Criteria. Use scientific thinking to question the natural and designed world.

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1 Enduring Skills List for M.S. Science Madison County Schools Enduring Skill Reference to Standards Criteria Use scientific thinking to question the natural and designed world. What s Mastery Look Like at your Grade Level? Ask questions that arise from careful observations of phenomena, models, or unexpended results, to clarify and/or seek additional information Sources of Evidence: What is available or needs to be developed? Bellringer, exit slip, experimental design, peer evaluation, MS-ETS1-1, Asking Questions & Defining Problems 06-PS PS2-3, 07-PS ESS3-1, 08-ESS1-4, 08, 08-ESS3-4, 08- ESS3-5, 08-ESS3-5 Use scientific thinking to define problems within the natural and design world. Define a design problem that can be solved through the development of an object, tool, process or system and includes multiple criteria and constraints, including scientific knowledge that may limit possible solutions Refine Questions To clarify/ and or refine a model, an explanation, or an engineering problem Developing and Using Models MS-ETS PS1-1, 06-ESS2-1, 06-PS1-4, 06-LS2-3, 06-ESS2-4, 06ESS2-6, Develop and refine models to explain, predict, and investigate the natural and designed world. Develop and/or revise a model to show the relationships among variables, including those that are not observable but Construct a model, identify limitations of models, explanation of real world application of model (lab report), use a model to test

2 06-ESS1-1, 06-ESS PS1-5, 07-PS3-3, 07-LS1-2, 07-PS3-2, 07-PS4-2, 07-LS ESS3-3, 08-LS2-5, 08-LS3-1, 08-LS3-2 Use models to explain, predict, and investigate the natural and designed world, including identifying the limitations of the models. predict observable phenomena. Develop and/or use a model to predict and/or describe phenomena. possible solutions to a problem, communicate results, develop questions based on models. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 06-PS PS3-4, 07-LS ESS3-3 Develop and/or use a model to generate data. Planning investigations Develop and/or use a model to generate data to test ideas about phenomena in natural or designed systems, including those representing inputs and outputs, and those at unobservable scales. Plan an investigation individually and collaboratively, and in the design: identify independent and dependent variables and controls, what tools are needed to do the gathering, how measurements will be recorded, and how much data are needed to support a claim. Conduct investigations based on multiple variables (independent and dependent), evaluate and revise the experimental design to produce data, evaluate the accuracy data collection, data collection (data tables & graphs),

3 Carry out investigations Make observations and/or measurements to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence for an explanation of a phenomenon or test a design solution. Make predictions about what would happen if a variable changes. Organize and use data to support claims or conclusions. Test two different models of the same proposed object, tool, or proses to determine which better meets criteria for success. Evaluate the accuracy of various methods for collecting data. Collect data to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer scientific questions or test design solutions under a range of conditions. Collect data about the performance of a proposed object, tool, process or system under a range of conditions.

4 Analyzing and Interpreting Data MS-ETS ESS1-3, 06-ESS2-5, 06-ESS PS3-5, 07-PS2-4, 07-PS ESS1-4, 08-ESS3-4, 08-ESS3-1, 08LS4-2, 08-ESS3-2 Organize and use data to support claims or conclusions. Analyze data to make sense of phenomena or determine an optimal design solution. Construct, analyze, and/or interpret graphical displays of data (charts, graphs, and/or tables) to identify relationships in data. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for phenomena. Apply concepts of statistics and probability to analyze and characterize data. Define an optimal operational range for a proposed object, tool, process or system that best meets criteria for success. Construct graphical displays of data, analyze graphical displays of data, interpret graphical displays of data, apply concepts of statistics and probability (mean, median, mode, & variability), analysis of data collected in student investigations, identify areas of improvement, interpret data to determine similarities and differences in peer results and communicating differences. Use digital tools to analyze and interpret data. Use digital tools (calculator, excel, LabQuest) to analyze and interpret data. Using mathematics and computational thinking. MS-ETS PS1-4, 06-PS2-2, 06-PS2-1, 06-ESS PS1-2, 07-PS3-3, 07-PS2-3, 07-PS LS4-1, 08-LS4-6, 08-ESS3-2 Use mathematics to make quantitative predictions or qualitative solutions when problems cannot be calculated precisely. Appropriate use of qualitative or quantitative data. Use mathematical representations to describe and/or support scientific conclusions and design solutions to represent physical variables and their relationships Using multiple digital tools to collect, record, and analyze data, identifying mathematical trends, patterns, and sequences, using digitals tools to validate experimental findings, creating algorithms (series of steps) to solve a problem, compare proposed solutions to an engineering

5 Engage in computational thinking by organizing data, creating sequences, and developing new simulations of natural and designed systems. Computational thinking is relevant and correct in determining whether a proposed object or tool meets criteria for success. Use digital tools (e.g., computers) to analyze very large data sets for patterns and trends in the natural and designed world. design problem Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions MS-ETS ESS1-1, 06ESS1-2, 06ESS2-2, 06-ESS2-5, 06-PS PS1-6, 07-PS4-3, 07-LS1-6, 07-LS1-4, 07-LS1-5, 07-PS LS4-1, 08LS4-4, 08- ESS1-4, 08-ESS3-1, 08ESS3-4, 08-LS2-5 Create, analyze and interpret data, graphs, diagrams Construct explanations based on scientific evidence. Use mathematical representations to create, describe, measure, estimate, and/or graph quantities to address scientific and engineering questions and problems with no mistakes Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Construct and explanation based on observations or models, construct a scientific explanation on reliability of evidence, use the engineering design process (test, revise, retest) to find a systematic solution to problems that are based on scientific knowledge and models, construct theories that provide explanatory accounts of the world.

6 Design and refine solutions to problems. Apply scientific ideas, principles, and/or evidence to construct, revise and/or use an explanation for realworld phenomena, examples, or events Engaging in Argument from Evidence MS-ETS ESS2-2, 06-PS PS3-5, 07-PS2-4, 07-LS1-3, 07-LS1-4, 07-PS2-5, 07-LS1-1, 07-LS LS2-4, 08-LS2-5 Apply scientific reasoning. Argue using scientific evidence. Use evidence to evaluate claims. Apply scientific reasoning to show why the data or evidence is adequate for the explanation or conclusion. Construct, use, and/or present an oral and written argument supported by empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support or refute an explanation or a model for a phenomenon or a solution to a problem. Compare and critique two arguments on the same topic and analyze whether they emphasize similar or different evidence and/or interpretations of facts. Compare and critique two arguments on the same topic, analyze arguments for similarities and differences, construct or present an oral and written argument supported by evidence and scientific reasoning, evaluate competing design solutions.

7 Obtaining, Evaluation, and Communicating Information 06-LS2-1, 06-LS2-2, 06-PS1-3, 06-PS PS4-1, 07-PS2-5, 07-PS4-3, 07-LS1-6, 07-LS LS1-8, 08-LS4-5, 08-ESS1-4, 08-ESS3-1, 08-ESS3-4 Make a claim on scientific evidence. Obtain information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural or designed world. Evaluate information to determine usefulness and value. Make an oral or written argument that supports or refutes the advertised performance of a device, process, or system based on empirical evidence concerning whether or not the technology meets relevant criteria and constraints. Gather, read, and synthesize information from multiple appropriate sources and assess the credibility, accuracy, and possible bias of each publication and methods used, and describe how they are supported or not supported by evidence. Evaluate data, hypotheses, and/or conclusions in scientific and technical texts in light or competing information or accounts. Communicate information and ideas in multiple ways (tables, diagrams, models, graphs), gather, read, and synthesis information from multiple appropriate sources, answer critical thinking questions after reading an informational text, produce visual displays to clarify claims and findings (poster, powerpoint, ibook, comic strip), evaluate (credibility, accuracy, and possible bias) data, hypotheses, and/or conclusions in scientific text. Communicate information in a variety of developmentally appropriate formats. Communicate scientific and/or technical information in writing and/or through oral presentations.

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