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This matrix compares the
elements of the AAAS
Benchmarks for Science
Literacy with the over-all
contents of specific pages presented at this website
for our target audiences in
Grades 6-8 and 9-12. For
specific math learning goals,
visit our Mathematics
Standards Matrix.
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Podcasts:
- Communication [6-8] - Organize information in simple tables and graphs and identify relationships they reveal; Read simple tables and graphs produced by others and describe in words what they show; Locate information in reference books, back issues of newspapers and magazines, compact disks, and computer databases; Understand writing that incorporates circle charts, bar and line graphs, two-way data tables, diagrams, and symbols.
Math Problems:
- Mathematical Inquiry [6-8] - Mathematicians often represent things with abstract ideas, such as numbers or perfectly straight lines, and then work with those ideas alone. [9-12] - Some work in mathematics is much like a game mathematicians choose an interesting set of rules and then play according to those rules to see what can happen. [9-12] - Much of the work of mathematicians involves a modeling cycle, which consists of three steps: (1) using abstractions to represent things or ideas, (2) manipulating the abstractions according to some logical rules, and (3) checking how well the results match the original things or ideas.
- Patterns and Relationships [9-12] - Mathematics is the study of any patterns or relationships, whereas natural science is concerned only with those patterns that are relevant to the observable world.
- Symbolic Relationships [6-8] - Mathematical statements can be used to describe how one quantity changes when another changes. [9-12] - Tables, graphs, and symbols are alternative ways of representing data and relationships that can be translated from one to another.
- Shapes: [6-8] - The graphic display of numbers may help to show patterns such as trends, varying rates of change, gaps, or clusters.
- Constancy and change [9-12] - Graphs and equations are useful (and often equivalent) ways for depicting and analyzing patterns of change.
Textbooks:
- The Scientific World View - - [6-8] Scientific knowledge is subject to modification as new information challenges prevailing theories and as a new theory leads to looking at old observations in a new way. [9-12] - From time to time, major shifts occur in the scientific view of how the world works.
Experiments and Inquiry Projects:
- Scientific Inquiry [6-8] - New ideas in science sometimes spring from unexpected findings, and they usually lead to new investigations. [9-12] - Investigations are conducted for different reasons, including to explore new phenomena, to check on previous results, to test how well a theory predicts, and to compare different theories.
Careers:
- The Scientific Enterprise [6-8] - Scientists are employed by colleges and universities, business and industry, hospitals, and many government agencies.
- Scientific Inquiry - [6-8] Scientists differ greatly in what phenomena they study and how they go about their work.
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