Division B (Grades 6-9) Events to Georgia State Science Standards

 Note: Since Division B is Grades 6-9, standards for grades 6-8 and standards for courses that could be taught in the 9 th grade are listed by courses for each Science Olympiad Event.

 Anatomy

S7L2c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms.

S7L2d. Explain that tissues, organs, and organ systems serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and waste removal.

S7L2e. Explain the role of the major organ systems in the human body.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S7CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as predator/prey relationships in a community/ecosystem.

S7CS5b. S8CS5b. Understand that different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) can be used to represent the same thing.

 Awesome Aquifer

S6CS2a. S7CS2a. S8CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2.b. S7CS2b. S8CS2b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS2c. S7CS2c. S8CS2c. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Use appropriate tools for measuring objects and/or substances.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S6CS5b. Identify several different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) that could be used to represent the same thing, and evaluate their usefulness, taking into account such things as the model's purpose and complexity.

S6CS6a. S7CS6a. S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S6E3a. Explain that a large portion of the Earth's surface is water, consisting of oceans, rivers, lakes, underground water, and ice.

S6E3b. Relate various atmospheric conditions to stages of the water cycle.

S6E5i. Describe methods for conserving natural resources such as water, soil, and air.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S7CS5b. S8CS5b. Understand that different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) can be used to represent the same thing.

S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

 Earth Systems, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology, Physical Science

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.

 Earth Systems

SES6b. Relate the distribution of biomes (terrestrial, freshwater, and marine) to climate regions through time.

SES6e. Identify the evolutionary innovations that most profoundly shaped animals and marine environments; land plants and terrestrial environment.

 Environmental Science, Biology

SCSh6a. Write clear, coherent laboratory reports related to scientific investigations.

SCSh6c. Use data as evidence to support scientific arguments and claims in written or oral presentations.

Balloon Race

S6CS2a. S7CS2a. S8CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2.b. S7CS2b. S8CS2b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS2c. S7CS2c. S8CS2. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S6CS6a. S7S6a. S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S6CS3b. Use metric input units (such as seconds, meters, or grams per milliliter) of scientific calculations to determine the proper unit for expressing the answer.

S7CS3c. S8CS3c. Apply the metric system to scientific investigation that includes metric to metric conversion (i.e., centimeters to meters).

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S8P1d. Distinguish between physical and chemical properties of matter as physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) or chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility).

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

S8P3c. Demonstrate the effect of simple machines (lever, inclined plane, pulley, wedge, screw, and wheel and axle) on work.

 Physical Science

SCSh8a. Scientific investigations control the conditions of their experiments in order to produce valuable data.

SPS2. Calculate density when given a means to determine a substance's mass and volume.

SPS8b. Apply Newton 's three laws to everyday situations by explaining relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.

Balloon Launch Glider

S6CS2a. S7CS2a. S8CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2b. S7CS2b. S8CS2b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S6CS9c. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S6CS9d. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry .

S6CS2c. S7CS2c. S8CS2c. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. L earn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S8CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as the role of simple machines in complex machines.

S7CS9e . Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

 Earth Systems, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SCSh6a. Write clear, coherent laboratory reports related to scientific investigations.

SCSh8a. Scientific investigations control the conditions of their experiments in order to produce valuable data.

Earth Systems, Physical Science

SCSh3b. Develop procedures for solving scientific problems.

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

 Crime Busters

S6CS2a. S7CS2a. S8CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2b. S7CS2b. S8CS2b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS2c. S7CS2c. S8CS2c. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S6CS6a. S7CS6a. S6CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S6CS6c. S7CS6c. S8CS6c. Organize scientific information using appropriate tables, charts, and graphs, and identify relationships they reveal.

S6CS9a . Scientific investigations are conducted for different reasons. They usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations.

S6CS9c. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S6CS9d. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S7CS9e . S8CS9e. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S7CS9f. S8CS9f. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S8P1b. Describe the difference between pure substances (elements and compound) and mixtures..

S8P1d. Distinguish between physical and chemical properties of matter as physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) or chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility).

S8P1e. Distinguish between changes in matter as physical (i.e., physical change) or chemical (i.e., development of a gas, formation of precipitate, and change in color).

Earth Systems, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.

SCSh3a. Suggest reasonable hypotheses for identified problems.

SCSh3b. Develop procedures for solving scientific problems.

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SCSh6a. Write clear, coherent laboratory reports related to scientific investigations.

SCSh6c. Use data as evidence to support scientific arguments and claims in written or oral presentations.

SCSh8a. Scientific investigators control the conditions of their experiments in order to produce valuable data.

Environmental Science, Biology

SCSh3f. Evaluate whether conclusions are reasonable by reviewing the process and checking against other available information.

Disease Detective

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS3a. S7CS3a. S8CS3a. Analyze scientific data by using, interpreting, and comparing numbers in several equivalent forms, such as integers and decimals.

S6CS9a . Scientific investigations are conducted for different reasons. They usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations.

S6CS9c. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S7CS9b . S8CS9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

S7CS9e . S8CS9e. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

Environmental Science, Biology

SCSh3a. Suggest reasonable hypotheses for identified problems.

SCSh3b. Develop procedures for solving scientific problems.

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SCSh6a. Write clear, coherent laboratory reports related to scientific investigations.

SCSh6b. Write clear, coherent accounts of current scientific issues including possible alternative interpretations of the data.

SCSh6c. Use data as evidence to support scientific arguments and claims in written or oral presentations.

SCSh8a. Scientific investigations control the conditions of their experiments in order to produce valuable data.

SCSh8b. Scientific researchers are expected to critically assess the quality of data including possible sources of bias in their investigations' hypotheses, observations, data analysis, and interpretations.

 Don't Bug Me

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS9a . Scientific investigations are conducted for different reasons. They usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations.

S7CS9b . S8CS9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

S7L1a. Demonstrate the process for the development of a dichotomous key.

S7L1b. Classify organisms based on a six-kingdom system and a dichotomous key.

Biology, Environmental Science

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.

SCSh6a. Write clear, coherent laboratory reports related to scientific investigations.

SCSh8b. Scientific researchers are expected to critically assess the quality of data including possible sources of bias in their investigations' hypotheses, observations, data analysis, and interpretations.

 Dynamic Planet: Oceanography

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS4a. S7CS4a. S8CS4a. Use appropriate technology to store and retrieve scientific information in topical, alphabetical, numerical, and keyword files, and create simple files.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S6CS5b. Identify several different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) that could be used to represent the same thing, and evaluate their usefulness, taking into account such things as the model's purpose and complexity.

S6CS6c. S7CS6c. S8CS6c. Organize scientific information using appropriate tables, charts, and graphs, and identify relationships they reveal.

S6CS7b. Recognize that there may be more than one way to interpret a given set of findings .

S6E3a. Explain that a large portion of the Earth's surface is water, consisting of oceans, rivers, lakes, underground water, and ice.

S6E3b. Relate various atmospheric conditions to stages of the water cycle.

S6CS3d. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S6CS9a . Scientific investigations are conducted for different reasons. They usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations.

S6CS9c. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S6CS9d. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S6E5c. Describe processes that change rocks and the surface of the Earth.

S7CS3c. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S7CS5b. S8CS5b. Understand that different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) can be used to represent the same thing.

S7CS9b . S8S9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

S7CS9e . S8CS9e. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S7CS9f. S8CS9f. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

Earth Systems, Physical Science

SCSh3a. Suggest reasonable hypotheses for identified problems.

SCSh3b. Develop procedures for solving scientific problems.

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SCSh6b. Write clear, coherent accounts of current scientific issues including possible alternative interpretations of the data.

SCSh8b. Scientific researchers are expected to critically assess the quality of data including possible sources of bias in their investigations' hypotheses, observations, data analysis, and interpretations.

SES3d. Relate the past and present actions of ice, wind, and water to the types and distributions of erosional depositional features in landscapes.

SES3e. Identify preserved erosional and depositional features and use them to reconstruct preexisting landscapes.

 Ecology

S6CS3d. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S6CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as weather systems, solar systems, and ocean systems including how the output from one part of a system (in the form of material, energy, or information) can become the input to other parts (e.g. Nino's effect on weather).

S6CS5b. Identify several different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) that could be used to represent the same thing, and evaluate their usefulness, taking into account such things as the model's purpose and complexity.

S6CS6a. S7CS6a. S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S6CS6c. S7CS6c. S8CS6c. Organize scientific information using appropriate tables, charts, and graphs, and identify relationships they reveal.

S6CS9c. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S6CS9d. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S7CS3c. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S7CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in the systems such as predator/prey relationships in a community/ecosystem.

S7CS5b. S8CS5b. Understand that different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) can be used to represent the same thing.

S7CS9b. S8S9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

S7CS9c. S8CS9c. Scientific experiments investigate the effect of one variable on another. All other variables are kept constant.

S7CS9e . S8CS9e. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S7CS9f. S8CS9f. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S8CS8b. Write for scientific purposes incorporating data from circle, bar, and line graphs, data tables, diagrams, and symbols.

S7L4a. Demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can recycle between organisms and their environments.

S7L4b. Explain in a food web that sunlight is the source of energy and that this energy moves from organism to organism.

S7L4c. Recognize that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species.

S7L4d. Categorize relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial.

S7L4e. Describe the characteristics of Earth's major terrestrial biomes (i.e., tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e., freshwater, estuaries, and marine).

Earth Systems

SES6b. Relate the distribution of biomes (terrestrial, freshwater, and marine) to climate regions through time.

SES6c. Identify the evolutionary innovations that most profoundly shaped animals and marine environments; land plants and terrestrial environments.

Environmental Science

SEV2b. Recognize and give examples of hierarchy of the biological entities of the biosphere (organism, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biosphere).

SEV3a. Describe interconnections between abiotic and biotic factors including normal cyclic changes in biomass, diversity, and complexity.

SEV3a. Describe interconnections between abiotic and biotic factors, including normal cyclic changes in biomass, diversity, and complexity.

SEV3c. Explain how succession may be altered by traumatic events.

SEV3d. Explain how biotic and abiotic influence populations.

SEV3e. Describe interactions between individuals (i.e., mutualism, commensalisms, parasitism, predation, and competition).

SEV5a. Describe factors affecting population growth of all organisms, including humans. Relate these to factors affecting growth rates and carrying capacity of the environment.

SEV5b. Describe the effects of population growth, demographic transitions, cultural differences, emergent diseases, etc. on societal stability.

SEV5c. Describe the actual and potential effects of habitat destruction, erosion, and depletion of soil fertility associated with agricultural practices.

SEV5d. Describe the effects and potential implications of pollution and resource depletion on the environment at the local and global levels (e.g., air and water pollution, solid waste disposal, depletion of the stratospheric ozone, global warning, and land use).

Biology

SCSh8b. Scientific researchers are expected to critically assess the quality of data including possible sources of bias in their investigations' hypotheses, observations, data analysis, and interpretations.

SB4a. Investigate the relationships among organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes.

SB4b. Explain the flow of matter and energy through ecosystems by

•  Arranging components of a food chain according to energy flow.

•  Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid.

•  Explaining the need for cycling of major nutrients (C,O,H,N,P).

SB4c. Relate environmental conditions to success ional changes in ecosystems.

SB4d. Assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide use, and water and power consumption.

SB4e. Relate plant adaptations, including tropisms, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions.

SB4f. Relate animal adaptations, including behaviors, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions.

Food Science

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS2a. S7CS2a. S8CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2.b. S7CS2b. S8CS2b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS2c. S7CS2c. S8CS2c. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S6CS3b. Use metric input units (such as seconds, meters, or grams per milliliter) of scientific calculations to determine the proper unit for expressing the answer.

S6CS3d. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S6CS6a. S7CS6a. S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S6CS6c. S7CS6c. S8CS6c. Organize scientific information using appropriate tables, charts, and graphs, and identify relationships they reveal.

S6CS9a. S8CS9a. Scientific investigations are conducted for different reasons. They usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations.

S6CS9c. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S6CS9d. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S7CS3c. S8CS3c. Apply the metric system to scientific investigation that includes metric to metric conversion (i.e., centimeters to meters).

S7CS3c. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S7CS6a. S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S7CS9b . S8CS9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

S7CS9c. S8CS9c. Scientific experiments investigate the effect of one variable on another. All other variables are kept constant.

S7CS9e . S8CS9e. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S7CS9f. S8CS9f. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S8CS9a. Investigations are conducted for different reasons, which involve exploring new phenomena, confirming previous results, testing how well a theory predicts, and comparing competing theories.

S8P1d. Distinguish between physical and chemical properties of matter as physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) or chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility).

S8P1e. Distinguish between changes in matter as physical (i.e., physical change) or chemical (i.e., development of a gas, formation of precipitate, and change in color).

Physical Science

SPS2. Calculate density when given a means to determine a substance's mass and volume.

Environmental Science, Biology

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations

SCSh3a. Suggest reasonable hypotheses for identified problems.

SCSh3b. Develop procedures for solving scientific problems.

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

SCSh5d. Express appropriate numbers of significant figures for calculated data, using scientific notation where appropriate.

 Heredity

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS3d. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S6CS6c. S7CS6c. S8CS6c. Organize scientific information using appropriate tables, charts, and graphs, and identify relationships they reveal.

S7CS3c. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S7L3a. Explain the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait.

S7L3b. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction in organisms (bacteria, protests, fungi, plants and animals).

S7L3c. Recognize that selective breeding can produce plants or animals with desired traits.

Biology

SB2a . Distinguish between DNA and RNA.

SB2b. Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information.

SB2c. Using Mendel's laws, explain the role of meiosis in reproductive variability.

SB2d. Describe the relationships between changes in DNA and potential appearance of new traits including:

•  Alterations during replication.

SB2e. Compare the advantages of sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction in different situations.

SB2f. Examine the use of DNA technology in forensics, medicine, and agriculture.

 Meteorology

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS3a. S7CS3a. S8C3a. Analyze scientific data by using, interpreting, and comparing numbers in several equivalent forms, such as integers and decimals .

S6CS3d. Draw conclusions based on analyzed data.

S6CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as weather systems, solar systems, and ocean systems including how the output from one part of a system (in the form of material, energy, or information) can become the input to other parts (e.g. Nino's effect on weather).

S6E4a. Demonstrate that land and water absorb and lose heat at different rates and explain the resulting effects on weather patterns.

S6E4b. Relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form large global wind systems and weather events such as tornados and thunderstorms.

S6E4c. Relate how moisture evaporating from the oceans affects the weather patterns and the weather events such as hurricanes.

S6CS9a. Scientific investigations are conducted for different reasons. They usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations.

S7CS5b. S8CS5b. Understand that different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) can be used to represent the same thing.

S7CS9b . S8CS9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

Earth Systems, Physical Science

SCSh3b. Develop procedures for solving scientific problems.

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

Earth Systems

SES5a. Explain how latitudinal variations in solar heating create atmospheric and ocean currents that redistribute heat globally.

SES5c . Relate weather patterns to interactions among ocean currents, air masses, and topography.

SES5d. Describe how temperature and precipitation produce the pattern of climate regions (classes) on Earth.

SES5e. Describe the hazards associated with extreme weather events and climate change (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, El Nino/La Nina, global warming).

 Metric Mastery

S6CS2a. S7CS2a. S8CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2.b. S7CS2b. S8CS2b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS2c. S7CS2c. S8CS2c. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S6CS3a. S7CS3a. S8CS3a. Analyze scientific data by using, interpreting, and comparing numbers in several equivalent forms, such as integers and decimals .

S6CS3c. Address the relationship between accuracy and precision and the importance of each.

S6CS3b. Use metric input units (such as seconds, meters, or grams per milliliter) of scientific calculations to determine the proper unit for expressing the answer.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S6CS9c. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

S6CS9d. Scientists use technology and mathematics to enhance the process of scientific inquiry.

S7CS3c. S8CS3c. Apply the metric system to scientific investigation that includes metric to metric conversion (i.e., centimeters to meters).

S7CS3e. S8CS3d. Decide what degree of precision is adequate, and round off appropriately.

S7CS3f. S8CS3e. Address the relationship between accuracy and precision and the importance of each.

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S7CS9e . S8CS9e. Accurate record keeping, data sharing, and replication of results are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society.

Earth Systems, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SCSh4a. Develop and use systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.

SCSh5. Students will demonstrate the computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and developing reasonable scientific explanations.

SCSh5c. Recognize appropriate numbers of significant figures for calculated data, using scientific notation where appropriate.

SCSh5d. Express appropriate numbers of significant figures for calculated data, using scientific notation where appropriate.

Biology

SCSh4b. Use technology to produce tables and graphs,

Physical Science

SPS9b. Relate frequency and wavelength to the energy of different types of electromagnetic waves and mechanical waves.

 Mission Possible

S8CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as the role of simple machines in complex machines.

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

Physical Science

SPS8e. Calculate amounts of work and mechanical advantage using simple machines.

 Road Scholar

S6CSb. Use metric input units (such as seconds, meters, or grams per milliliter) of scientific calculations to determine the proper unit for expressing the answer.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S6E3c . Describe the composition, location, and subsurface tography of the world's oceans.

S7CS3c. S8CS3c. Apply the metric system to scientific investigation that includes metric to metric conversion (i.e., centimeters to meters).

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

Earth Systems, Physical Science

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3d. Graphically compare and analyze data points and/or summary statistics

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Rocks and Minerals

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2.b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS2c. S7CS2c. S8CS2c. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S6CS3b. Use metric input units (such as seconds, meters, or grams per milliliter) of scientific calculations to determine the proper unit for expressing the answer.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S7CS3c. S8CS3c. Apply the metric system to scientific investigation that includes metric to metric conversion (i.e., centimeters to meters).

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S6E5c . Describe processes that change rocks and the surface of the Earth.

S6E5a. Compare and contrast the Earth's crust, mantle, and core including temperature, density, and composition.

S6E5b. Classify rocks by their process of formation.

S6E5d. Recognize that lithospheric plates constantly move and cause major geological events on the Earth's surface.

S6E5e. Explain the effects of physical processes (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, currents, and tides).

S6E5f . Describe how fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate of the Earth.

Earth Systems, Physical Science

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

SCSh8a. Students will apply the following to inquiry learning practices: scientific investigations control the conditions of their experiments in order to produce valuable data.

Earth Systems

SES1a. Describe the early evolution of the Earth and solar system, including the formation of Earth's solid layers (core, mantle, crust), the distribution of major elements, the origin of internal heat sources, and the initiation of plate tectonics.

SES1b. Explain how the composition of the Earth's crust, mantle and core is determined and compare it to that of other solar system objects.

SES1c. Describe how the decay of radioactive isotopes is used to determine the age of rocks, Earth, and solar system.

SES1e . Identify the transformations that make up the rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, and carbon cycle.

SES2a. Distinguish among types of plate tectonic settings produced by plates diverging, converging, and sliding past each other.

SES2d. Associate specific plate tectonic settings with the production of particular groups of igneous and metamorphic rocks and mineral resources.

SES2e. Explain how plate tectonic creates and destroys sedimentary basins through time.

SES3a. Describe how surface water and groundwater act as the major agents of physical and chemical weathering.

SES3b. Explain how soil results from weathering and biological processes acting on parent rock.

SES3c. Describe the processes and hazards associated with both sudden and gradual mass wasting.

SES3e. Identify preserved erosional and depositional features and use them to reconstruct preexisting landscapes.

SES4a. Describe and apply principles of relative age: superposition, original horizontality, cross-cutting relations, and original lateral continuity.

SES4b. Identify the features of each type of unconformity: disconformity, angular unconformity, and nonconformity .

SES4c . Interpret the geologic history of a succession of rocks and unconformities.

SES4d. Apply the principle of uniformitarianism to relate sedimentary rock associations and their fossils to the environments in which the rocks were deposited.

SES4e. Correlate discontinuous rock units using a variety of methods (e.g., the principle of fossil succession, radiometric dating, and paleomagnetism).

 Science Word

S6CS2a. S7CS2a. S8CS2a. Follow correct procedures for use of scientific apparatus.

S6CS2.b. S7CS2.b S8CS2b. Demonstrate appropriate techniques in all laboratory situations.

S6CS2c. S7CS2b. S8CSb. Follow correct protocol for identify and reporting safety problems and violations.

S6CS4c. Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various quantities.

S6CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as weather systems, solar systems, and ocean systems including how the output from one part of a system (in the form of material, energy, or information) can become the input to other parts (e.g. Nino's effect on weather).

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS4c. S8CS4c. Learn and use on a regular basis standard safety practices for scientific investigations.

S7CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in the systems such as predator/prey relationships in a community/ecosystem.

S8CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as the role of simple machines in complex machines.

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

Earth Systems, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biology

SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Physical Science

SPS8e. Calculate amounts of work and mechanical advantage using simple machines.

Simple Machines

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

S8CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as the role of simple machines in complex machines.

Physical Science

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SCSh6a. Write clear, coherent laboratory reports related to scientific investigations.

SPS8e. Calculate amounts of work and mechanical advantage using simple machines.

Solar System

S6CS1a. S7CS1a. S8CS1a. Understand the importance of-and keep-honest, clear, and accurate records in science.

S6CS4a. S7CS4a. S8CS4a. Use appropriate technology to store and retrieve scientific information in topical, alphabetical, numerical, and keyword files, and create simple files.

S6CS5a. Observe and explain how parts are related to other parts in systems such as weather systems, solar systems, and ocean systems including how the output from one part of a system (in the form of material, energy, or information) can become the input to other parts (e.g. Nino's effect on weather).

S6CS5b. Identify several different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) that could be used to represent the same thing, and evaluate their usefulness, taking into account such things as the model's purpose and complexity.

S6CS6c. S7CS6c. S8CS6c. Organize scientific information using appropriate tables, charts, and graphs, and identify relationships they reveal.

S6CS9a . Scientific investigations are conducted for different reasons. They usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations.

S6E1a. Relate the Nature of Science to the progression of basic historical scientific theories (geocentric and heliocentric) as they describe our solar system, and the Big Bang as it describes the formation of the universe.

S6E1b. Describe the position of the solar system in the Milky Way galaxy and the universe.

S6E1c. Compare and contrast the planets in terms of

•  Size relative to the Earth

•  Surface and atmospheric features

•  Relative distance from the sun

•  Ability to support life

S6E1d. Explain the motion of objects in the day/night sky in terms of relative position.

S6E1e . Explain that gravity is the force that governs the motion in the solar system.

S6E1f. Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.

S6E2a . Demonstrate the phases of the moon by showing the alignment of the earth, moon, and sun.

S6E2b. Explain the alignment of the earth, moon, and sun during solar and lunar eclipses.

S7CS5b. S8CS5b. Understand that different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) can be used to represent the same thing.

S7CS9b . S8CS9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

Earth Systems, Physical Science

SCSh3a. Suggest reasonable hypothesis for identified problems.

SCSh3b. Develop procedures for solving scientific problems.

SCSh3c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.

SCSh3d. Graphically compare and analyze data points and/or summary statistics.

SCSh3e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.

SCSh4 . Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Earth Systems

SES1b. Explain how the composition of the Earth's crust, mantle and core is determined and compare it to that of other solar system objects.

Storm the Castle

S7CS4b. S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S7CS9b . S8CS9b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of collected evidence.

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

Physical Science

SCSh4a. Develop and use systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.

SCSh4b. Use technology to produce tables and graphs.

SCSh4c. Use technology to develop, test, and revise experimental or mathematical models.

SCSh5a. Trace the source on any large disparity between estimated and calculated answers to problems.

SCSh5b. Consider possible effects of measurement errors on calculations.

SCSh8a. Scientific investigations control the conditions of their experiments in order to produce valuable data.

SPS8b. Apply Newton 's three laws to everyday situations by explaining relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.

 Tower Building

S8CS4b. Students will use the tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.

S8P3b. Demonstrate the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object in terms of gravity, inertia, and friction.

S8P5a. Recognize that every object exerts gravitational force on every other object.

Physical Science

SPS8c. Relate falling objects to gravitational force.

SPS8d. Explain the difference in mass and weight.

 Wheeled Vehicle

S8P3a. Determine the relationship between velocity and acceleration.

Physical Science

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SCSh8a. Scientific investigations control the conditions of their experiments in order to produce valuable data.

SPS8b. Apply Newton 's three laws to everyday situations by explaining relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.

SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

SPS8a. Calculate velocity and acceleration.

SPS8b. Apply Newton 's three laws to everyday situations by explaining the following: relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.

 Write It Do It

S6CS6a. S7CS6a. S8CS6a. Write clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific investigations, operating a piece of equipment, or following a procedure.

S6CS6b. Understand and describe how writing for scientific purposes is different from writing for literary purpose.

Earth Systems, Physical Science, Biology, Environmental Science

SCSh6a. Write clear, coherent laboratory reports related to scientific investigations.

SCSh6d Participate in group discussions of scientific investigation and current scientific issues.