extend the results of investigations or challenge claims.
This is a new expectation in 2014 standards
Develop, use, and refine models
Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations
Analyze and interpret data from informational texts, observations, measurements, or investigations
Construct explanations of phenomena using
Obtain and evaluate scientific information
Communicate using the conventions and expectations of scientific writing or oral presentations
any modification to the natural world created to fulfill the wants and needs of humans
Construct devices or design solutions using scientific knowledge to solve specific problems or needs
Develop and use models to exemplify the properties of the atmosphere
Critically analyze scientific arguments based on evidence for and against how different phenomena (natural and human induced) may contribute to the composition of Earth’s atmosphere
Construct explanations
Analyze and interpret data from weather conditions
predict local weather patterns and conditions
Develop and use models to
air masses, high and low pressure systems, and frontal boundaries
global winds, the jet stream, and ocean currents
Construct explanations for how climate is determined
latitude, elevation, shape of the land, distance from water, global winds, and ocean currents
properties of energy
Develop and use models
Develop and use models to exemplify how magnetic fields produced by electrical energy flow
Develop and use models
(1) obtain and use resources for energy, (2) respond to stimuli, (3) reproduce, and (4) grow and develop
protists
compare and classify innate and learned behaviors
Includes the protist and fungi kingdoms
structures, processes, and responses that allow protists, fungi, and plants to survive and reproduce
The Protist Kingdom is one of the most diverse groups and includes organisms that have characteristics similar to but are not classified as plants, animals, or fungi. These microorganisms live in moist environments and vary in how they obtain energy and move.
Fungi can be grouped by their growth habit or fruiting structure and respond to changes in the environmental stimuli similar to plants
Analyze and interpret data from observations to compare how the structures of protists (including euglena, paramecium, and amoeba) and fungi allow them to obtain energy and explore their environment.
Analyze and interpret data to describe how fungi respond to external stimuli (including temperature, light, touch, water, and gravity).
Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to determine how changes in environmental factors (such as air, water, light, minerals, or space) affect the growth and development of a flowering plant