The Nature of Science 1. Students exhibit the ability to analyze information using scientific skills, tools, and processes to communicate clearly about the natural world. Students understand basic concepts about the structure and properties of matter. The Flow of Energy 3. Students understand energy types, sources, and conversions, and their relationship to heat and temperature.
Students understand motion and the principles that explain it.
Students know the kinds of forces that exist between objects and within atoms. Students understand the basic features and processes of the Earth. Students explain how energy from the sun, interacting with the ocean, atmosphere, and land masses produces climate and weather. Students understand essential ideas about the composition and structure of the universe and the Earth's place in it. Students demonstrate an understanding of the process of natural selection as it relates to the theory of evolution, ecological relationships, and the diversity of life.