QUESTION: WHAT'S THE MATTER?!

Topic: Interdependent Relationships
CCC: Cause & Effect
5. Plan and carry out an investigation, using one variable at a time, to determine how each variable affects plant growth. Examples: various amounts of light, various amounts of water.
6. Design and construct models to simulate how animals disperse seeds or pollinate plants.
CCC: Structure and Function  

Topic: Biodiversity
7. Obtain information to explain that there are many different kinds of living things that exist in habitats on land and in water.
CCC: System and System Models
 

DCI: Earth’s Systems

Topic: Physical Features
8. Use models to distinguish between the shapes and kinds of land and water on Earth. Examples: rivers, oceans, mountains, valleys
CCC: Patterns


Topic: Water
9. Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and determine whether it is a solid or a liquid.
CCC: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

Topic: Changes Over Time
10. Use a variety of sources to provide evidence that Earth's events can occur slowly or rapidly. Examples: erosion, melting of glaciers; earthquakes, volcanic eruptions
CCC: Stability and Change


Topic: Human Impact
11. Evaluate multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of Earth's surface.  Examples: the use of dams and erosion prevention methods
CCC: Cause & Effect