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course description
In accordance with New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards, the science curriculum is made up of three dimensions. Those dimensions are science and engineering, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts) and provides students with a context for the content of science, how science knowledge is acquired and understood, and how the sciences are connected through concepts that have universal meaning across the disciplines. Over the course of a school year we will be studying 3 units, Matter and Its Interactions, Energy, Forces and Motion, and Space System Explorations. New York State Science Learning Standards
Unit 1
Rocketry-Soaring through Science, Math, and ELA!
September
I can apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects. (Balloon Rockets, Launching actual rockets)
I can apply each of Newton’s 3 Laws to launching a rocket and relate how that then would apply to other factors/forces in our lives.
Rocketry Caregiver Letter English Version
Spanish Version
Unit 2
Matter and Its Interactions
October-December
I can model the structure of an atom and compare/contrast the unique properties and how they interact to create today's materials.
I can test 10 materials properties to learn more about the physical properties of matter and form generalizations about their usefulness and purpose and how they impact society.
I can perform 4 simple investigations by making observations of pure substances and mixtures and determining if new substances are formed to evaluate my existing knowledge of matter and its interactions. (Smithsonian Kit Investigations; 1.1 - 1.8, choose at least 4)
Unit 3
Energy, Forces and Motion
February-March
I can construct and present an argument using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects (using PHET simulations).
I can differentiate between potential and kinetic energy using examples from everyday life.
I can conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. (Magnetism)
I can design, test and modify a roller coaster using the engineering design process based on specific criteria and constraints.
Unit 4
Space Systems Explorations
May-June
I can determine the different types of models (solar system) used in science, their significance, and their potential limitations.
I can analyze data to describe the cyclic patterns of the sun and the moon.
I can plan and carry out an investigation to determine time of day and Earth's position.
Rubric for Assessing Lab Investigations-Three Dimensional Learning
Rubric for Investigations .pdfKey Ideas and Details
Key Ideas and Details
RST 1: Cite specific evidence to support analysis of scientific and technical texts, charts, graphs, diagrams, etc. Understand and follow a detailed set of directions.
RST 2: Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a source; provide an accurate, objective summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RST 3: Describe how and why scientific ideas and reasoning are developed and modified over the course of a text, source, argument, etc.
Craft and Structure
Craft and Structure
RST 4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other content-specific words and phrases as they are used in scientific or technical sources.
RST 5: Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.
RST 6: Identify purpose and/or point of view when an author is presenting information, describing a procedure, discussing an experiment, etc. Compare and contrast the information gained from two or more experiments, simulations, videos, multimedia sources, readings from texts, graphs, charts, etc. on the same topic.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RST 7: Identify and match scientific or technical information presented as text with a version of that information presented visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
RST 8: For scientific sources, distinguish between observation and inference based judgments, and reasoned judgment and opinion. For technical sources, distinguish between facts and reasoned judgment.
RST 9: Compare and contrast the information gained from two or more experiments, simulations, videos, multimedia sources, readings from texts, graphs, charts, etc. on the same topic.
Matter and its Interactions
Matter and its Interactions
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.(MS-PS1-1),(MS-PS1-8)
MP.4 Model with mathematics. (MS-PS1-1)
NY-6.RP.4 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems. (MS-PS1-1),(MS-PS1-7)
NY-6.NS.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values. Use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation. (MS-PS1-4)
NY-8.EE.3 Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. (MS-PS1-1)
Space Systems Explorations
Space Systems Explorations
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MS-ESS1-3)
MP.4 Model with mathematics. (MS-ESS1-1),(MS-ESS1-2)
NY-6.RP.1 Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. (MS-ESS1-1),(MS-ESS1-2).(MS-ESS1- 3)
NY-7.RP.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities. (MS-ESS1-1),(MS-ESS1-2),(MS-ESS1-3)
NY-6.EE.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem. Understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set. (MS-ESS1-2)
NY-7.EE.4 Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities. (MS-ESS1-2)
Energy, Forces and Motion (including Rocketry)
Energy, Forces and Motion (including Rocketry)
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MS-PS2-1),(MS-PS2-2),(MS-PS2-3)
NY-6.NS.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values. Use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation. (MS-PS2-1)
NY-6.EE.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers. (MS-PS2-1),(MS-PS2-2)
NY-7.EE.3 Solve multi-step real-world and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies. (MS-PS2-1),(MS-PS2-2)
NY-7.EE.4 Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities. (MS-PS2-1),(MS-PS2-2)
MP.4 Model with mathematics. (MS-PS4-1)
NY-6.RP.1 Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. (MS-PS4-1)
NY-6.RP.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world mathematical problems. (MS-PS4-1)
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