Science - Unified Science Q1

Science

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Tularosa Municipal School District:

Tularosa HS Science

Science - Unified Science Q1

Goals and Descriptions

Research and Inquiry | Scientific Thinking /Practice Strand 1 | Scientific Thinking/ Practice Strand 1 | Strand III Science and Society

Research and Inquiry

Measurement: Recognize/Methods
The learner will be able to recognize proper measurement methods.

Strand	Scope	Source
Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 5.B.2

Measurement: Physical World
The learner will be able to comprehend the physical world through the idea of measurement.

Strand	Scope	Source
Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 4

Measurement: Methods/Alternative
The learner will be able to talk about alternative methods of measurement.

Strand	Scope	Source
Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 5.B.2

Measurement: Technology/Describe
The learner will be able to describe how human perception of nature is expanded by measurement technology.

Strand	Scope	Source
Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 4.C.1

Measurement: Use/Methods
The learner will be able to use proper methods of measurement.

Strand	Scope	Source
Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 5.B.2

Measurement: Methods/Mistakes
The learner will be able to contemplate potential effects of measurement mistakes in the assessment of measurement methods.

Strand	Scope	Source
Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 5.B.2

Instruments: Measurement/Choose
The learner will be able to choose the proper kind of instrument for measuring objects in a given problem or situation.

Strand	Scope	Source
Instruments: Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 4.C

Instruments: Measurement/Utilize
The learner will be able to utilize the proper kind of tool for measuring objects in a given problem or situation.

Strand	Scope	Source
Instruments: Measurement	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 4.C

Investigations: Methods/Use/School
The learner will be able to use the scientific method in day-to-day life within the school setting.

Strand	Scope	Source
Investigations: Methods	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 5.A

Investigations: Methods/Use
The learner will be able to use the scientific method in day-to-day life outside of school.

Strand	Scope	Source
Investigations: Methods	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 5.A

Inquiry: Understand/Methods
The learner will be able to understand methods of scientific inquiry.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Inquiry	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 6

Terminology: Use/Experiments/Activities
The learner will be able to use proper terms and concepts in planning experiments and discussing the outcomes of several activities connected to performance standards, including the following: theory, principle, law, model, paradigm, and hypothesis.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Terminology	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 2.B.2

Investigations: Scientific/Questions
The learner will be able to recognize cause and effect questions that direct scientific explorations.

Strand	Scope	Source
Investigations	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 6.A.1

Investigations: Scientific/Concepts
The learner will be able to recognize cause and effect concepts that direct scientific explorations.

Strand	Scope	Source
Investigations	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 6.A.1

Terminology: Describe/Meanings
The learner will be able to describe the scientific meanings of the following terms: law, hypothesis, paradigm, theory, model, and principle.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Terminology	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 2.B.1

Terminology: Distinguish/Meanings
The learner will be able to distinguish between the scientific meanings of the following terms: paradigm, theory, principle, law, model, and hypothesis.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Terminology	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 2.B.1

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Scientific Thinking /Practice Strand 1

Understand Process/Investigations
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 Method	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard 1

Understand Consistency of Data
The learner will be able to understand how scientific processes produce valid, reliable results, including: consistency of explanations with data and observations openness to peer review full disclosure and examination of assumptions testability of hypotheses repeatability of experiments and reproducibility of results.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard I Benchmark II 9.2.1

Use Scientific Reasoning
The learner will be able to use scientific reasoning and valid logic to recognize: faulty logic cause and effect the difference between observation and unsubstantiated inferences and conclusions potential bias.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark II (a) 9.2.2

Scientific Logic/Past Events
The learner will be able to examine the scientific processes and logic used in investigations of past events (e.g., using data from crime scenes, fossils), investigations that can be planned in advance but are only done once (e.g., expensive or time-consuming experiments such as medical clinical trials), and investigations of phenomena that can be repeated easily and frequently.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 9.2.6

Use Appropriate Technologies
The learner will be able to use appropriate technologies to collect, analyze, and communicate scientific data (e.g., computers, calculators, balances, microscopes).

Strand	Scope	Source
scientific Method	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard I Benchmark I 9.1.3

Understand/Theories Used
The learner will be able to understand how scientific theories are used to explain and predict natural phenomena (e.g., plate tectonics, ocean currents, structure of atom).

Strand	Scope	Source
scientific Method	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard I Benchmark I 9.1.5

Knowledge Continually/Evaluated
The learner will be able to understand that scientific processes produce scientific knowledge that is continually evaluated, validated, revised, or rejected.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard II Benchmark II

Collect,Analyze, and Interpret Data
The learner will be able to use accepted scientific methods to collect, analyze, and interpret data and observations and to design and conduct scientific investigations and communicate results.

Strand	Scope	Source
scientific Method	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard 1 Benchmark I 9.1

Describe Essential Components
The learner will be able to describe the essential components of an investigation, including appropriate methodologies, proper equipment, and safety precautions.

Strand	Scope	Source
scientific Method	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard I Benchmark I 9.1.1

Describe and Conduct
The learner will be able to design and conduct scientific investigations that include: testable hypotheses controls and variables methods to collect, analyze, and interpret data results that address hypotheses being investigated predictions based on results re-evaluation of hypotheses and additional experimentation as necessary error analysis.

Strand	Scope	Source
scientific Method	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard I Benchmark I 9.1.2

Convey Results
The learner will be able to convey results of investigations using scientific concepts, methodologies, and expressions, including: scientific language and symbols diagrams, charts, and other data displays mathematical expressions and processes (e.g., mean, median, slope, proportionality) clear, logical, and concise communication reasoned arguments.

Strand	Scope	Source
scientific Method	Master	NM: State Standards:(a) Standard I Benchmark I 9.1.4

Understand New Data
The learner will be able to understand how new data and observations can result in new scientific knowledge.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 9.2.3

Critically Analyze
The learner will be able to critically analyze an accepted explanation by reviewing current scientific knowledge.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 9.2.4

Explain Current Interest in Science
The learner will be able to examine investigations of current interest in science (e.g., superconductivity, molecular machines, age of the universe).

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) II 9.2.5

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Scientific Thinking/ Practice Strand 1

Identify/Apply Measurement Techniques
The learner will be able to identify and apply measurement techniques and consider possible effects of measurement errors.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 9.3.4

Use Mathematics/Express/Establish
The learner will be able to use mathematics to express and establish scientific relationships (e.g., scientific notation, vectors, dimensional analysis).

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Benchmark(a) Standard III 9.3.5

Use Mathematical Concepts
The learner will be able to use mathematical concepts, principles, and expressions to analyze data, develop models, understand patterns and relationships, evaluate findings, and draw conclusions.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 9.3

Create Multiple Displays
The learner will be able to create multiple displays of data to analyze and explain the relationships in scientific investigations.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 9.3.1

Use Mathematical Models
The learner will be able to use mathematical models to describe, explain, and predict natural phenomena.

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 9.3.2

Use Technologies/Quantify
The learner will be able to use technologies to quantify relationships in scientific hypotheses (e.g., calculators, computer spreadsheets and databases, graphing software, simulations, modeling).

Strand	Scope	Source
Scientific Knowledge	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) III 9.3.3

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Strand III Science and Society

Science Influence
The learner will be able to understand how scientific discoveries, inventions, practices, and knowledge influence, and are influenced by, individuals and societies.

Strand	Scope	Source
Science Discoveries	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I

Science Discoveries
The learner will be able to examine and analyze how scientific discoveries and their applications affect the world, and explain how societies influence scientific investigations and applications.

Strand	Scope	Source
Science Discoveries	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I

Science Enable Technology
The learner will be able to know how science enables technology but also constrains it, and recognize the difference between real technology and science fiction (e.g., rockets vs. antigravity machines; nuclear reactors vs. perpetual-motion machines; medical X-rays vs. Star-Trek tricorders).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Technology	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.1

Advances in Technology
The learner will be able to understand how advances in technology enable further advances in science (e.g., microscopes and cellular structure; telescopes and understanding of the universe).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Technology	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.2

Influence of Technology/Society
The learner will be able to evaluate the influences of technology on society (e.g., communications, petroleum, transportation, nuclear energy, computers, medicine, genetic engineering) including both desired and undesired effects, and including some historical examples (e.g., the wheel, the plow, the printing press, the lightning rod).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Technology	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.3

Scientific Foundations of Technology
The learner will be able to understand the scientific foundations of common technologies (e.g., kitchen appliances, radio, television, aircraft, rockets, computers, medical X-rays, selective breeding, fertilizers and pesticides, agricultural equipment).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Technology	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.4

Digital Technologies
The learner will be able to analyze the impact of digital technologies on the availability, creation, and dissemination of information.

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Technology	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.6

Scientific Knowledge
The learner will be able to describe how scientific knowledge helps decision makers with local, national, and global challenges (e.g., Waste Isolation Pilot Project [WIPP], mining, drought, population growth, alternative energy, climate change).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Society	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.9

Scientific Perspectives
The learner will be able to describe major historical changes in scientific perspectives (e.g., atomic theory, germs, cosmology, relativity, plate tectonics, evolution) and the experimental observations that triggered them.

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Society	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.10

Science Produced Knowledge
The learner will be able to identify how science has produced knowledge that is relevant to individual health and material prosperity.

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Individuals	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.15

Important Questions
The learner will be able to identify important questions that science cannot answer (e.g., questions that are beyond today's science, decisions that science can only help to make, questions that are inherently outside of the realm of science).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Individuals	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.17

Science Careers
The learner will be able to know that science plays a role in many different kinds of careers and activities (e.g., public service, volunteers, public office holders, researchers, teachers, doctors, nurses, technicians, farmers, ranchers).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Individuals	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.19

Characteristics in Common
The learner will be able to understand that scientists have characteristics in common with other individuals (e.g., employment and career needs, curiosity, desire to perform public service, greed, preconceptions and biases, temptation to be unethical, core values including honesty and openness).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Individuals	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.18

Social Factors
The learner will be able to know that societal factors can promote or constrain scientific discovery (e.g., government funding, laws and regulations about human cloning and genetically modified organisms, gender and ethnic bias, AIDS research, alternative-energy research).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Society	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.11

Reasonable People
The learner will be able to understand that reasonable people may disagree about some issues that are of interest to both science and religion (e.g., the origin of life on Earth, the cause of the Big Bang, the future of Earth).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Individuals	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.16

Human Activities
The learner will be able to describe how human activities have affected ozone in the upper atmosphere and how it affects health and the environment.

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Technology	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.7

New Mexico's Role/Nuclear Science
The learner will be able to describe New Mexico's role in nuclear science (e.g., Manhattan Project, WIPP, national laboratories).

Strand	Scope	Source
Science and Society	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.14

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