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MN.6.1.The Nature of Science and Engineering
The Nature of Science and Engineering
6.1.2. The Practice of Engineering
6.1.2.1. The student will understand that engineers create, develop and manufacture machines, structures, processes and systems that impact society and may make humans more productive.
6.1.2.1.1. Identify a common engineered system and evaluate its impact on the daily life of humans.
6.1.2.1.2. Recognize that there is no perfect design and that new technologies have consequences that may increase some risks and decrease others.
6.1.3. Interactions Among Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Society
6.1.3.1. The student will understand that designed and natural systems exist in the world. These systems consist of components that act within the system and interact with other systems.
6.1.3.1.1. Describe a system in terms of its subsystems and parts, as well as its inputs, processes and outputs.
6.1.3.4. The student will understand that current and emerging technologies have enabled humans to develop and use models to understand and communicate how natural and designed systems work and interact.
6.1.3.4.1. Determine and use appropriate safe procedures, tools, measurements, graphs and mathematical analyses to describe and investigate natural and designed systems in a physical science context.
6.1.3.4.2. Demonstrate the conversion of units within the Systeme Internationale (SI, or metric) and estimate the magnitude of common objects and quantities using metric units.
MN.6.13.Reading Benchmarks: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
Reading Benchmarks: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
6.13.7.7. Compare and integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, table, map).
6.13.9.9. Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.
6.13.4.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, equations, graphical representations, tabular representations, 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.
6.14.2.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, as they apply to each discipline and reporting format, including the narration of historical events, of scientific procedures/ experiments, or description of technical processes.
6.14.2.2.a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when usefu
6.14.2.2.b. Develop the topic with relevant, credible, sufficient, and well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
6.2.1.1. The student will understand that pure substances can be identified by properties which are independent of the sample of the substance and can be explained by a model of matter that is composed of small particles.
6.2.1.1.1. Explain density, dissolving, compression, diffusion and thermal expansion using the particle model of matter.
6.2.1.2. The student will understand that substances can undergo physical changes which do not change the composition or the total mass of the substance in a closed system.
6.2.1.2.1. Identify evidence of physical changes, including changing phase or shape, and dissolving in other materials.
6.2.1.2.3. Use the relationship between heat and the motion and arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases to explain melting, freezing, boiling and evaporation.
6.2.2.1.2. Graph an object's position as a function of time and an object's speed as a function of time for an object traveling in a straight line and use the graphs to describe the object's motion.
6.2.2.2. The student will understand that forces have magnitude and direction and govern the motion of objects.
6.2.2.2.1. Recognize that when the forces acting on an object are balanced, the object remains at rest or continues to move at a constant speed in a straight line, and that unbalanced forces cause a change in the speed or direction of the motion of an object.
6.2.2.2.3. Recognize that some forces between objects act when the objects are in direct contact and others, such as magnetic, electrical and gravitational forces can act from a distance.
6.2.3.2. The student will understand that energy can be transformed within a system or transferred to other systems or the environment.
6.2.3.2.1. Differentiate between kinetic and potential energy and analyze situations where kinetic energy is converted to potential energy and vice versa.