TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

c. Describe how the sun’s gravitational pull
holds the Earth and other planets in their
orbits
c. Students will explain how planetary
orbits are affected by gravitational forces
of other planets and the sun. (1.5; 1.7;
3.3; 4.6)
c. Students will reconstruct the orbits of
planets or moons using accurately drawn
ellipses. They will locate the position of
the object around with the orbit is
defined.
Strand 7: Scientific Inquiry
1. Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills and scientific knowledge in
combination with scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities
These samples activities offer ideas and are
not meant to limit teacher or student
Concept A: Scientific inquiry includes the
ability of students to formulate a testable
question and explanation and to select
appropriate investigative methods in order to
obtain evidence relevant to the explanation
Scope and Sequence: All Units
resourcefulness.
Suggested Assessments
These samples assessments offer ideas and are
not meant to limit teacher or student
resourcefulness
a. Formulate testable questions and hypotheses
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a. Students will brainstorm possible science
fair projects and provide testable
hypotheses for them.
a. Students will identify from teacher
provided hypotheses those which are
valid and those which are untestable.
b. Recognize the importance of the independent
variable, dependent variables, control of
constants, and multiple trials to the design of
a valid experiment.
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b. Students will design and conduct
investigations that include an adequate
number of repeated trials, unbiased
sampling, accurate measurement and
record-keeping, and a comparison to a
control. (1.3; 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4)
b. Students will accurately discriminate
between independent and dependent
variables in an experiment.
c. Design and conduct a valid experiment.
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c. Students will design and conduct
investigations that include an adequate
number of repeated trials, unbiased
sampling, accurate measurement and
record-keeping, and a comparison to a
control. (1.3; 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4)
c. Students will observe a discrepant event,
such as two balls of similar mass and size
that do not bounce the same height, and
formulate questions that might lead to an
explanation.
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