Subject
Grade
Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Processing and analyzing data and information
Elaboration
- Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:
- Use multiple sources of evidence to explain how continents have shifted over time (e.g., fossil data, mountain ranges, coastline puzzle fit, paleo-glacial data, rock types).
- Identify trends and patterns in the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes.
- Identify cause-and-effect relationships that have contributed to the changing composition of our atmosphere over time.
- What effect do acidic and alkaline solutions have on minerals and on living things?
- Construct an accurate map of the ocean floor hidden inside a 3D “black box” simulation (e.g., teacher-created terrain inside a shoebox).
- Identify and interpret patterns within our solar system (e.g., density, composition, structure, moons, temperature, orbit/spin, volcanism).
- Classify stars in terms of their characteristics (e.g., luminosity, size) and identify trends on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
- Graph lunar and tidal data to determine the significance of the moon to Earth’s tides.
- How do a lunar year and a solar year compare?
keywords
Processing and analyzing data and information