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Third Grade |
| CSCS (3) 5d |
Predict the outcome of a simple investigation
and compare the result with the prediction. |
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| CMCS C (3) 1.1 |
Choose appropriate
tools & units and estimate
and measure length, liquid volume, and weight/mass of given objects. |
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Fourth Grade
|
| CSCS (4) 1c |
Students know electric currents produce
magnetic fields and know how to build a simple electromagnet. |
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| CSCS (4) 1e |
Students know electrically charged
objects attract or repel each other. |
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| CSCS (4) 1f |
Students know that magnets have two
poles (north and south) and that like poles repel each other while
unlike poles attract each other. |
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| CSCS (4) 6a |
Students will select and use appropriate
tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances,
spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect
data, and display data. |
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| CSCS (4) 6b |
Measure and estimate the weight,
length, or volume of objects. |
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| CSCS (4) 6c |
Formulate and justify predictions
based on cause-and-effect relationships. |
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| CSCS (4) 6d |
Conduct multiple trials to test a
prediction and draw conclusions about the relationships between predictions
and results. |
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| CSCS (4) 6e |
Construct and interpret graphs from
measurements. |
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|
| CMCS D (4) 1.0 |
Organize, represent, and interpret
numerical & categorical data & communicate findings. |
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Fifth
Grade |
| CSCS (5) 1a |
Students know that during chemical
reactions the atoms in the reactants rearrange to form products with
different properties. |
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| CSCS (5) 6c |
Plan and conduct a simple investigation
based on a student-developed question and write instructions others
can follow to carry out the procedure. |
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| CSCS (5) 6e |
Identify a single independent variable
in a scientific investigation and explain how this variable can be
used to collect information to answer a question about the results
of the experiment. |
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| CSCS (5) 6g |
Record data using appropriate graphic
representations (including charts, graphs, and labeled diagrams)
and make inferences based on those data. |
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| CSCS (5) 6h |
Students will draw conclusions from
scientific evidence and indicate whether further information is needed
to support a specific conclusion. |
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|
| CMCS D (5) 1.2 |
Organize & display single-variable
data in appropriate graphs and representations. |
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Sixth
Grade |
| CSCS (6) 1a |
Students know evidence of plate tectonics
is derived from the fit of the continents; the location of earthquakes,
volcanoes, and midocean ridges; and the distribution of fossils,
rock types, and ancient climatic zones. |
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| CSCS (6) 1b |
Students know Earth is composed of
several layers: a cold, brittle lithosphere; a hot, convecting mantle;
and a dense, metallic core. |
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| CSCS (6) 1c |
Students know lithospheric plates
the size of continents and oceans move at rates of centimeters per
year in response to movements in the mantle. |
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| CSCS (6) 1e |
Students know major geologic events,
such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building, result
from plate motions. |
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|
| CSCS (6) 3 |
Heat moves in a predictable flow
from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the
same temperature. |
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|
| CSCS (6) 3c |
Students know heat flows in solids
by conduction (which involves no flow of matter) and in fluids by
conduction and by convection (which involves flow of matter). |
| |
|
| CSCS (6) 4c |
Students know heat from Earth's interior
reaches the surface primarily through
convection. |
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|
| CSCS (6) 6e |
Recognize whether evidence is consistent
with a proposed explanation. |
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|
| CSCS (6) 7a |
Develop a hypothesis. |
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|
| CSCS (6) 7b |
Students will select and use appropriate
tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances,
spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect
data, and display data. |
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|
| CSCS (6) 7f |
Read a topographic map and a geologic
map for evidence provided on the maps and construct and interpret
a simple scale map. |
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Seventh
Grade |
| CSCS (7) 7a |
Students will select and use appropriate
tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances,
spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect
data, and display data. |
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| CSCS (7) 7b |
Use a variety of print and electronic
resources (WWW) to collect information and evidence as part of a
research project. |
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| CSCS (7) 7c |
Students will communicate the logical
connection among hypotheses, science concepts, tests conducted, data
collected, and conclusions drawn from the scientific evidence. |
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| CSCS (7) 7d |
Construct scale models, maps, and
appropriately labeled diagrams to communicate scientific knowledge
(e. g., motion of Earth's plates and cell structure). |
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| CSCS (7) 7e |
Students will communicate the steps
and results from an investigation in written
reports and oral presentations. |
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Eighth Grade |
| CSCS (8) 5b |
In chemical reactions, the number
of atoms stays the same no matter how they are arranged, so total
mass is same. |
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|
| CSCS (8) 8a |
Students know density is mass per
unit volume. |
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| CSCS (8) 8b |
Students know how to calculate the
density of substances (regular and irregular solids and liquids)
from measurements of mass and volume. |
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| CSCS (8) 8c |
Students know the buoyant force on
an object in a fluid is an upward force equal to the weight of the
fluid the object has displaced. |
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|
| CSCS (8) 8d |
Students know how to predict whether
an object will float or sink. |
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|
| CSCS (8) 9a |
Plan and conduct a scientific investigation
to test a hypothesis. |
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Ninth
- Twelfth Grades |
CSCS (9-12)
Investigation
and
Experimentation 1g |
Recognize the usefulness and limitations
of models and theories as scientific representations of reality. |
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CSCS (9-12)
Earth Sciences
4c |
Students know the different atmospheric
gases that absorb the Earth's thermal radiation and the mechanism
and significance of the greenhouse effect. |
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CSCS (9-12)
Earth Sciences
4d |
Students know the differing greenhouse
conditions on Earth, Mars, and Venus; the origins of those conditions;
and the climatic consequences of each. |
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|
CSCS (9-12)
Earth Sciences
7b |
Students know the global carbon cycle:
the different physical and chemical forms of carbon in the atmosphere,
oceans, biomass, fossil fuels, and the movement of carbon among these
reservoirs. |
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|
CSCS (9-12)
Earth Science
8b |
Students know how the composition
of Earth's atmosphere has evolved over geologic time and know the
effect of outgassing, the variations of carbon dioxide concentration,
and the origin of atmospheric oxygen. |
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CSCS(9-12)
Physics 3f |
Students know the explanation for
the location and properties of volcanoes that are due to hot spots
and the explanation for those that are due to subduction. |
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CSCS(9-12)
Physics 5f |
Students know magnetic materials
and electric currents (moving electric charges) are sources of
magnetic fields and are subject to forces arising from the magnetic
fields of other sources. |
| Lesson Number/Title |
California Science Standards |
California Math Standards |
| 1: Geology Training Module |
Meets:
CSCS(4) 6 c
CSCS (6) 1c
CSCS (7) 7b,c
Partially Meets:
CSCS(6) 1b
CSCS (6) 7b
CSCS (7) 7a
CSCS(4)
6a
CSCS (5) 6h
CSCS (7) 7e
Addresses:
|
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses: |
| 2: Temperature, Pressure, and the
Earth |
Meets:
CSCS (4) 6d, e
CSCS (6) 7a
Partially Meets:
CSCS (7) 7c
Addresses:
CSCS (5) 6c, e
CSCS (6) 1b |
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses:
CMCS D (4) 1.0
CMCS D (5) 1.2 |
| 3: Density |
Meets:
CSCS (8) 8a, d
CSCS (6) 7a
CSCS (3) 5d
Partially Meets:
CSCS (4) 6c,d
Addresses:
CSCS (8) 8 b, c |
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses:
CMCS C (3) 1.1 |
| 4: Convection in the Earth |
Meets:
CSCS (6) 4c
CSCS (5) 6g
CSCS (6) 3
CSCS
(6) 7a
CSCS (8) 9a
Partially Meets:
CSCS(6) 3c
CSCS (4) 6b
Addresses: |
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses:
CMCS D (4) 1.0
CMCS D (5) 1.2 |
| 5: Plate Tectonics and Volcanism |
Meets:
CSCS (3) 5d
CSCS (6) 1c, b
CSCS (7) 7d
CSCS
(9-12) Investigation and Experimentation 1g
Partially Meets:
CSCS (6) 1e
CSCS (9-12) Earth Sciences 3f
Addresses:
CSCS (6) 1a
CSCS (6) 7f |
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses: |
| 6: Carbon Cycle |
Meets:
CSCS(7) 7d
CSCS (8) 5b
CSCS (5) 1a
Partially Meets:
CSCS (9-12) Earth Sciences 7b
CSCS (9-12) Earth
Sciences 4c
Addresses:
CSCS (9-12) Earth Science 8b
CSCS (9-12) Earth Sciences
4d |
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses: |
| 7: Magnetic Field and Life |
Meets:
CSCS (4) 1f, c
CSCS(9-12) Physics 5f
Partially Meets:
CSCS (4) 1e
CSCS (4) 6d
CSCS (6) 6e
CSCS
(7) 7b
Addresses: |
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses: |
| 8: Geology Conclusions: Summarizing
Learning |
Meets:
CSCS(6) 1b, c
Partially Meets:
CSCS(6) 3c
CSCS (6) 1e
CSCS(9-12) Earth
Sciences 7b
Addresses: |
Meets:
Partially Meets:
Addresses: |
