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WI.A.Science Connections: Students in Wisconsin will understand that there are unifying themes: systems, order, organization, and interactions; evidence, models, and explanations; constancy, change, and measurement; evolution, equilibrium, and energy; form and function among scientific disciplines.
Science Connections: Students in Wisconsin will understand that there are unifying themes: systems, order, organization, and interactions; evidence, models, and explanations; constancy, change, and measurement; evolution, equilibrium, and energy; form and function among scientific disciplines.
A.12.1. Apply the underlying themes of science to develop defensible visions of the future.
A.12.2. Show how conflicting assumptions about science themes lead to different opinions and decisions about evolution, health, population, longevity, education, and use of resources, and show how these opinions and decisions have diverse effects on an individual, a community, and a country, both now and in the future.
A.12.3. Give examples that show how partial systems, models, and explanations are used to give quick and reasonable solutions that are accurate enough for basic needs.
A.12.4. Construct arguments that show how conflicting models and explanations of events can start with similar evidence.
A.12.6. Identify and, using evidence learned or discovered, replace inaccurate personal models and explanations of science-related events.
A.12.7. Re-examine the evidence and reasoning that led to conclusions drawn from investigations, using the science themes.
WI.B.Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
B.12.1. Show how cultures and individuals have contributed to the development of major ideas in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences.
B.12.3. Relate the major themes of science to human progress in understanding science and the world.
B.12.5. Explain how science is based on assumptions about the natural world and themes that describe the natural world.
WI.C.Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
C.12.1. When studying science content, ask questions suggested by current social issues, scientific literature, and observations of phenomena, build hypotheses that might answer some of these questions, design possible investigations, and describe results that might emerge from such investigations.
C.12.3. Evaluate the data collected during an investigation, critique the data-collection procedures and results, and suggest ways to make any needed improvements.
C.12.4. During investigations, choose the best data-collection procedures and materials available, use them competently, and calculate the degree of precision of the resulting data.
C.12.5. Use the explanations and models found in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences to develop likely explanations for the results of their investigations.
WI.CC.9-10.RST.Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas9-10.RST.7. Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
9-10.RST.9. Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
Craft and Structure9-10.RST.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.
9-10.RST.5. Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).
WI.CC.9-10.WHST.Writing Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Writing Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Research to Build and Present Knowledge9-10.WHST.7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Production and Distribution of Writing9-10.WHST.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Text Types and Purposes9-10.WHST.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.9-10.WHST.2.f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
WI.D.Physical Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the physical and chemical properties of matter, the forms and properties of energy, and the ways in which matter and energy interact.
Physical Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the physical and chemical properties of matter, the forms and properties of energy, and the ways in which matter and energy interact.
D.12.1. Structure of Atoms and Matter: Describe atomic structure and the properties of atoms, molecules, and matter during physical and chemical interactions.
D.12.10. Conservation of Energy and The Increase in Disorder: Using the science themes, illustrate the law of conservation of energy during chemical and nuclear reactions.
D.12.11. Interactions of Matter and Energy: Using the science themes, explain common occurrences in the physical world.
D.12.12. Interactions of Matter and Energy: Using the science themes and knowledge of chemical, physical, atomic, and nuclear interactions, explain changes in materials, living things, earth's features, and stars.
D.12.3. Structure of Atoms and Matter: Explain exchanges of energy in chemical interactions and exchange of mass and energy in atomic/nuclear reactions.
D.12.4. Chemical Reactions: Explain how substances, both simple and complex, interact with one another to produce new substances.
D.12.5. Chemical Reactions: Identify patterns in chemical and physical properties and use them to predict likely chemical and physical changes and interactions.
D.12.6. Chemical Reactions: Through investigations, identify the types of chemical interactions, including endothermic, exothermic, oxidation, photosynthesis, and acid/base reactions.
D.12.7. Motions and Forces: Qualitatively and quantitatively analyze changes in the motion of objects and the forces that act on them and represent analytical data both algebraically and graphically.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Motion Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Motion
D.12.8. Motions and Forces: Understand the forces of gravitation, the electromagnetic force, intermolecular force, and explain their impact on the universal system.
D.12.9. Motions and Forces: Describe models of light, heat, and sound and through investigations describe similarities and differences in the way these energy forms behave.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Heat Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Light Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sound Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
WI.E.Earth and Space Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and systems of earth and other bodies in the universe and of their interactions.
Earth and Space Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and systems of earth and other bodies in the universe and of their interactions.
E. 12.1. Energy in the Earth System: Using the science themes, distinguish between internal energies (decay of radioactive isotopes, gravity) and external energies (sun) in the earth's systems and show how these sources of energy have an impact on those systems.
E.12.2. Geochemical Cycles: Analyze the geochemical and physical cycles of the earth and use them to describe movements of matter.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
E.12.3. The Origin and Evolution of the Earth System: Using the science themes, describe theories of the origins and evolution of the universe and solar system, including the earth system as a part of the solar system, and relate these theories and their implications to geologic time on earth.
E.12.4. The Origin and Evolution of the Earth System: Analyze the benefits, costs, and limitations of past, present, and projected use of resources and technology and explain the consequences to the environment.
E.12.5. The Origin and Evolution of the Universe: Using the science themes, understand that the origin of the universe is not completely understood, but that there are current ideas in science that attempt to explain its origin.
WI.F.Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
F.12.1. The Cell: Evaluate the normal structures and the general and special functions of cells in single-celled and multiple-celled organisms.
F.12.10. Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems: Understand the impact of energy on organisms in living systems.
F.12.11. Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems: Investigate how the complexity and organization of organisms accommodates the need for obtaining, transforming, transporting, releasing, and eliminating the matter and energy used to sustain an organism.
F.12.12. The Behavior of Organisms: Trace how the sensory and nervous systems of various organisms react to the internal and external environment and transmit survival or learning stimuli to cause changes in behavior or responses.
F.12.2. The Cell: Understand how cells differentiate and how cells are regulated.
F.12.3. The Molecular Basis of Heredity: Explain current scientific ideas and information about the molecular and genetic basis of heredity.
F.12.4. The Molecular Basis of Heredity: State the relationships between functions of the cell and functions of the organism as related to genetics and heredity.
F.12.5. Biological Evolution: Understand the theory of evolution, natural selection, and biological classification.
F.12.6. Biological Evolution: Using concepts of evolution and heredity, account for changes in species and the diversity of species, include the influence of these changes on science, e.g. breeding of plants or animals.
F.12.7. The Interdependence of Organisms: Investigate how organisms both cooperate and compete in ecosystems.
F.12.8. The Interdependence of Organisms: Using the science themes, infer changes in ecosystems prompted by the introduction of new species, environmental conditions, chemicals, and air, water, or earth pollution.
F.12.9. Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems: Using the science themes, investigate energy systems (related to food chains) to show how energy is stored in food (plants and animals) and how energy is released by digestion and metabolism.
WI.G.Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
G.12.2. Design, build, evaluate, and revise models and explanations related to the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences.
G.12.3. Analyze the costs, benefits, or problems resulting from a scientific or technological innovation, including implications for the individual and the community.
G.12.4. Show how a major scientific or technological change has had an impact on work, leisure, or the home.
G.12.5. Choose a specific problem in our society, identify alternative scientific or technological solutions to that problem and argue it merits.
WI.H.Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
H.12.1. Using the science themes and knowledge of the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences, analyze the costs, risks, benefits, and consequences of a proposal concerning resource management in the community and determine the potential impact of the proposal on life in the community and the region.
H.12.2. Evaluate proposed policy recommendations (local, state, and/or national) in science and technology for validity, evidence, reasoning, and implications, both short and long-term.
H.12.4. Advocate a solution or combination of solutions to a problem in science or technology.
H.12.5. Investigate how current plans or proposals concerning resource management, scientific knowledge, or technological development will have an impact on the environment, ecology, and quality of life in a community or region.
