Science/Technology

			Standard 1. Understands the nature of scientific inquiry

			Interval Benchmark 5-8 Applies the abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

			Grade 6

To understand this Interval Benchmark, a sixth grade student: • Applies basic lab safety • Uses technology and mathematics to perform accurate scientific investigations and communications • Identifies questions that can be investigated • Designs and conducts a scientific investigation using the scientific method • Thinks critically and logically to differentiate explanation from description • Communicates and compares results to other researchers or scientific bodies of knowledge Instructional Resources   Supporting Knowledge Vocabulary, Information, Skills   Instructional Strategies Best Practices, Strategies, Discovery General Resources   Curriculum Planning Create Grade 6 planning worksheets Select supporting knowledge to: Examine key vocabulary, terms, and phrases unique to the content area that students should know Determine what information student should understand (Declarative Knowledge) Determine what skills student are able to do (Procedural Knowledge)   Learning requires students to know declarative knowledge (vocabulary and information). Using or applying information (declarative knowledge) results in procedural knowledge, referred to as skills.   Select instructional strategies to: Examine research-based best practices or links to other web-sites and resources Identify appropriate strategies matched to student needs Discover ongoing compilation of teacher-developed strategies

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