This project
aims to address the following New York State Standards:
Living Environment
Standard
1 – students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry
and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek
answers, and develop solutions
Key idea
1 – the central purpose of scientific inquiry is to develop
explanations of natural phenomena in a continuing and creative
process.
Key idea
2 – beyond the use of reasoning and consensus, scientific inquiry
involves the testing of proposed explanations involving the
use of conventional techniques and usually requiring considerable
ingenuity.
Key idea
3 – the observations made while testing proposed explanations,
when analyzed using conventional and invented methods, provide
new insights into natural phenomena.
Standard
4 – students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles,
and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment
and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
Key idea
2 – organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways
that result in continuity of structure and function between
parents and offspring
Key idea
3 – individual organisms and species change over time
Key idea
5 – organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life
Math, Science
and Technology (Commencement level)
Standard
1 – analysis, inquiry and design – scientific inquiry (same as
LE standard 1)
Standard
2 – information systems
Key idea
1 – information technology is used to retrieve, process and
communicate information and as a tool to enhance learning
Standard
4 – science (same as LE Content standards)
Standard
5 – technology
Key idea
3 – computers, as tools for design, modeling, information processing,
communication, and system control, have greatly increased human
productivity and knowledge
Standard
7 – interdisciplinary problem solving
Key idea
1 – the knowledge and skills of mathematics, science and technology
are used together to make informed decisions and solve problems,
especially those related to issues of science/technology/society,
consumer decision making, design, and inquiry into phenomena
Key idea
2 – solving interdisciplinary problems involves a variety of
skills and strategies, including effective work habits; gathering
and processing information; generating and analyzing ideas;
realizing ideas; making connections among the common themes
of mathematics, science and technology; and presenting results.
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