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Science Standards

last updated June 12, 2008

List of New Science SPIs
(Assessed 2009-Current School Year)

0307.inq.1. Select an investigation that could be used to answer a question

0307.T/E.1. Select a tool, technology, or invention that was used to solve a human problem.
0307.T/E.2. Recognize the connection between a scientific advance and the development of a new tool or technology

0307.1.1. identify specific parts of a plant and describe their function

0307.2.1. Distinguish between living & nonliving things
0307.2.1. Determine how plants and animals compete for resources such as food, space, water, air, and shelter

0307.3.1. Identify the basic needs of plants & animals
0307.3.2. Recognize that animals obtain their food by eating plants and other animals

0307.4.1. Select an illustration that shows how an organism changes as it develops.
0307.4.2. Distinguish between characteristics that are transmitted from parents to offspring and those that are not.

0307.5.1. Investigate an organismÕs characteristics and evaluate how these features enable it to survive in a particular environment.
0307.5.2. Investigate populations of different organisms and classify them as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
0307.5.3. Match the organism with evidence of its prior existence.

0307.6.1. Identify the major components of the solar system, i.e., sun, planets and moons.

0307.7.1. Classify landforms and bodies of water according to their geological features and identify them on a map.
0307.7.2. Describe how rocks can be classified according to their physical characteristics.
0307.7.3. Identify an object as natural or manmade.
0307.7.4. Determine methods for conserving natural resources.

0307.8.1. Choose the correct tool for measuring a particular atmospheric condition.
0307.8.2. Match major cloud types with specific atmospheric conditions.

0307.9.1. Describe a substance in terms of its physical properties.
0307.9.2. Identify methods for separating different types of mixtures.

0307.10.1. Use an illustration to identify various sources of heat energy.
0307.10.2. Classify materials according to their ability to conduct heat.

0307.11.1. Identify how the direction of a moving object is changed by an applied force.
0307.11.2. Demonstrate how changing the mass affects a balanced system.
0307.11.3. Distinguish between pitch and volume.
0307.11.4. Identify how sounds with different pitch and volume are produced.

0307.12.1. Recognize that magnets can move objects without touching them.
0307.12.2. Identify objects that are attracted to magnets.