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Observe patterns of forms and events to guide organization and classification.

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Determine in natural and built systems alike, how the conditions of stability and rates of change provide the focus for understanding how the system operates and causes for changes in system.

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Analyze & interpret an object’s structure and shape determine many of its properties and functions.

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Energy & Matter: Flows, Cycles, & Conservation

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Energy & Matter: Flows, Cycles, & Conservation

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Track fluxes of energy and matter into, out of, and within systems in order to understand the system’s possibilities and limitations.

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Specify boundaries and make explicit a model of that system that will provide tools for understanding and testing ideas that are applicable throughout science and engineering.

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Recognize what is relevant at different measures of size, time, and energy and to recognize how changes in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system’s structure or performance.

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Investigate causal relationships and the mechanisms by which they are mediated to predict and explain events in new contexts.

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Evaluate the validity & reliability of multiple claims that appear in scientific & technical texts or media reports, verifying the data when possible & communicate findings in multiple formats including orally, graphically, textually, & mathematically.

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Create an argument based on appropriate & sufficient evidence & scientific reasoning to defend & critique claims & explanations about natural & designed worlds.  Arguments may also come from current scientific or historical episodes in science.

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Constructing Explanations & Designing Solutions

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Constructing Explanations & Designing Solutions

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Construct an explanation based on valid & reliable evidence obtained from a variety of sources including students’ own investigations, models, theories, simulations, & peer review in order to design real-world solutions.

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Using Mathematics & Computational Thinking

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Using Mathematics & Computational Thinking

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Utilize mathematical thinking to apply concepts of statics to create representations of phenomena, analyze data, or design solutions to support evidence-based explanations.

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Analyze & interpret scientific data in order to form detailed statistical analyses, a comparison of data sets for consistency, & use models to generate & analyze data.

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Engage both individually & collaboratively in planning & carrying out investigations to produce data to serve as evidence, & in the design, decide on types of data needed to produce reliable results, & consider limitations on the data.

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Engage in questioning to formulate, refine, & evaluate empirically testable questions & design investigations based on scientific problems to find real-world applications & solutions.

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Use, synthesize, & develop models to predict & show relationships among variables between systems & their components in the natural & designed worlds.