EALR3 - 4-5
Application Science
Big Idea: is about the interaction between science and technology and how both can help solve real-world
problems
Core Content: Different Technologies
Power Standard: Analyze a system in terms of subsystems functions as well as inputs and outputs.
Topics:
Performance Expectations:
Where taught
1. Uses of technology Describe ways that people use technology to meet Water –
for human needs
their needs and wants
Inv. 4 part 2
FOSSweb – Science in the
schoolyard guide
Levers and Pulleys
Inv. 2 parts 3-4
Science Stories pp. 1-32
Variables –
Science stories – pp. 8-9, 15-20,
32-33
2. Different cultural
Give examples of how people around the world
Sun, Moon, and Stars –
uses of technology
use different materials or technologies to solve the Science stories pp. 40-43
same problem
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Science stories pp. 10, 17-26
Levers & Pulleys –
Science stories pp. 1-4, 15
Variables
Science Stories pp. 18-20
3. Using technology
Define a problem, research it and list several
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to solve problems
criteria for a successful solution.
Inv. 4 part 2
FOSSweb – Science in the
schoolyard guide
Landforms
Inv. 3 all parts
Science stories pp. 7-21, 43-44
Levers and Pulleys
FOSSweb act. Build a Rube
Goldberg Machine
Variables –
Inv. 1 part 1
Inv. 2 parts 1-3
Inv. 4 part 4
Science Stories pp. 1-14, 18-28
4. Team
Work with other students to generate possible
Sun, Moon, and Stars
work/collaboration
solutions to a problem and agree on the most
Science stories pp. 40-44
promising solution based on how well each
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different idea meets the criteria for a successful
Inv. 4 part 2
solution
Landforms
EALR3 - 4-5
Application Science
5. Building models or
prototypes
6. Communicate
7. Improved way of
life because of
science & technology
8. Careers in
scientific technology
Inv. 3 all parts
Variables –
Inv. 1, part 1
Inv. 2 parts 1-3
Inv. 4 part 4
Build, test, and modify models as necessary
Water
Inv. 4 parts 2
FOSSweb – Science in the
schoolyard guide
Landforms
Inv. 3 parts 1-3
Variables
Inv. 2-4 all parts
Communicate the solution, results of any tests,
Landforms
and modifications persuasively, using oral, written, Inv. 3 parts 1-3
and/or pictorial representations of the process and Variables
product.
Inv. 2-4 all parts
Describe specific ways that science and technology Levers and Pulleys
have improved the quality of the students’ lives.
Inv. 2 part 3
Science stories pp. 1-32
Variables
Science stories pp. 18-20
Describe several activities or careers that require
Environments
people to apply their knowledge and abilities in
Science Stories pp. 1-8, 23-26
science, technology, engineering, and
Landforms
mathematics.
Science stories pp. 9-14, 30-32
Levers and Pulleys
Science Stories pp. 28-32
Variables
Science stories pp. 4-6, 11, 18-28