4-25-2012 Teching the STEM CCCS Science Practices5.1.8.D

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.
D. Participate Productively in Science:  The growth of scientific knowledge involves critique and communication, which are social practices that are governed by a core set of values and norms.
By the end of grade	Content Statement	CPI#	Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)	RESOURCES
8	Science involves practicing productive social interactions with peers, such as partner talk, whole-group discussions, and small-group work.	5.1.8.D.1	Engage in multiple forms of discussion in order to process, make sense of, and learn from others’ ideas, observations, and experiences.	Using Life Cycle Assessments Comparing Farming Methods Rocket Launch Make Tracks Design a Roller Coaster Grain Strain CIESE Collaborative Projects Real Time Data Projects Hip to be Square Lawrence Hall of Science
8	In order to determine which arguments and explanations are most persuasive, communities of learners work collaboratively to pose, refine, and evaluate questions, investigations, models, and theories (e.g., argumentation, representation, visualization, etc.).	5.1.8.D.2	Engage in productive scientific discussion practices during conversations with peers, both face-to-face and virtually, in the context of scientific investigations and model-building.
8	Instruments of measurement can be used to safely gather accurate information for making scientific comparisons of objects and events.	5.1.8.D.3	Demonstrate how to safely use tools, instruments, and supplies.
8	Organisms are treated humanely, responsibly, and ethically.	5.1.8.D.4	Handle and treat organisms humanely, responsibly, and ethically.

4-24-2012 Teching the STEM CCCS Science Practices5.1.8.C

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.
C. Reflect on Scientific Knowledge:  Scientific knowledge builds on itself over time.
By the end of grade	Content Statement	CPI#	Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)	RESOURCES
8	Scientific models and understandings of fundamental concepts and principles are refined as new evidence is considered.	5.1.8.C.1	Monitor one’s own thinking as understandings of scientific concepts are refined.	Making Life Cycle Assessments Farming Methods Motorcycle Jump Factors Affecting Stopping Distances Weather or Not? Scibrarian NASA 50th Anniversary
8	Predictions and explanations are revised to account more completely for available evidence.	5.1.8.C.2	Revise predictions or explanations on the basis of discovering new evidence, learning new information, or using models.
8	Science is a practice in which an established body of knowledge is continually revised, refined, and extended.	5.1.8.C.3	Generate new and productive questions to evaluate and refine core explanations.

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.

4-19-2012 Teching the STEM CCCS 5.1.8.A

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.
A. Understand Scientific Explanations:  Students understand core concepts and principles of science and use measurement and observation tools to assist in categorizing, representing, and interpreting the natural and designed world.
By the end of grade	Content Statement	CPI#	Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)	RESOURCES
8	Core scientific concepts and principles represent the conceptual basis for model-building and facilitate the generation of new and productive questions.	5.1.8.A.1	Demonstrate understanding and use interrelationships among central scientific concepts to revise explanations and to consider alternative explanations.	Measurement Global Maps Scientific Inquiry Expeditions Science for Kids LHS Kids Study Jams Science 101 ScienceMuseum.org PhET Simulations
8	Results of observation and measurement can be used to build conceptual-based models and to search for core explanations.	5.1.8.A.2	Use mathematical, physical, and computational tools to build conceptual-based models and to pose theories.
8	Predictions and explanations are revised based on systematic observations, accurate measurements, and structured data/evidence.	5.1.8.A.3	Use scientific principles and models to frame and synthesize scientific arguments and pose theories.