National Standards
National Science Standards
Science
Science as Inquiry (12ASI)
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
12ASI1.3 Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications. A variety of technologies, such as hand tools, measuring instruments, and calculators, should be an integral component of scientific investigations. The use of computers for the collection, analysis, and display of data is also a part of this standard. Mathematics plays an essential role in all aspects of an inquiry. For example, measurement is used for posing questions, formulas are used for developing explanations, and charts and graphs are used for communicating results.
Understandings about scientific inquiry
12ASI2.3 Scientists rely on technology to enhance the gathering and manipulation of data. New techniques and tools provide new evidence to guide inquiry and new methods to gather data, thereby contributing to the advance of science. The accuracy and precision of the data, and therefore the quality of the exploration, depends on the technology used.
12ASI2.4 Mathematics is essential in scientific inquiry. Mathematical tools and models guide and improve the posing of questions, gathering data, constructing explanations and communicating results
Technology
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
B. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
6. Technology Operations and Concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:
A. understand and use technology systems.
Math
Number And Operations
- Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
- Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates
Measurement- Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
- Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates
Alaska Standards
Science
A Science as Inquiry and Process
A student should understand and be able to apply the processes and applications of scientific inquiry.
A student who meets the content standard should:
3) develop an understanding that culture, local knowledge, history, and interaction with the environment contribute to the development of scientific knowledge, and local applications provide opportunity for understanding scientific concepts and global issues.
D) Concepts of Earth Science
A student should understand and be able to apply the concepts, processes, theories, models, evidence, and systems of earth and space sciences.
A student who meets the content standard should:
2) develop an understanding of the origins, ongoing processes, and forces that shape the structure, composition, and physical history of the Earth;
Geography
A) A student should be able to make and use maps, globes, and graphs to gather, analyze, and report spatial (geographic) information.
A student who meets the content standard should:
4) use graphic tools and technologies to depict and interpret the world’s human and physical systems;
B) A student should be able to utilize, analyze, and explain information about the human and physical features of places and regions.
A student who meets the content standard should:
8) compare, contrast, and predict how places and regions change with time.
F) A student should be able to use geography to understand the world by interpreting the past, knowing the present, and preparing for the future.
A student who meets the content standard should:
2) compare, contrast, and predict how places and regions change with time;
Technology
A) A student should be able to operate technology-based tools.
A student who meets the content standard should:
2) use technological tools for learning, communications, and productivity;
C) A student should be able to use technology to explore ideas, solve problems, and derive meaning.
A student who meets the content standard should:
1) use technology to observe, analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions;
Math
A) A student should understand mathematical facts, concepts, principles, and theories.
A student who meets the content standard should:
2) select and use appropriate systems, units, and tools of measurement, including estimation;
3) perform basic arithmetic functions, make reasoned estimates, and select and use appropriate methods or tools for computation or estimation including mental arithmetic, paper and pencil, a calculator, and a computer;
5) construct, draw, measure, transform, compare, visualize, classify, and analyze the relationships among geometric figures; and
6) collect, organize, analyze, interpret, represent, and formulate questions about data and make reasonable and useful predictions
B) A student should understand and be able to select and use a variety of problem solving strategies.
A student who meets the content standard should:
1) use computational methods and appropriate technology as problem-solving tools;
2) use problem solving to investigate and understand mathematical content;
Lesson 3: Graphing Long Term Soil Temperature Change