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Subject Area - 3:
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
- Standard Area - 3.4: Technology and Engineering Education
- Organizing Category - 3.4.C: Technology and Engineering Design
- Grade Level - 3.4.6.C: GRADE 6
Standard - 3.4.6.C2
Show how models are used to communicate and test design ideas and processes.
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Assessment Anchor - S6.A.1 Reasoning and Analysis
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.1.1 Explain, interpret, and apply scientific, environmental, or technological knowledge presented in a variety of formats (visuals, scenarios, graphs).
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.1.1 Explain how certain questions can be answered through scientific inquiry and/or technological design (e.g., consumer product testing, common usage of simple machines, modern inventions).
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.1.2 Use evidence to support inferences and claims about an investigation or relationship (e.g., common usage of simple machines).
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.1.3 Predict the outcome of an experiment based on previously collected data.
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.1.2 Identify and analyze evidence that certain variables may have caused measurable changes in natural or human-made systems.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.2.1 Use evidence, observations, or explanations to make inferences about changes in systems over time.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.2.2 Identify variables that cause changes in natural or human-made systems.
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Assessment Anchor - S6.A.3 Systems, Models, and Patterns
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.3.1 Explain the parts of a simple system, their roles, and their relationships to the system as a whole.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.3.1.1 Describe a system as a group of related parts with specific roles that work together to achieve an observed result.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.3.1.2 Explain how components of natural and human-made systems play different roles in a working system.
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.3.2 Apply knowledge of models to make predictions, draw inferences, or explain technological concepts.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.3.2.1 Describe how scientists use models to explore relationships and make predictions about natural systems (e.g., weather conditions, the solar system).
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