TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Concept C: Technological solutions to
problems often have drawbacks as well as
benefits
Scope and Sequence: All Units
Grades 6, 7, 8
a. Describe how technological solutions to
problems can have both benefits and
drawbacks (e.g., storm water runoff, fiber
optics, windmills, efficient car design,
electronic trains without conductors,
sonar, robotics, Hubble telescope)
(ASSESS LOCALLY).
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a. Students will brainstorm positive and negative
aspects of technology. (1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6,
1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6)
a. Students will identify positive and negative
aspects of technology.
Strand 8: Impact of Science, Technology and Human Activity
2. A historical perspective of scientific explanations helps to improve understanding of the nature of science
and how science knowledge and technology evolve over time
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Concept A: People of different gender and
ethnicity have contributed to scientific
discoveries and the invention of
technological innovations
Scope and Sequence: All Units
Grades 6, 7, 8
a. Describe how the contributions of
scientists and inventors, representing
different cultures, races, and gender, have
contributed to science, technology and
human activity (e.g., George Washington
Carver, Thomas Edison, Thomas
Jefferson, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie,
Galileo, Albert Einstein, Mae Jemison,
Edwin Hubble, Charles Darwin, Jonas
Salk, Louis Pasteur, Jane Goodall, Tom
Akers, John Wesley Powell, Rachel
Carson).
(ASSESS LOCALLY)
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a. Using library, classroom, and appropriate
technology resources, students will research a
contribution of a scientist or inventor of a
different culture, race, or gender. (1.1, 1.2, 1.4,
1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6)
a. Students will present their research on
scientists and their contributions.
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