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Colorado State Standards
Standard 1: Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.
GRADES 9-12
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes
selecting and using appropriate technologies to gather, process, and analyze data and to report information related to an investigation
· identifying major sources of error or uncertainty within an investigation (for example, particular measuring devices and experimental procedures)
· communicating and evaluating scientific thinking that leads to particular conclusions;
· recognizing and analyzing alternative explanations and models
Standard 2: Physical Science: Students know and understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and energy.
2.1 Students know that matter has characteristic properties, which are related to its composition and structure.
GRADES 9-12
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes
· examining, describing, measuring, classifying, and predicting common properties of substances (for example, electrical charge, chemical reactivity, acidity, electrical conductivity, radioactivity, relationships in the periodic table)
· describing and explaining properties and composition of samples of matter using models (for example, atomic and molecular structure, the periodic table)
2.3 Students understand that interactions can produce changes in a system, although the total quantities of matter and energy remain unchanged.
GRADES 9-12
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes
· identifying, describing, and explaining physical and chemical changes involving the conservation of matter and energy (for example, oscillating pendulum/spring, chemical reactions, nuclear reactions)
Standard 5: Students know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and human activity and how they can affect the world.
GRADES 9-12
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes
· analyzing benefits, limitations, costs, and consequences involved in using technology or resources (for example, X-rays, agricultural chemicals, natural gas reserves)
Standard 6: Students understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and understand common connections among scientific disciplines.
GRADES 9-12
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes
· evaluating print and visual media for scientific evidence, bias, or opinion;
· explaining that the scientific way of knowing uses a critique and consensus process (for example, peer review, openness to criticism, logical arguments, skepticism);
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