MIDDLE SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH
SCIENCE PROFICIENCY OUTCOMES
- Devise a classification scheme for a set of objects or a group
of organisms.
- Be able to distinguish between observation and inference given
a representation of a scientific situation.
- Organize data, identify patterns and trends.
- Draw conclusions and/or recognize a conceptual model based on
a given set of data.
- Identify and apply science safety procedures.
- Select a device and report data in appropriate units for a
specific measurement.
- Make inferences about the causes of variation in experimental
results.
- Predict the results of various processes that change the
earth.
- Apply concepts of the earth's rotation, tilt and revolution to
an understanding of time and season.
- Relate the position and influence of the earth to other
objects in space.
- Apply the use of simple machines to practical situations.
- Apply the concepts of force and inertia to predict the motion
of objects.
- Apply concepts of sound and light waves to everyday
situations.
- Describe chemical and physical interactions.
- Trace the flow of energy in an ecosystem.
- Identify interrelationships of organisms within an ecosystem.
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of plants and
animals.
- Explain biological diversity in terms of the transmission of
genetic characteristics.
- Describe how organisms accomplish basic life functions at
various levels of organization.
- Using historical contexts, describe the ways science has
changed through constant experimentation.
- Compare renewable and nonrenewable resources and strategies
for managing them.
- Relate the effect on an ecosystem to a given environmental
change.
Created by 1997 Middle School
Computer Workshop at NASA Glenn Research Center
Please send any comments to:
Carol Galica (
Carol.A.Galica@grc.nasa.gov)
Beth Lewandowski (Beth.Lewandowski@grc.nasa.gov)