Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
Idaho State Content Standards 6.S.1.1.2 Understand Concepts and Processes of Evidence, Models and Explanation 6.S.1.1.3 Understand Constancy, Change, and Measurement 6.S.1.1.5 Understand Concepts of Form and Function 6.S.1.1.6 Understand Scientific Inquiry and Develop Critical Thinking Skills 6.S.4.1.1 Explain the interactions among the solid earth, oceans, atmosphere, and organisms. 6.S.4.1.2 Explain the water cycle and its relationship to
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MSPS13. Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on natural resources that undergo a chemical process to form the synthetic material. Examples of new materials could include new medicine, foods, and alternative fuels.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to qualitative information.] MSPS33. Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of devices could include an insulated box, a solar cooker, and a Styrofoam cup.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include calculating the total amount of thermal energy transferred.] MSLS21. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.] MSLS22. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on predicting consistent patterns of interactions in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of ecosystems. Examples of types of interactions could include competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial.] MSLS24. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on recognizing patterns in data and making warranted inferences about changes in populations, and on evaluating empirical evidence supporting arguments about changes to ecosystems.] MSLS25. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.* [Clarification Statement:
R.S. 68.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. R.S. 68.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. R.S. 68.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. R.S 68.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domainspecific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics. R.S 68.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic. R.S 68.6 Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a
Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
weather and climate. 6.S.5.1.1 Identify issues for environmental studies. 6.S.5.2.1 Describe how science and technology are part of our society. 6.S.5.2.2 Describe how science and technology are interrelated. 6.S.5.3.1 Explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
Examples of ecosystem services could include water purification, nutrient recycling, and prevention of soil erosion. Examples of design solution constraints could include scientific, economic, and social considerations.] MSLS45. Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on synthesizing information from reliable sources about the influence of humans on genetic outcomes in artificial selection (such as genetic modification, animal husbandry, gene therapy); and, on the impacts these technologies have on society as well as the technologies leading to these scientific discoveries.] MSESS24. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the ways water changes its state as it moves through the multiple pathways of the hydrologic cycle. Examples of models can be conceptual or physical.] [Assessment Boundary: A quantitative understanding of the latent heats of vaporization and fusion is not assessed.] MSESS25. Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure, causing weather (defined by temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind) at a fixed location to change over time, and how sudden changes in weather can result when different air masses collide. Emphasis is on how weather can be predicted within probabilistic ranges. Examples of data can be provided to students (such as weather maps, diagrams, and visualizations) or obtained through laboratory experiments (such as with condensation).] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of cloud types or weather symbols used on weather maps or the reported diagrams from weather stations.] MSESS26. Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how patterns vary by latitude, altitude, and geographic land distribution. Emphasis of atmospheric circulation is on the sunlightdriven latitudinal banding, the Coriolis effect, and resulting prevailing winds; emphasis of ocean circulation is on the transfer of heat by the global ocean convection cycle, which is constrained by the Coriolis effect and the outlines of continents. Examples of models can be diagrams, maps and globes, or digital
procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text. R.S 68.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). R.S 68.8 Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text. R.S 68.9 Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic. R.S 68.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. W.S. 68.1 Write arguments focused on disciplinespecific content . W.S. 68.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
representations.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include the dynamics of the Coriolis effect.] MSESS31. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how these resources are limited and typically nonrenewable, and how their distributions are significantly changing as a result of removal by humans. Examples of uneven distributions of resources as a result of past processes include but are not limited to petroleum (locations of the burial of organic marine sediments and subsequent geologic traps), metal ores (locations of past volcanic and hydrothermal activity associated with subduction zones), and soil (locations of active weathering and/or deposition of rock).] MSESS32. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how some natural hazards, such as volcanic eruptions and severe weather, are preceded by phenomena that allow for reliable predictions, but others, such as earthquakes, occur suddenly and with no notice, and thus are not yet predictable. Examples of natural hazards can be taken from interior processes (such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions), surface processes (such as mass wasting and tsunamis), or severe weather events (such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods). Examples of data can include the locations, magnitudes, and frequencies of the natural hazards. Examples of technologies can be global (such as satellite systems to monitor hurricanes or forest fires) or local (such as building basements in tornadoprone regions or reservoirs to mitigate droughts).] MSESS33. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of the design process include examining human environmental impacts, assessing the kinds of solutions that are feasible, and designing and evaluating solutions that could reduce that impact. Examples of human impacts can include water usage (such as the withdrawal of water from streams and aquifers or the construction of dams and levees), land usage (such as urban development, agriculture, or the removal of wetlands), and pollution (such as of the air, water, or land).] MSESS34. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and percapita consumption
W.S. 68.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. W.S. 68.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. W.S. 68.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. W.S. 68.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a selfgenerated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. W.S. 68.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism
Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. [Clarification Statement: Examples of evidence include gradeappropriate databases on human populations and the rates of consumption of food and natural resources (such as freshwater, mineral, and energy). Examples of impacts can include changes to the appearance, composition, and structure of Earth’s systems as well as the rates at which they change. The consequences of increases in human populations and consumption of natural resources are described by science, but science does not make the decisions for the actions society takes.] MSESS35. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. [Clarification Statement: Examples of factors include human activities (such as fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and agricultural activity) and natural processes (such as changes in incoming solar radiation or volcanic activity). Examples of evidence can include tables, graphs, and maps of global and regional temperatures, atmospheric levels of gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, and the rates of human activities. Emphasis is on the major role that human activities play in causing the rise in global temperatures.] MSETS11. Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
and following a standard format for citation. W.S. 68.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research. W.S. 68.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of disciplinespecific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
TRANSFER Students will be able to independently use their learning to… ● Evaluate scientific claims, analyze data, offer prediction(s), explain pattern(s), and examine current issues involving Science and Technology; ● Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence; ● Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Overarching Understandings(s): Students will… Biology ● Understand the environmental impact organisms have on their ecosystem ● Value the development of solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems ● Understand the influence of humans on genetic outcomes. Physical Science ● Understand how the earth’s cycles change as a result of pollution ● Identify pollutants that are harmful to the environment Earth Science ● Examine human environmental impacts and evaluate solutions that could reduce that impact ● Understand how increases in human population and percapita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
MEANING Essential Questions: ● How big is our carbon footprint? ● Are we consuming our planet faster than it can replenish itself? ● What are the ethical questions regarding genetic engineering? ● The day the plankton died: What would happen if one aspect of an ecosystem were removed? ● Where does it all go? What happens when you improperly dispose of chemicals? ● Is global warming our fault?
Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
● Evaluate evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century
Knowledge, Reasoning, or Skill Targets “What I need to know.” “What I can do with what I know” “What I can demonstrate”
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE: Performance Targets: “What I can make to show my learning.”
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Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL STUDENTFRIENDLY LEARNING TARGET STATEMENTS I can apply the steps of the scientific method. I can utilize scientific process skills through observation, inference, predictions. I can define and discuss: environment, deforestation, habitat, human impact, global warming, nonrenewable, renewable, invasive species, noxious weeds, nuclear energy, pollution, recycle, and wind power. I can review an environment and its characteristics. I can recognize various environmental issues. I can describe how environmental issues impact Earth. I can identify national and local environmental issues. I can give examples of current technologies. I can describe how science and technology are part of our society. I can describe the process scientists use to solve problems. I can describe how science and technology are interrelated. I can list examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources. I can explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. I can use the metric system, and I can convert measurements within the metric system. I can demonstrate my understanding of the following terms: environment, deforestation, habitat, human impact, global warming, nonrenewable, renewable, invasive species, noxious weeds, nuclear energy, pollution, recycle, and wind power. Drawing evidence from literary and/or informational texts, I can construct a review an environment and its characteristics. Using relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, I can draw conclusions concerning various environmental issues and how they impact the earth. I can design a graphic organizer to compare and contrast national and local environmental issues. I can publish an argument describing how science and technology are interrelated throughout our society, using examples of current technologies. I can analyze and describe the process scientists have used to solve a current environmental issue. I can compare and contrast renewable and nonrenewable resources, using relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.
Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
Performance Task
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Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
As this unit is intended to be integrated throughout the entire year, Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology performance tasks should be included in each unit. Possible Performance task topics might include… ● Alternative energy sources and technology. ● Global warming ● Pollution ● Ethical issues of science and technology ● Forensics ● The overlap of Scientific fields MATERIALS FOR LESSON PLANNING http://quizlet.com/5888722/scientificinquiryprocessskillsflashcards/ http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/sync/kids/PDF/edpack34.pdf https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/ThreatstoWildlife/GlobalWarming/EffectsonWildlifeandHabitat/PolarBears.aspx http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/wolf.html http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/weasktheexpertswillrobotstakeovertheworld http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA86dYxrg4Q scientific method song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUailQqEv0 scientific method rap http://www.artofteachingscience.org/thedinosaurfootprintpuzzleacontentorprocessapproach/ http://www.neok12.com/ All Subjects
Science Subject/Grade or Course: G6 Unit 4A Personal & Social Perspectives: Technology
Teacher Notes
Pacing: Integrated throughout Trimesters I, II, and III
The Physical Science Unit is very broad and therefore has been broken into 2 subunits as shown in the learning target statements (Structure & Properties of Matter, Chemical Reactions & Energy). Standard 1 (the Nature of Science) will be imbedded in this and other units. ** W.6.3 is an ELA Standard (narrative writing). There is no explicit writing standard 3 for Science.