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FOSS AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
The Variables Module helps students develop
the skills of inquiry and controlled experimentation. This
module supports the following National Science Education Standards.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Develop students' abilities to do and understand scientific
inquiry.
- Identify questions; design and conduct a scientific investigation
to answer those questions.
- Employ tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
- Use data to construct reasonable explanations.
- Develop and communicate explanations using evidence.
- Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions.
- Use mathematics in scientific inquiry.
- Understand that scientists use different kinds of investigations
and tools to develop explanations using evidence and knowledge.
CONTENT: PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Develop students' understanding of motion and forces.
- The motion of an object can be described by its position,
direction of motion, and speed. That motion can be measured
and represented on a graph.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Develop students' understandings about science and
technology.
- Scientists work collaboratively in teams and use tools
and scientific techniques to make better observations.
- Many different people in different cultures have made
and continue to make contributions to science and technology.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Develop an understanding of science as a human endeavor.
- The work of science relies on basic human qualities such
as reasoning, insight, energy, skill, and creativity—as
well as on scientific habits of mind, such as intellectual
honesty, tolerance of ambiguity, skepticism, and openness
to new ideas.
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