Standards

CIM Standards

-Applies foundation concepts of change, cycle, cause and effect, energy and matter, evolution, perception, and fundamental entities.

-Applies explanatory concepts of model, system, theory, probability, and replication.

-Applies comparison concepts of gradient, scale, symmetry, quantification, and invariance.

-Applies relationship concepts of population, equilibrium, force, interaction, field, structure and function, time and space, and order.

-Demonstrates understanding of structure and properties of matter.

-Demonstrates understanding of fundamental forces, their forms, and their effects on motion.

-Demonstrates understanding of the interactions of energy and matter.

-Demonstrates understanding of the properties and limited availability of the materials that make up the Earth.

-Demonstrates understanding of the Earth's place in the solar system and the universe.

-Describes natural objects, events, and processes outside the Earth, both past and present.

-Demonstrates understanding that scientific knowledge is subject to change based on new findings and results of scientific observation and experimentation.

-Analyzes scientific information to develop and present conclusions.

Oregon Department of Education Science Standards