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Electricity and Magnetism
Science Class Room 206 with Ms. Flores (our wonderful student teacher :))
Standards & Framework Assessment
STATE GOAL 11: Understand the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design to investigate questions, conduct experiments and solve problems.11.A.3a Formulate hypotheses that can be tested by collecting data.11.A.3b Conduct scientific experiments that control all but one variable.11.A.3c Collect and record data accurately using consistent measuring and recording techniques and media.11.A.3d Explain the existence of unexpected results in a data set.11.A.3e Use data manipulation tools and quantitative (e.g., mean, mode, simple equations) andrepresentational methods (e.g., simulations, image processing) to analyze measurements.11.A.3f Interpret and represent results of analysis to produce findings.11.A.3g Report and display the process and results of a scientific investigationSTATE GOAL 13: Understand the relationships among science, technology and society in historical and contemporary contexts.13.A.3a Identify and reduce potential hazards in science activities (e.g., ventilation, handling chemicals).13.A.3c Explain what is similar and different about observational and experimental investigations.11.7.01 Understand how to follow procedures relating to scientific investigations including formulating hypotheses, controlling variables, collecting and recording and analyzing data, interpreting results, and reporting and displaying results.
11.7.02 Distinguish among and answer questions about performing the following: observing, drawing a conclusion based on observation, forming a hypothesis, conducting an experiment, organizing data, constructing and reading charts and graphs, and comparing data. Recognize the common units of the metric system.
11.7.03 Define a theory as an explanation or model based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning; especially one that has been tested and confirmed as a general principle helping to explain and predict natural phenomena.
11.7.04 Define a variable as some factor which changes in different phases of an experiment. Define a constant as something kept the same in every phase of the experiment. Understand that most scientific experiments are designed so that only one variable is tested in each experiment. Identify constants and variables in described experiments.
11.7.05 Define the control group or control setup as a group of subjects that are the same in all important ways as the subjects on which we are performing the experiment, except that the control is isolated from what we suspect to be the cause we are seeking to evaluate—the control helps to increase our certainty that the suspected cause really is the cause. 11.7.06 Analyze patterns in data from an experiment to determine whether the information gathered helps to answer a given question or hypothesis (e.g., all of the plants fertilized in a vegetable garden grew taller than the ones not fertilized. Understand that this is an indication that the fertilizer caused the plants to grow taller.)
13.7.01 Identify potential hazards in the laboratory and the means of reducing them.13.7.02 Explain how peer review helps to assure the accurate use of data and improves the scientific process. Results from scientific investigations can be discussed.
13.7.03 Indicate that repeatability of results is necessary for the scientific community to accept someone's findings.
13.7.04 Understand that one set of data is not sufficient evidence kind of reasoning called induction, and know that the more cases that are seen, the greater the certainty of the generalization drawn from those cases.
13.7.05 Understand that the scientific community has a standard procedure for determining nomenclature, units of measurement, and ways of presenting data.
13.7.06 Understand that important social decisions are made on the basis of risk/benefit analysis (e.g., whether to administer a smallpox vaccine or not).
11.7.02 Distinguish among and answer questions about performing the following: observing, drawing a conclusion based on observation, forming a hypothesis, conducting an experiment, organizing data, constructing and reading charts and graphs, and comparing data. Recognize the common units of the metric system.
11.7.03 Define a theory as an explanation or model based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning; especially one that has been tested and confirmed as a general principle helping to explain and predict natural phenomena.
11.7.04 Define a variable as some factor which changes in different phases of an experiment. Define a constant as something kept the same in every phase of the experiment. Understand that most scientific experiments are designed so that only one variable is tested in each experiment. Identify constants and variables in described experiments.
11.7.05 Define the control group or control setup as a group of subjects that are the same in all important ways as the subjects on which we are performing the experiment, except that the control is isolated from what we suspect to be the cause we are seeking to evaluate—the control helps to increase our certainty that the suspected cause really is the cause. 11.7.06 Analyze patterns in data from an experiment to determine whether the information gathered helps to answer a given question or hypothesis (e.g., all of the plants fertilized in a vegetable garden grew taller than the ones not fertilized. Understand that this is an indication that the fertilizer caused the plants to grow taller.)
13.7.01 Identify potential hazards in the laboratory and the means of reducing them.13.7.02 Explain how peer review helps to assure the accurate use of data and improves the scientific process. Results from scientific investigations can be discussed.
13.7.03 Indicate that repeatability of results is necessary for the scientific community to accept someone's findings.
13.7.04 Understand that one set of data is not sufficient evidence kind of reasoning called induction, and know that the more cases that are seen, the greater the certainty of the generalization drawn from those cases.
13.7.05 Understand that the scientific community has a standard procedure for determining nomenclature, units of measurement, and ways of presenting data.
13.7.06 Understand that important social decisions are made on the basis of risk/benefit analysis (e.g., whether to administer a smallpox vaccine or not).
The Atom
12.7.42 Define atom as the smallest part of an element that still has the properties of that element.
12.7.43 Identify the 3 subatomic building blocks and their properties. Know that the electron has a negative charge, the proton has a positive charge, and the neutron is electrically neutral.
12.7.44 Understand that a molecule made of two or more atoms.
12.7.45 Identify the number of different kinds of elements in a chemical formula.
12.7.46 Understand that during a chemical change atoms are neither created nor destroyed but are rearranged to make new substances.
12.7.43 Identify the 3 subatomic building blocks and their properties. Know that the electron has a negative charge, the proton has a positive charge, and the neutron is electrically neutral.
12.7.44 Understand that a molecule made of two or more atoms.
12.7.45 Identify the number of different kinds of elements in a chemical formula.
12.7.46 Understand that during a chemical change atoms are neither created nor destroyed but are rearranged to make new substances.
Electricity and Magnetism
12.7.48 Know the laws of the conservation of matter and energy. Apply the conservation of matter as a reason why the number and kinds of atoms in a chemical change remains constant.
12.7.49 Understand that energy appears in many forms, such as heat, light, sound, chemical, mechanical, solar, nuclear, and electromagnetic energy. Understand the basic characteristics of each of these kinds of energy. Understand the nature of kinetic and potential energy.
12.7.50 Understand that heat moves in predictable ways, flowing from warmer objects to cooler ones, until both reach the same temperature (thermal equilibrium).
12.7.51 Understand that energy can be transferred by radiation, conduction, and convection.
12.7.52 Identify electrical conductors and insulators. Define and give examples of each. Understand that electricity can be converted into heat and light by forcing an electrical current through a conductor. Understand that this is what happens in a toaster and in a light bulb.
12.7.49 Understand that energy appears in many forms, such as heat, light, sound, chemical, mechanical, solar, nuclear, and electromagnetic energy. Understand the basic characteristics of each of these kinds of energy. Understand the nature of kinetic and potential energy.
12.7.50 Understand that heat moves in predictable ways, flowing from warmer objects to cooler ones, until both reach the same temperature (thermal equilibrium).
12.7.51 Understand that energy can be transferred by radiation, conduction, and convection.
12.7.52 Identify electrical conductors and insulators. Define and give examples of each. Understand that electricity can be converted into heat and light by forcing an electrical current through a conductor. Understand that this is what happens in a toaster and in a light bulb.
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