Content Category: Science

<h3><strong>CCSS (Common Core State Standards)</strong></h3> <em>The <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Common Core</a> is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). </em> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400">English Language Arts Standards » Science & Technical Subjects</span></h3> <ul> <li><b>Middle School</b></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.6 Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>High School</b></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.5 Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.6 Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, defining the question the author seeks to address.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11-12 texts and topics.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.5 Analyze how the text structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the information or ideas.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.6 Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, identifying important issues that remain unresolved.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul>