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Our techniques section is rich with several topics and their classroom-ready material. The techniques introduce 21st Century Skills as well as Scientific Inquiry Skills. Each of these topics provide relevant teaching material applicable to biology, chemistry, earth science and physical science classes. (go)
Our activities section hosts topics and learning material for areas of interest across two or more core subject areas. These activities might be viewed as “extra” – to add variety, to provide substitute teacher material, or even bell-ringer material. Some of these look-and-feel like a typical topic in a core subject area – others diverge from this approach. (go)
Our math section provides quick, relevant math-practice worksheets to complement science-student math-chops. For example, the math worksheets are convenient to print and provide meaningful reinforcement to students who may finish work early, or need additional math practice for an upcoming science topic. (go)
Our labs section provides relevant, ready-to-use high school science lab assignments. Each emphasizes one-or-more of the several several lab competencies important for high school students to master. (go)
Our methods section is a reference source. Content centers on the scientific method, and describes the differences between scientific law and scientific theory. This section is intended mostly as a reference tool for students and teachers. This section does not include classroom material and worksheets found in the majority of Honeycutt Science topics. (go)
Our references section provides a repository to keep links and information resources conveniently available to instructors and super-users of this site. Also, this is a convenient source to reference our comprehensive science glossary. (go)
Oklahoma Science Standards
Science & Engineering Practices
The Science and Engineering Practices describe the major practices that scientists employ as they investigate and build models and theories about the world and a key set of engineering practices that engineers use as they design and build systems. The term “practice” is used instead of the term “process” to emphasize that scientists and engineers use skill and knowledge simultaneously, not in isolation.
There are eight science and engineering practices:
- Ask questions and define problems
- Develop and use models
- Plan and conduct investigations
- Analyze and interpret data
- Use mathematical and computational thinking
- Construct explanations and design solutions
- Engage in scientific argument from evidence
- Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information
Crosscutting Concepts
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.
There are seven crosscutting concepts:
- Patterns
- Cause and Effect: Mechanisms and explanations
- Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
- Systems and System Models
- Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation
- Structure and Function
- Stability and Change
Emphasis of Practices and Concepts (Topic X-Reference)
Below find a convenient cross-reference for our curriculum’s inclusion of the science & engineering practices, as well as the crosscutting concepts. While any given topic might include more than one idea from each area – there is a suggested instructor emphasis placed toward the bottom of each topic page. Typically, this suggestion is located in the Notes & Notices section of the page.
Scientific and Engineering Practices (Topic Cross-Reference)
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
Cross-Cutting Concepts (Topic Cross-Reference)
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
About this Page
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 21st 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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