Classroom Internet Library > Science > New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations Classroom Internet Library New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations PathFinder Science This virtual community of teachers, students, and schools participates in collaborative research projects. Project include water conservation, bird surveys, stream monitoring, and amphibian biomonitering. You must register your classroom to participate, registration is free. Intended Audience: Students/Teachers Reading Level: Varies Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes Science: Science as Inquiry   Curriculum Standard 1a Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how the scientific enterprise operates. Proficiency Standards By the end of grade six students will be able to: Solve problems using a variety of strategies. Pose questions for scientific investigations and make predictions about the outcomes. Design and conduct a scientific investigation exploring the relationship between two variables. Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, and interpret data. Compare and estimate very large/very small numbers. Use appropriate measurement units. Read bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, and tables. Construct explanations, including the development of simple models, for observations made. Work in small teams to investigate problems, but form own conclusions. Discuss the relationship between evidence and explanations. Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and procedures. Communicate scientific procedures and explanations. Make hypotheses and design simple experiments to test hypotheses made. Recognize the variables in a situation and the importance of controlling them when conducting a scientific investigation. Seek information for comparing past and present scientific ideas and theories. Proficiency Standards By the end of grade ten students will be able to: Formulate questions and use appropriate concepts to guide scientific investigations and to solve real world problems. Use ratios as a means of comparing very large/very small numbers, e.g. building scale models. Design and conduct a controlled scientific investigation. Use technologies as tools in conducting investigations, e.g. microscopes, computer, calculator. Construct and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence. Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models for observed phenomena Select, communicate, and defend a scientific argument. Compare and contrast how technology has shaped our lives both in the past and the present. Select a science-related social problem and design a solution that reflects an understanding of basic science concepts and their application. Demonstrate an understanding that science knowledge has, over time, accumulated most rapidly after acceptance of major new theories. Explain how scientific knowledge is applied in the design and manufacture of products or technological processes, e.g. water purification systems, sewage treatment systems, microwave ovens, resistors. Science: Science, Technology, and Society   Curriculum Standard 2a Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to use measuring instruments to gather accurate and/or precise information. Proficiency Standard By the end of grade six students will be able to: Use an assortment of measuring instruments, with a variety of scales, such as rulers, thermometers, graduated cylinders, balances, and timers. Describe and practice appropriate techniques for using simple measuring devices. Use technology to explore events in nature, e.g. telescopes, microscopes, computer probes. Proficiency Standards By the end of grade ten students will be able to: Measure with both analog and digital electronic devices, e.g. voltmeter, oscilloscope, and pH meters. Estimate the error in measurements they make and use procedures to minimize those errors. Describe ways in which technology has improved measuring instruments and their accuracy.   Curriculum Standard 2b Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to use technology to observe nature. Proficiency Standards By the end of grade six students will be able to: Explore nature with simple scientific tools, e.g. magnifying glasses, levers, pulleys, batteries and bulbs. Use technology to capture information on film, tape, etc. Proficiency Standards By the end of grade ten students will be able to: Explore nature with technology, e.g. microscopes, telescopes, computer probes, and spectroscopes. Gather information that can only be obtained by using a technological tool, e.g. pH, voltage, amperage, blood pressure, etc.   Curriculum Standard 2c Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to analyze, synthesize, and communicate scientific information using technology. Proficiency Standards By the end of grade six students will be able to: Record data using appropriate units. Use a calculator to determine other important quantitative values from data, using proper units, e.g. speed, density, area, volume, etc. Compile and display classroom data on a computer. Use technology to share data with classmates or other groups of students. Proficiency Standards By the end of grade ten students will be able to: Store data in an appropriate technological device. Manipulate data on a database, e.g. rearranging, sorting, selecting, using a spread sheet. Analyze data graphically with technological assistance, e.g. graphing calculator. Communicate data through an electronic medium, e.g. camera, tape recorder, computer modem. Quantitatively analyze experimental data.