1st Nine Weeks “I Can” Statements with related Core Content
Ch. 6 Weather “I Can” Statements:
Core Content
SC-04-2.3.3 Students will make generalizations and/or
predictions about weather changes from day to day and over
seasons based on weather data.
1. I can make predictions about the weather based on
knowledge of weather patterns.
2. I can understand how the water cycle powers weather and
gives freshwater for our use.
3. I can explain how air masses form and how they develop
into cold fronts and warm fronts.
4. I can how weather moves from West to East.
5. I can identify and explain the uses of the different weather
instruments: wind vane, thermometer, barometer,
hygrometer, anemometer, and rain gauge.
Ch. 8 Minerals and Rocks
Core Content
SC-04-2.3.1 Students will:
 Classify earth materials by the ways that they are used;
 Explain how their properties make them useful for
different purposes.
Earth materials provide many of the resources humans use. The
varied materials have different physical properties that can be
used to describe, separate, sort and classify them. Inferences
about the unique properties of the earth materials yield ideas
about their usefulness. For example, some are useful as
building materials (e.g., stone, clay, marble), some as sources of
fuel (e.g., petroleum, natural gas), or some for growing the
plant we use as food.
SC-04-2.3.2 Students will describe and explain the
consequences of changes to the surface of the Earth, including
some common fast changes (e.g., landslides, volcanic eruptions,
earthquakes), and some common slow changes (e.g., erosion,
weathering).
The surface of the Earth changes. Some changes are due
to slow processes such as erosion and weathering. Some
changes are due to rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes. Analyzing the changes to identify
cause and affect relationships helps to define and understand
the consequences.
SC-04-3.5.1 Students will use representations of fossils to:
 Draw conclusions about the nature of the organisms and
the basic environments that existed at the time;
 Make inferences about the relationships to organisms that
are alive today.
Fossils found in Earth materials provide evidence about
organisms that lived long ago and the nature of the
environment at that time. Representations of fossils provide
the basis for describing and drawing conclusions about the
organisms and basic environment represented by them.
1. I can explain how to classify rocks and minerals based on
their properties. (2.3.1)
2. I can explain how earth’s materials properties make them
useful for use by people. (2.3.1)
3. I can explain the process of erosion and weathering.
(2.3.2)
4. I can explain how fossils can inform us about how living
things lived long ago. (3.5.1)
Ch. 9 Changes to Earth’s Surface
Core Content SC-04-2.3.2 (Above)
1. I can describe the differences in landforms. (Not in CC for
Science, but in S.S. maybe???)
2. I can explain the difference in chemical and physical
weathering. (2.3.2)
3. I can explain the process of weathering and erosion.
(2.3.2)
4. I can distinguish the difference in a fast physical change
(e.g., earthquake, volcano, and landslide) and a slow
physical change (e.g., erosion and weathering).
Ch. 10 Using Natural Resources
CC- SC-04-2.3.1 (Above)
SC-04-4.7.2 Students will:
 Describe human interactions in the environment where
they live;
 Classify the interactions as beneficial or harmful to the
environment using data/evidence to support conclusions.
All organisms, including humans, cause changes in the
environment where they live. Some of these changes are
detrimental to the organism or to other organisms; other
changes are beneficial (e.g., dams benefit some aquatic
organisms but are detrimental to others). By evaluation the
consequences of change using cause and effect relationships,
solutions to real life situations/dilemmas can be proposed.
1. I can explain how natural resources are used and why they
are important to conserve. (2.3.1)
2. I can explain the difference in renewable and
nonrenewable resources. (2.3.1)
3. I can describe the physical properties of the three different
types of soil (clay, silt, sand). (2.3.1)
4. I can explain how humans affect our environment. (4.7.2)
5. I can explain the importance of recycling and conservation
in relation to natural resources. (4.7.2)