Do
Monarchs Migrate Across the Gulf of Mexico?
Contributed by Dr. Bill Calvert
Education Standards
National Science Education Standards
Science
as Inquiry
Use data to conduct a reasonable explanation. (K-4)
Think critically and logically to make relationship between evidence and explanations. (5-8)
Recognize/analyze alternative explanations and predictions. (5-8)
Science investigations involve asking and answering a question and comparing that to what scientists already know about the world. (K-4)
Scientists
develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already
know about the world. (K-4)
Earth
and Space Science
Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. Weather can be described
by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed,
and precipitation. (K-4)
Science
and Technology
People have always had questions about their world. Science is one way
of answering questions and explaining the natural world. (K-4)
History
and Nature of Science
Although men and women using scientific inquiry have learned much about
the objects, events, and phenomena in nature, much more remains to be
understood. Science will never be finished. (K-4)
Many people choose science as a career and devote their entire lives to studying it. Many people derive great pleasure from doing science. (K-4)
Scientists formulate and test their explanations of nature using observation, experiments, and theoretical and mathematical models. (5-8)
It is part of scientific inquiry to evaluate the results of scientific investigations, experiments, observations, theoretical models, and the explanations proposed by other scientists. (5-8)
National Geography Standards
The
World in Spatial Terms
How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and
environments.
