1. COLLABORATION IN SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS |
By the end of Grade 6, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
By the end of Grade 8, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS3:6:1.1 Work effectively within a cooperative group setting, accepting and executing assigned roles and responsibilities.
S:SPS3:6:1.2 Work collectively within a group toward a common goal.
S:SPS3:6:1.3 Demonstrate respect of one another's abilities and contributions to the group. |
S:SPS3:8:1.1 Work effectively within a cooperative group setting, accepting and executing assigned roles and responsibilities.
S:SPS3:8:1.2 Work collectively within a group toward a common goal.
S:SPS3:8:1.3 Demonstrate respect of one another's abilities and contributions to the group.
S:SPS3:8:1.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the ethics involved in scientific inquiry. |
2. COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION |
By the end of Grade 6, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
By the end of Grade 8, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS3:6:2.1 Develop, focus and explain questions about the environment and do environmental investigations.
S:SPS3:6:2.2 Design environmental investigations to answer particular questions.
S:SPS3:6:2.3 Explore evidence that human-caused changes have consequences for the immediate environment as well as for other places and future times.
S:SPS3:6:2.4 Explore how humans shape and control the environment while creating knowledge and developing new technologies.
S:SPS3:6:2.5 Investigate environmental and resource management issues at scales that range from local to national to global. |
S:SPS3:8:2.1 Locate and collect reliable information about the environment and environmental topics using a variety of methods and sources.
S:SPS3:8:2.2 Judge the weaknesses and strengths of the information they are using.
S:SPS3:8:2.3 Explore the uses and limitations of models.
S:SPS3:8:2.4 Synthesize observations and findings into coherent explanations about natural resources and the environment. |
3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN AND APPLICATION |
By the end of Grade 6, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
By the end of Grade 8, all students will apply skills from previous grades and… |
S:SPS3:6:3.1 Identify problems/issues that can be addressed by design technology.
S:SPS3:6:3.2 Identify and describe the procedure for designing a product, including identifying a need, researching, brainstorming, selecting, developing a prototype, testing and evaluating.
S:SPS3:6:3.3 Evaluate technological designs using established criteria. |
S:SPS3:8:3.1 Design a product or solution to a problem.
S:SPS3:8:3.2 Build a product that has been designed in class.
S:SPS3:8:3.3 Evaluate student-designed products according to established criteria and recommend improvements or modifications. |
