AFNR Standards - National FFA Organization

10. Standard and Expectations: RepresentationInstructional programs should enable all students to:10A. Create and use representations to organize, record, andcommunicate mathematical ideas.10B. Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representationsto solve problems.10C. Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, andmathematical phenomena.Standards are listed with the permission of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics(NCTM). NCTM does not endorse the content or validity of these alignments.ScienceThe science content standards and their underlying abilities and conceptspresented here are for grades 9–12. These are reprinted with permission fromthe National Science Education Standards, © 1995 by the National Academy ofSciences; courtesy of the National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.A. Content Standard: Science as InquiryAs a result of their activities in grades 9–12, all students should develop theability to:A1. Identify questions and concepts that guide scientificinvestigation.A2. Design and conduct scientific investigations.A3. Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations andcommunications.A4. Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models usinglogic and evidence.A5. Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.A6. Communicate and defend a scientific argument.B. Content Standard: Physical ScienceAs a result of their activities in grades 9–12, all students should develop anunderstanding of:B1. Structure of atoms.B2. Structure and properties of matter.B3. Chemical reactions.65