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Tularosa Municipal School District: |
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Tularosa Grade 6 |
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Science - Grade 6 Q1 |
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Scientific Thinking/ Practice Strand 1
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Process Scientific investigators
The learner will be able to
understand the processes of scientific investigations and use inquiry and scientific ways of observing, experimenting, predicting, and validating to think critically.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I |
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Scientific Method Develop Questions
The learner will be able to
use scientific methods to develop questions, design and conduct experiments using appropriate technologies, analyze and evaluate results, make predictions and communicate findings.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I |
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Construct appropriate Graphs
The learner will be able to
construct appropriate graphs from data and develop qualitative and quantitative
statements about the relationships between variables being investigated.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.1.1 |
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reasonableness/Scientific Explanation
The learner will be able to
examine the reasonableness of data supporting a proposed scientific explanation.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.1.2 |
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Justify Predications
The learner will be able to
justify predictions and conclusions based on data.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.1.3 |
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Inquiry/Scientific Knowledge
The learner will be able to
understand the processes of scientific investigation and how scientific inquiry results in scientific knowledge.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II |
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Knowledge Continually Reviewed
The learner will be able to
understand that scientific knowledge is continually reviewed, critiqued, and revised as
new data become available.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 6.2.1 |
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Scientific Investigations/Common Process
The learner will be able to
understand that scientific investigations use common processes that include the
collection of relevant data and observations, accurate measurements, the identification and control of variables, and logical reasoning to formulate hypotheses and explanations.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 6.2.2 |
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Not all Results Defensible
The learner will be able to
understand that not all investigations result in defensible scientific explanations.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 6.2.3 |
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Use Mathematical Tools
The learner will be able to
use mathematical ideas, tools, and techniques to understand scientific
knowledge.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III |
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Evaluate/Usefulness Relevance
The learner will be able to
evaluate the usefulness and relevance of data to an investigation.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 6.3.1 |
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Probabilities/Patterns
The learner will be able to
use probabilities, patterns, and relationships to explain data and observations.
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Scope |
Source |
| Scientific Knowledge |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 6.3.2 |
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Content of Science Strand II
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Structure/Properties Matter
The learner will be able to
understand the structure and properties of matter, the characteristics of energy, and the interactions between matter and energy.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I |
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Forms/Properties Matter
The learner will be able to
know the forms and properties of matter and how matter interacts.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I |
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Substances/Characteristics Properties
The learner will be able to
understand that substances have characteristic properties and identify the properties of
various substances (e.g., density, boiling point, solubility, chemical reactivity).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.1.1 |
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Properties/Identify Substances
The learner will be able to
use properties to identify substances (e.g., for minerals: the hardness, streak, color,
reactivity to acid, cleavage, fracture).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.1.2 |
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Known Elements
The learner will be able to
know that there are about 100 known elements that combine to produce compounds in
living organisms and nonliving substances.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.1.3 |
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Chemical/Physical Properties
The learner will be able to
know the differences between chemical and physical properties and how these properties can influence the interactions of matter.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.1.4 |
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Conservation of Energy
The learner will be able to
explain the physical processes involved in the transfer, change, and conservation of energy.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II |
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Energy Types
The learner will be able to
identify various types of energy (e.g., heat, light, mechanical, electrical, chemical,
nuclear).
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 6.2.1 |
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Energy Transfered
The learner will be able to
understand that heat energy can be transferred through conduction, radiation and convection.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 6.2.2 |
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Energy Created/Destroyed
The learner will be able to
know that there are many forms of energy transfer but that the total amount of energy is conserved (i.e., that energy is neither created nor destroyed).
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 6.2.3 |
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Energy Travels in Waves
The learner will be able to
understand that some energy travels as waves (e.g., seismic, light, sound), including:
• the sun as source of energy for many processes on Earth
• different wavelengths of sunlight (e.g., visible, ultraviolet, infrared) vibrations of matter (e.g., sound, earthquakes)
• different speeds through different materials.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 6.2.4 |
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Forces Produce Motion
The learner will be able to
describe and explain forces that produce motion in objects.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III |
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Exerts Gravitational Force
The learner will be able to
know that every object exerts gravitational force on every other object dependent on the masses and distance of separation (e.g., motions of celestial objects, tides).
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 6.3.1 |
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Gravitational Force Hard to Detect
The learner will be able to
know that gravitational force is hard to detect unless one of the objects (e.g., Earth) has a lot of mass.
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Scope |
Source |
| Physical Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 6.3.2 |
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