4-20-2012 Teching the STEM CCCS 5.1.8.B

Teching the CCCS

Grades 5-8 Science

Science Practices

5.1 All students will understand that science is both a body of knowledge and an evidence-based, model-building enterprise that continually extends, refines, and revises knowledge. The four Science Practices strands encompass the knowledge and reasoning skills that students must acquire to be proficient in science.
B. Generate Scientific Evidence Through Active Investigations:  Students master the conceptual, mathematical, physical, and computational tools that need to be applied when constructing and evaluating claims.
By the end of grade	Content Statement	CPI#	Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)	RESOURCES
8	Evidence is generated and evaluated as part of building and refining models and explanations.	5.1.8.B.1	Design investigations and use scientific instrumentation to collect, analyze, and evaluate evidence as part of building and revising models and explanations.	Virtual Electron Microscope How We See Characteristics of Materials NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab Experiments and Variables CIESE Collaborative Projects CIESE Realtime Projects
8	Mathematics and technology are used to gather, analyze, and communicate results.	5.1.8.B.2	Gather, evaluate, and represent evidence using scientific tools, technologies, and computational strategies.
8	Carefully collected evidence is used to construct and defend arguments.	5.1.8.B.3	Use qualitative and quantitative evidence to develop evidence-based arguments.
8	Scientific reasoning is used to support scientific conclusions.	5.1.8.B.4	Use quality controls to examine data sets and to examine evidence as a means of generating and reviewing explanations.