Mr. Ghist's Science Page 

Platte Canyon High School
Bailey, Colorado

Science Standards

SCIENCE STANDARDS
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Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.

BENCHMARKS

  • asking questions and stating hypotheses, using prior scientific knowledge to help guide their development

  • creating and defending a written plan of action for a scientific investigation

  • selecting and using appropriate technologies to gather, process, and analyze data and to report information related to an investigation

  • identifying major sources of error or uncertainty within an investigation (for example, particular measuring devices and experimental procedures)

  • constructing and revising scientific explanations and models, using evidence, logic, and experiments that include identifying and controlling variables

  • communicating and evaluating scientific thinking that leads to particular conclusions

  • recognizing and analyzing alternative explanations and models

  • explaining the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific hypothesis

 
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

Guiding questions:

· How do scientists ask questions that help them learn about the world?

· How do scientists design and conduct investigations that answer their questions?

· How do scientists evaluate data derived from the investigation?

· How do scientists communicate their findings to others?

 

Expectations:

Asking questions and stating hypotheses, using prior scientific knowledge to help guide their development;

Creating and defending a written plan of action for a scientific investigation;

Selecting and using appropriate technologies to gather, process, and analyze data and to report information related to an investigation;

Identifying major sources of error or uncertainty within an investigation (e.g., particular measuring devices and experimental procedures);

Constructing and revising scientific explanations and models, using evidence, logic, and experiments that include identifying and controlling variables;

Communicating and evaluating scientific thinking that leads to particular conclusions;

Recognizing and analyzing alternative explanations and models;

Explaining the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific hypothesis.

     
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