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ASET!Grade!Band!Criteria!1+"23%(42,35(6789!
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Science!&!Engineering!Practices!
SEP 3: Planning and Carrying out Investigations: Planning and carrying out investigations in 6-8 builds on K-5 experiences and progresses
to include investigations that use multiple variables and provide evidence to support explanations or solutions.
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By the end of the grade band students will have had a structured opportunity to develop an understanding of each of these. Individual
lessons or units should include opportunities for stud ents to practice one or more of the following components ……
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1) Identify!the!pheno m en on !to!be !
investigat ed !
and!purpose!of!
the!investigation!
Students!identify!the:!
a. phenomenon! under!investigation!(from!a!given!investigation!plan!or!for!a!plan!they!will!design)!
b. purpose!of!the!investigation!
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2) Take!appropriate!parameters!
into!accou n t!when!planning!
how!to!investigate!a!scientific!
question!or!test!a!design!
solution!
Students!plan!an!investigation!or!test!a!design!individually!an d !co ll ab o ra tiv e ly ,!to!produce!data!to!serve!as!the!basis!for!
evidence!and!identify:!
a. ind ep e n d en t!a n d !de p en d e n t!v ar iab l es!a n d !co n tr ol s !
b. what!tools!are!needed!to!do!the!gathering!
c. how!measurements!will!be!recorded!
d. how!many!data!are!needed!to!support!a!claim!
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3) Make!predictions!and/or!
hypotheses!about!the!outcome!
of!an!investigation*!
Students!make!testable!hypotheses!(specifying!variables!and!outcome)!
a. based!on!prior!experiences!and/or!observed!patterns!
b. about!what!would!happen!if!a!variable!changes.#
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4) Conduct!an!investigation!!
Systematically!carry!out!the!given/planned!investigation!and!make!observations!and/or!record!data!
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If!the!investigation!plan !w as!g iven !to!stud en ts,!they!will!describe:!
a. th e!data !to!be!collecte d!and !the!ev iden ce!to!be!d erived !from !the!data !!
b. how!the!tools!and!m eth ods!inclu ded !in!the!exp erim en tal!des ign!w ill!provide!the !eviden ce!ne cessa ry!to!add ress!th e!
purpose!of!the!investigation!
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5) Collect!data!to!answer!a!
scientific!question!or!test!a!
design!solution!
Students!collect/produce!data!
a. to!serv e!as!the!basis!for!evidence!to!answe r!a!scientific!question![science]!or!test!design!solutions![engineering]!under!
a!range!of!conditions!
b. about!the!performance!of!a!proposed!object,!tool,!process,!or!system!under!a!range!of!conditions![engineering]!
c. that!meet!the!specific!goals!of!an!investigation.!!!
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6) Evaluate!and/or!revise!an!
experimental!design!!
Students!should:!!
a. evaluate!the!accuracy!of!various!methods!for!collecting!data!to!determine!the!most!appropriate.!!!
b. revise!the!experim enta l!design ,!if!needed,!to!collect/p rod uce!d ata!tha t!me ets!the !specific!goals!of!the !investigation!
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*This!component!is!based!on!crite ria !re q u ire d!a t!th e !K-2!and!3-5!grade!band.!!Making!predictions/hypothesis!may!happen!at!the!start!of!an!experiment!or!
towards!the!end!de pen ding !on!the !level!of!expe rience !stude nts!ha ve!w ith!the !con ten t!
