Resource Detail: Journal Article

This resource has 7 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Science as Inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Communicate investigations and explanations.
    • Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.

• Science and Technology
  • Understanding about science and technology
    • Technology is essential to science, because it provides instruments and techniques that enable observations of objects and phenomena that are otherwise unobservable due to factors such as quantity, distance, location, size, and speed. (5-8)
    • Technology provides tools for investigations, inquiry, and analysis.

• Process Standards for Professional Development
  • Design
    • Introduce teachers to scientific literature, media, and technological resources that expand their science knowledge and their ability to access further knowledge. (NSES)

• Teaching Standards
  • Teachers of science engage in ongoing assessment of their teaching and of student learning.
    • Use student data, observations of teaching, and interactions with colleagues to reflect on and improve teaching practice.
    • Use multiple methods and systematically gather data about student understanding and ability.