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STEM

1. Ask questions and define problems
2. Develop and use models
3. Plan and conduct investigations
4. Analyze and interpret data
5. Use mathematical and computational thinking
6. Construct explanations and design solutions
7. Engage in scientific argument from evidence
8. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information

The Crosscutting Concepts represent common threads or themes that span across science disciplines (biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, Earth/space science) and have value to both scientists and engineers because they identify universal properties and processes found in all disciplines.

Seven crosscutting concepts:

1. Patterns
2. Cause and Effect: Mechanisms and explanations
3. Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
4. Systems and System Models
5. Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation
6. Structure and Function
7. Stability and Change

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Analyze and interpret data

• Biology Topics 18 21 22 34
• Physical Science Topics 26 27 42
• Earth Science Topics 19 21 22 34 38
• Chemistry Topics 18  19  27  34  37  43

Ask questions and define problems

• Biology Topics 11 26 38 41 45
• Physical Science Topics 11 12 31 38
• Earth Science Topics 11 16 42
• Chemistry Topics  15  24  41  44  48

Construct explanations and design solutions

• Biology Topics 43 46 47
• Physical Science Topics 25 34 45
• Earth Science Topics 28 36 39
• Chemistry Topics  22  28  46

Develop and use models

• Biology Topics 13 14 15 17 32 35 42 48
• Physical Science Topics 14 32 35 39 46 47
• Earth Science Topics 13 15 24 31 32 33
• Chemistry Topics  12  16  25  32  35

 

 

 

Engage in scientific argument from evidence

• Biology Topics 16 19 24 25 31 44
• Physical Science Topics 13 15 16 44
• Earth Science Topics 17 23 41 43
• Chemistry Topics  13  23  33

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information

• Biology Topics 33 39
• Physical Science Topics 21 24 41
• Earth Science Topics 14 27 37
• Chemistry Topics  11  14  38

Plan and conduct investigations

• Biology Topics 12 28 37
• Physical Science Topics 17 33
• Earth Science Topics 18 44 45 46
• Chemistry Topics  17  26  36  42  47

Use mathematical and computational thinking

• Biology Topics 23 27 36
• Physical Science Topics 18 19 22 23 43
• Earth Science Topics 25 26 35
• Chemistry Topics  21  31  39  45

Cause and Effect: Mechanisms and explanations

• Biology Topics 33 43
• Physical Science Topics 17 22 23 27 35 47
• Earth Science Topics 17 24 31 41
• Chemistry Topics  22  23  35  42

Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation

• Biology Topics 23 44
• Physical Science Topics 11 12 24 26 31 34 39
• Earth Science Topics 19 25 27 33
• Chemistry Topics  11  27

Patterns

• Biology Topics 13 31 36
• Physical Science Topics 15 41 45
• Earth Science Topics 21 32
• Chemistry Topics  14  15  17  25  36

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

• Biology Topics 34 39 46
• Physical Science Topics 42 43 46
• Earth Science Topics 11 14 35 36 42
• Chemistry Topics  18  19  26

Stability and Change

• Biology Topics 11 24 25 26 27 48
• Physical Science Topics 13 19 21 38 44
• Earth Science Topics 16 18 26 34 38 39
• Chemistry Topics  13  31  39  45  46  47

Structure and Function

• Biology Topics 14 15 16 18 19 37 38 42
• Physical Science Topics 14 16 18
• Earth Science Topics 37
• Chemistry Topics  12  21  33  34  41  43  44  48

Systems and System Models

• Biology Topics 12 17 21 22 28 32 35 41 45 47
• Physical Science Topics 25 32 33
• Earth Science Topics  13  15  22  23  28  43  44  45  46
• Chemistry Topics  16  24  28  32  37  38

 

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This web site provides free-to-use curriculum for high school teachers, students, and parent-guardians. Not all topics, concepts, and principles fit neatly within a single science discipline. For example, emphasis of 21^st Century Skills (communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking) apply to all of the natural sciences. We have divided our cross-cutting content into categories as grouped and described below.

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