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Sub Categories or Standards:
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Formulate questions based on observations that lead to the development of a hypothesis.
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Explain the role of a hypothesis in a scientific inquiry.
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Demonstrate safe behavior and appropriate procedures (e.g., use and care of technology, materials, organisms) in all science inquiry.
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Conduct a controlled investigation, utilizing multiple trials, to test a hypothesis using scientific processes.
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Perform measurements using appropriate scientific tools (e.g., balances, microscopes, probes, micrometers).
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Keep a record of observations, notes, sketches, questions, and ideas using tools such as written and/or computer logs.
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Analyze data obtained in a scientific investigation to identify trends.
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Form a logical argument about a correlation between variables or sequence of events (e.g., construct a cause-and-effect chain that explains a sequence of events).
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Analyze results of data collection in order to accept or reject the hypothesis.
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Determine validity and reliability of results of an investigation.
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Formulate a conclusion based on data analysis.
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Choose an appropriate graphic representation for collected data: line graph, double bar graph, stem and leaf plot, histogram.
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Communicate the results of an investigation with appropriate use of qualitative and quantitative information.
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Write clear, step-by-step instructions for following procedures (without the use of personal pronouns).
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Communicate the results and conclusion of the investigation.
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Describe how a major milestone in science or technology has revolutionized the thinking of the time (e.g., global positioning system, telescopes, seismographs, photography).
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Analyze the impact of a major scientific development occurring within the past decade.
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Analyze the use of technology in science-related careers.
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Apply the following scientific processes to other problem solving or decision making situations: observing, questioning, communicating, comparing, measuring, classifying, predicting, organizing data, inferring, generating hypotheses, identifying variables.
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Analyze environmental risks (e.g., pollution, destruction of habitat) caused by human interaction with biological or geological systems.
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Analyze environmental benefits of the following human interactions with biological or geological systems: reforestation, habitat restoration, and construction of dams.
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Propose viable methods of responding to an identified need or problem.
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Compare solutions to best address an identified need or problem.
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Design and construct a solution to an identified need or problem using simple classroom materials.
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Describe a scientific discovery that influences technology.
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Describe how the rock and fossil record show that environmental conditions have changed over geologic and recent time.
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Explain the rock cycle.
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Distinguish the components and characteristics of the rock cycle for the following types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary.
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Explain the seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres in terms of the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the Earth's revolution around the Sun.