National Science Education Standards and
New York Learning Standards for this project.
National Science Education Standards
- As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding of properties and changes of properties in matter.
- As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding of transfer of energy.
- As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding about scientific inquiry.
- As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding of math in the study of science.
New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
- 4.1: All Students Will Develop the Ability to Pose and Solve Mathematical Problems in Mathematics, Other Disciplines, and Everyday Experiences
- 4.2: All Students Will Communicate Mathematically through Written, Oral, Symbolic, and Visual Forms of Expression.
- 4.3: All Students Will Connect Mathematics to Other Learning by Understanding the Interrelationships of Mathematical Ideas and the Roles that Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling Play in Other Disciplines and in Life
- 4.4: All Students Will Develop Reasoning Ability and Will Become Self-Reliant, Independent Mathematical Thinkers.
- 4.5: All Students Will Regularly and Routinely Use Calculators, Computers, Manipulatives, and Other Mathematical Tools to Enhance Mathematical Thinking, Understanding, And Power.
- 4.9: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of and Will Use Measurement to Describe and Analyze Phenomena.
- 4.11: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of Patterns, Relationships, and Functions and Will Use Them to Represent and Explain Real-World Phenomena.
- 4.13: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of Algebraic Concepts and Processes and Will Use Them to Represent and Analyze Relationships among Variable Quantities and to Solve Problems.
- 4.16: All Students Will Demonstrate High Levels of Mathematical Thought through Experiences which Extend beyond Traditional Computation, Algebra, and Geometry.
- 5.2: All Students Will Develop Problem-Solving, Decision-Making and Inquiry Skills, Reflected by Formulating Usable Questions and Hypotheses, Planning Experiments, Conducting Systematic Observations, Interpreting and Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions, and Communicating Results.
- 5.4: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of Technology as an Application of Scientific Principles.
- 5.5: All Students Will Integrate Mathematics as a Tool for Problem-Solving in Science, and as a Means of Expressing and/or Modeling Scientific Theories.
- 5.8: All Students Will Gain an Understanding of the Structure and Behavior of Matter.
- 5.9: All Students Will Gain an Understanding of Natural Laws as They Apply to Motion, Forces, and Energy Transformations.
- Standard 2: All students will use technology, information and other tools.
- Standard 3: All students will use critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
New York State Learning Standards
- Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.
- Standard 2: Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies.
- Standard 3: Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.
- Standard 4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment.
- Standard 6: Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.
- Standard 7: Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions.
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