3.1.              Unifying Themes

3.1.10  GRADE 10

A.    Apply patterns as repeated processes or recurring elements in science and technology.

·       Examine and describe recurring patterns that form the basis of biological classification, chemical periodicity, geological order and astronomical order.

·       Examine and describe stationary physical patterns.

·       Examine and describe physical patterns in motion.

A.    Apply knowledge and understanding about the nature of scientific and technological knowledge.

·       Compare and contrast scientific theories and beliefs.

·       Know that science uses both direct and indirect observation means to study the world and the universe.

B.    Apply process knowledge and organize scientific and technological phenomena in varied ways.

·       Describe materials using precise quantitative and qualitative skills based on observations.

·       Use process skills to make inferences and predictions using collected information and to communicate, using space / time relationships, defining operationally.

C.    Apply the elements of scientific inquiry to solve problems.

·       Generate questions about objects, organisms and/or events that can be answered through scientific investigations.

·       Evaluate the appropriateness of questions.

D.    Identify and apply the technological design process to solve problems.

·       Propose and analyze a solution.

·       Implement the solution.

A.    Relate earth features and processes that change the earth.

·       Illustrate and explain plate tectonics as the mechanism of continental movement and sea floor changes.

·       Compare examples of change to the earth’s surface over time as they related to continental movement and ocean basin formation

·       Interpret topographic maps to identify and describe significant geologic history/structures in Pennsylvania.

·       Explain several methods of dating earth materials and structures.

·       Correlate rock units with general geologic time periods in the history of the earth.

B.    Explain sources and uses of earth resources.

·       Evaluate the impact of geologic activities/hazards (e.g., earthquakes, sinkholes, landslides).