How Does Catching Sunshine Align with the National Standards?
Content Standard K-12
Unifying Concepts and Processes Standard, Systems, Order, and Organization, "Prediction is the use of
knowledge to identify and explain observations, or changes in advance" (page 116). Unifying Concepts and Processes Standard, Evidence, Models, and Explanation, "Evidence consists
of observations and data on which to base scientific explanations…Scientific explanations incorporate existing scientific knowledge
and new evidence from observations, experiments, or models into internally consistent, logical statements" (page 117). Unifying Concepts and Processes Standard, Systems, Constancy, Change, and Measurement, "Changes
in systems can be quantified. Evidence for interactions and subsequent change and the formulation of scientific explanations are often clarified
through quantitative distinctions—measurement…Different systems of measurement are used for different purposes. Scientists
usually use the metric system" (page 118).
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