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MSDE Science Core Learning Goals

These classroom and laboratory activities meet several of the MSDE Science Core Learning Goals:

Goal 1: Skills and Processes: The student will demonstrate ways of thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science.

The student will use the language and instruments of science to collect, organize, interpret, calculate, and communicate

information.

3. Expectation: The student will carry out scientific investigations effectively and employ the instruments, systems

of measurement and material of science appropriately.

Indicators of Learning:

1) The students will develop skills in using lab and field equipment to perform investigative techniques

2) The student will demonstrate safe handling of the chemicals and materials of science appropriately

3) The student will learn the use of new instruments and equipment by following instructions in a manual

or from oral direction

4. Expectation: The student will demonstrate that data analysis is a vital aspect of the processes of scientific inquiry

and communication.

Indicators of Learning:

1) The student will use analyzed data to evaluate a hypothesis

8) The student will use models and computer simulations to represent systems

5. Expectation: The student will use appropriate methods for communicating in writing and orally the processes

and results of scientific investigation.

Indicators of Learning:

1) The student will demonstrate the ability of summarize data, investigate results, scientific concepts and

processes through drawing, written and/or oral communication

2) The students will use tables, graphs, and charts to display data in making arguments and claims in

both written and oral communication

3) The student will create and interpret scale drawings

5) The student will read a technical report and interpret it appropriately

Goal 3: Concepts of Biology: The student will demonstrate the ability to use the scientific skills and processes and major

biological concepts to explain the uniqueness and interdependence of living organisms, their interactions with the

environment, and the continuation of life on earth.

5. Expectation: The student will explain the mechanism of evolution change.

Indicators of Learning:

The student will estimate degrees of kinship among organisms or species

Goal 4: Concepts of Chemistry: The student will demonstrate the ability to use scientific skills and processes to explain

composition and interactions of matter in the world in which we live.

5. Expectation: The student will explain how the observation of the properties of matter forms the basis for

understanding its structure and changes in its structure.

Indicators of Learning:

1) The student will select and use appropriate devices to measure directly or indirectly the length, mass,

volume, or temperature of a substance.

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