They demonstrate their ability to apply scientific skills and processes when they investigate, assess, and debate resource use, and apply their skills and knowledge to analyzing local environmental issues. Skills and processes Students identify a list of potential topics. Working in pairs, they choose a resource and, from a variety of sources, collect data about how the resource is used in their community.
Students assess the extent to which the resource is bing used responsibly.
The teacher works with students to develop a list of criteria that focus on the scientific skills and processes they have developed. The questions themselves provide evidence of the extent and level to which students understand the concepts, relationships, and applications of the material. These resources are those that have been evaluated since 1992. A complete list of resources to support this organizer can be found in Appendix B . For complete product descriptions, and ordering information, please refer to the Science Annotations booklet.