

eria

ls c

an b

e

chan

ged

by e

xp

osu

re t

o w

ater

, hea

t, l

ight,

or

by

cutt

ing,

mix

ing,

and

gri

nd

ing.

Str

an

d F

ive

Ma

teria

l T

ech

no

log

y

Su

bst

ran

d A

: T

he

pro

per

ties

of

mat

eria

ls i

nfl

uence

thei

r u

se.

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me

mat

eria

ls a

re m

ore

suit

able

fo

r

mak

ing a

par

ticu

lar

pro

duct

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ate

that

org

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spec

ific

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urv

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