National
Science Education Standard
|
Journey
North Tulip Activity or Lesson |
A.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
ABILITIES NECESSARY TO DO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY (K-4)
(5-8)
|
Ask
a question about objects, organisms, events. (K-4) |
Deciding
Where to Plant the Garden
Predicting
the Arrival of Spring
Tulips as Tools
to Gauge Spring's Arrival
Going
to Extremes: The Annual Microclimate Challenge
Take-Home Tulip Garden
Old Bulbs, New Tricks
What If . . .? Time
to Experiment
Data Recorders
for Your Research Questions
Temperature
Experiments: Starting with a Good Question
Seasons and Cycles:
Indoor Bulb Experiments
Hurrying Spring: How
to Force Paperwhites in Your Classroom
What's Happening
Underground? Taking the Soil’s Temperature
Celery
Microclimate Experiment
Sun Power: Graphing
the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers
What Does Blooming
Mean to a Tulip? |
Plan
and conduct a simple investigation. (K-4) |
Deciding
Where to Plant the Garden
Going
to Extremes: The Annual Microclimate Challenge
What If . . .? Time
to Experiment
Data Recorders
for Your Research Questions
Seasons and Cycles: Indoor Bulb Experiments
Tulips & Temperatures Underground
Celery
Microclimate Experiment
Sun Power: Graphing
the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
Don't Come Closer!
How Plants Protect Their Own Space
What Does Blooming
Mean to a Tulip? |
Employ
simple equipment/tools to gather data and extend senses. (K-4) |
Deciding
Where to Plant the Garden
Understanding
Microclimates: A Matter of Degrees
Going
to Extremes: The Annual Microclimate Challenge
Old Bulbs, New Tricks
Data Recorders
for Your Research Questions
Setting Up
a Temperature Recorder in the Garden
Seasons and Cycles:
Indoor Bulb Experiments
Tulips & Temperatures
Underground
Spring Fever: Tulips,
Temperatures and the Greening of Spring
Sun Power: Graphing
the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers |
Use
data to conduct a reasonable explanation. (K-4) |
Predicting
the Arrival of Spring
Tulips as Tools
to Gauge Spring's Arrival
Understanding
Microclimates: A Matter of Degrees
Tulips & Temperatures Underground
Celery Microclimate Experiment
Snow Blankets the Earth: How
Does it Affect Bulbs?
Hobos in the Garden: Reading
Temperature Graphs
Spring Fever: Tulips,
Temperatures and the Greening of Spring
Does Spring Journey
North? Mapping the Green Wave of Spring
Sun Power: Graphing the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
The Days They Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers
Don't Come Closer! How Plants Protect Their Own Space |
Communicate
investigations and explanations. (K-4)
|
Take-Home
Tulip Garden |
Identify
questions that can be answered through scientific investigations.
(5-8) |
Predicting
the Arrival of Spring
What If . . .? Time
to Experiment
Data Recorders
for Your Research Questions
Temperature
Experiments: Starting with a Good Question
Seasons and Cycles:
Indoor Bulb Experiments
Hurrying Spring: How
to Force Paperwhites in Your Classroom
Tulips & Temperatures
Underground |
Design
and conduct a scientific investigation. (5-8) |
What
If . . .? Time to Experiment
Data Recorders
for Your Research Questions
Seasons and Cycles:
Indoor Bulb Experiments
Tulips & Temperatures
Underground |
Use
appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret
data. (5-8) |
Understanding
Microclimates: A Matter of Degrees
Data Recorders for Your Research Questions
Setting Up a Temperature Recorder in the Garden
Spring Fever: Tulips,
Temperatures and the Greening of Spring
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers |
Develop
descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
(5-8) |
Predicting
the Arrival of Spring
Understanding
Microclimates: A Matter of Degrees
Reasons for Seasons:
Exploring the Astronomy of Spring
Spring's Journey
North: Mapping the Green Wave of Spring
The Days They Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers
Don't Come Closer! How Plants Protect Their Own Space
Emergence Early or Late? What's the Range, Median, Mean? |
Think
critically and logically to make relationship between evidence
and explanations. (5-8) |
Reasons
for Seasons: Exploring the Astronomy of Spring
Celery
Microclimate Experiment
Sun Power: Graphing
the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers |
Use
math in all aspects of scientific inquiry. (5-8) |
Tulips
as Tools to Gauge Spring's Arrival
Understanding Microclimates: A Matter of Degrees
Tulips & Temperatures Underground
Hobos in the Garden: Reading
Temperature Graphs
Spring Fever: Tulips,
Temperatures and the Greening of Spring
Emergence Early
or Late? What's the Range, Median, Mean? |
UNDERSTANDINGS
ABOUT SCIENCE INQUIRY (K-4) (5-8) |
Science
investigations involve asking and answering a question and comparing
that to what scientists already know about the world. (K-4) |
Predicting
the Arrival of Spring
Take-Home Tulip Garden
Temperature
Experiments: Starting with a Good Question
What Does Blooming
Mean to a Tulip? |
Scientists
use different kinds of investigations depending on the questions
they are trying to answer. Types of investigations include describing
objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair
test (experimenting). (K-4) |
Tulips
as Tools to Gauge Spring's Arrival
Going
to Extremes: The Annual Microclimate Challenge
Take-Home Tulip Garden
Old Bulbs, New Tricks
What If . . .? Time
to Experiment
Seasons and Cycles:
Indoor Bulb Experiments
Tulips & Temperatures
Underground
Celery
Microclimate Experiment
Don't Come Closer!
How Plants Protect Their Own Space
What Does Blooming
Mean to a Tulip? |
Simple
instruments, such as magnifiers, thermometers, and rulers, provide
more information than scientists obtain using only their senses.
(K-4) |
Data
Recorders for Your Research Questions
Setting Up
a Temperature Recorder in the Garden
Tulips & Temperatures
Underground
Snow Blankets
the Earth: Learning from Snow Day Activities
Hobos in the Garden:
Reading Temperature Graphs
Sun Power: Graphing
the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants |
Scientists
develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they
already know about the world. Good explanations are based on evidence
from investigations. (K-4) |
Sun
Power: Graphing the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
Spontaneous Generation?
A New World of Life Forms |
Scientists
review and ask questions about the results of other scientists'
work. (K-4) |
.Spontaneous
Generation? A New World of Life Forms |
Different
kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations.
Some involve observing and describing objects, organisms, or events;
some involve collecting specimens; some involve experiments; some
involve seeking more information; some involve discovery of new
objects and phenomena; and some involve making models. (5-8) |
What
If . . .? Time to Experiment
Seasons and Cycles:
Indoor Bulb Experiments
Don't Come Closer!
How Plants Protect Their Own Space |
Current
scientific knowledge and understanding guide scientific investigations.
(5-8) |
Spontaneous
Generation? A New World of Life Forms |
Science
advances through legitimate skepticism. Asking questions and querying
other scientists' explanations is part of scientific inquiry. Scientists
evaluate the explanations proposed by others by examining evidence,
comparing evidence, identifying faulty reasoning, pointing out
statements that go beyond evidence, and suggesting alternative
explanations for the same observations. (5-8) |
Spontaneous
Generation? A New World of Life Forms |
Mathematics
is important in all aspects of scientific inquiry. (5-8) |
Hobos
in the Garden: Reading Temperature Graphs |
B.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PROPERTIES
OF OBJECTS AND MATERIALS (K-4) (5-8)
|
Objects
have observable properties, including size, weight, shape, color,
temperature, and the ability to react with other substances.
Those properties can be measured using tools, such as rulers,
balances, and thermometers. (K-4) |
Tulips
as Tools to Gauge Spring's Arrival
Understanding
Microclimates: A Matter of Degrees
Tulips & Temperatures
Underground
Snow
Blankets the Earth: Learning from Snow Day Activities
(And
all others involving measurement)
|
Materials
can exist in different states–solid, liquid, and gas. Some common
materials, such as water, can be changed from one state to another
by heating or cooling. (K-4)
|
Cryogenics
and Cryology: A Cool Experiment
|
POSITION
AND MOTION OF OBJECTS
|
An
object's motion can be described by tracing and measuring its position
over time. (K-4) |
Reasons
for Seasons: Exploring the Astronomy of Spring |
TRANSFER
OF ENERGY |
The
sun is a major source of energy for changes on the earth's surface.
The sun loses energy by emitting light. A tiny fraction of that
light reaches the earth, transferring energy from the sun to the
earth. The sun's energy arrives as light with a range of wavelengths,
consisting of visible light, infrared, and ultraviolet radiation.
(5-8) |
Understanding
Microclimates: A Matter of Degrees
Reasons for Seasons:
Exploring the Astronomy of Spring
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers |
C.
LIFE SCIENCE
THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANISMS (K-4)
(5-8)
|
Organisms
have basic needs. For example, animals need air, water and food;
plants require air, water, nutrients, and light. Organisms can
survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. The
world has many different environments, and distinct ones support
the life of different types of organisms. (K-4) |
Deciding
Where to Plant the Garden
Predicting the Arrival
of Spring
My Native Plant
Field Guide
What's Happening
Underground? Bulb Life Cycles
Snow Blankets
the Earth: Learning from Snow Day Activities
The Wild
Wisdom of Native Plants: Names and Stories
Spring Fever: Tulips,
Temperatures and the Greening of Spring
Sun Power: Graphing
the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
The Days They Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers
Don't Come Closer! How Plants Protect Their Own Space
How Plants Grow: Auxin's
Not a Toxin |
Each
plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions
in growth, survival, reproduction. (K-4) |
Tulips
as Tools to Gauge the Greening of Spring
My Native Plant
Field Guide
Whats in a Name?
Tulip History and Taxonomy
Beautiful Leaves
Contribute Form and Function
A Botanist's View:
Cousins of the Tulip Plant
What Does Blooming
Mean to a Tulip?
Cryogenics and Cryology:
A Cool Experiment
How
Plants Grow: Auxin's Not a Toxin |
LIFE
CYCLES OF ORGANISMS |
Plants
and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing
into adults, reproducing, and eventually dying. The details of
this life cycle are different for different organisms. (K-4) |
Out
of Sight Out of Mind? What Happens Underground?
Flip Books: Springtime
Memories
What Does Blooming
Mean to a Tulip? |
ORGANISMS
AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS
|
An
organism's behavior patterns are related to the nature of that
organism's environment, including the kinds and number of other
organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and
the physical characteristics of the environment. When environment
changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others
die or move to new locations. (K-4) |
Out
of Sight Out of Mind? What Happens Underground? |
All
organisms cause changes in the environment where they live. Some
of these changes are detrimental to the organism or others, whereas
others are beneficial. (K-4) |
.Don't
Come Closer! How Plants Protect Their Own Space |
STRUCTURE
AND FUNCTION IN LIVING SYSTEMS
|
Living
systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary
nature of structure and function. (5-8) |
Tulips
as Tools to Gauge the Greening of Spring
Whats in a Name?
Tulip History and Taxonomy
Out of Sight Out
of Mind? What Happens Underground?
Beautiful Leaves
Contribute Form and Function |
REPRODUCTION
AND HEREDITY |
Reproduction
is a characteristic of all living systems; because no individual
organism lives forever, reproduction is essential to the continuation
of every species. Some organisms reproduce asexually. Other organisms
reproduce sexually. (5-8) |
Tulips
as Tools to Gauge the Greening of Spring
Whats in a Name? Tulip History and Taxonomy
|
REGULATION
AND BEHAVIOR |
All
organisms must be able to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce,
and maintain stable internal conditions in a constantly changing
external environment. (5-8) |
Celery
Microclimate Experiment
The Wild
Wisdom of Native Plants: Names and Stories
How Plants Grow:
Auxin's Not a Toxin |
DIVERSITY
AND ADAPTATIONS |
Millions
of species of animals, plants, and microorganisms are alive today.
Although different species might look dissimilar, the unity among
organisms becomes apparent from an analysis of internal structures,
the similarity of their chemical processes, and the evidence of
common ancestry. (5-8) |
A
Botanist's View: Cousins of the Tulip Plant |
Biological
evolution accounts for the diversity of species through gradual
processes over many generations. Species acquire many of their
unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves
the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations.
Biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors,
or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in
a particular environment. (5-8) |
The
Wild Wisdom of Native Plants: Names and Stories |
D.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (K-4)
(5-8)
|
Soils
have properties of color and texture, capacity to retain water,
and ability to support the growth of many kinds of plants, including
those in our food supply. (K-4) |
Deciding
Where to Plant the Garden |
OBJECTS
IN THE SKY |
The
sun, moon, stars, clouds, birds, and airplanes all have properties,
locations, and movements that can be observed and described. (K-4) |
Reasons
for Seasons: Exploring the Astronomy of Spring
Seasons
and Cycles: Celebrate the Solstice |
The
sun provides light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature
of the earth. (K-4) |
Going
to Extremes: The Annual Microclimate Challenge
Reasons for Seasons:
Exploring the Astronomy of Spring
Cycles and
Seasons: Collectors Corner
Celery
Microclimate Experiment
Sun Power: Graphing
the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
Flip Books: Springtime
Memories
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers |
CHANGES
IN THE EARTH AND SKY |
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) |
Deciding
Where to Plant the Garden
Predicting the Greening of Spring
Going
to Extremes: The Annual Microclimate Challenge
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers
Finding a Garden
That Represents Your Region |
Objects
in the sky have patterns of movement. The sun, for example, appears
to move across the sky in the same way every day, but its path
changes slowly over the seasons. The moon moves across the sky
on a daily basis much like the sun. The observable shape of the
moon changes from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month.
(K-4) |
Reasons
for Seasons: Exploring the Astronomy of Spring
Cycles
and Seasons: Collectors Corner
Seasons
and Cycles: Celebrate the Solstice
The
Days They Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers |
EARTH
IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
The
sun is the major source of energy for phenomena on the earth's
surface, such as growth of plants, winds, ocean currents, and the
water cycle. Seasons result from variations in the amount of sun's
energy hitting the surface, due to the tilt of the earth's rotation
on its axis and the length of the day. (5-8) |
Going
to Extremes: The Annual Microclimate Challenge
Reasons for Seasons:
Exploring the Astronomy of Spring
Cycles and
Seasons: Collectors Corner
The Days They
Are A'Changing: Learning to Be Observers |
E.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (K-4) |
People
have always had questions about their world. Science is one way
of answering questions and explaining the natural world. (K-4) |
Spontaneous
Generation? A New World of Life Forms |
Tools
help scientists make better observations, measurements, and equipment
for investigations. They help scientists see, measure, and do
things that they could not otherwise see, measure, and do. (K-4)
|
Data
Recorders for Your Research Questions
Setting
Up a Temperature Recorder in the Gardenl
Tulips & Temperatures
Underground
Snow Blankets the
Earth: Learning from Snow Day Activities
Hobos in the
Garden: Reading Temperature Graphs
Sun Power:
Graphing the Effects of the Sun's Heat on Plants
|
G.
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
SCIENCE
AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOR (K-4)
(5-8)
|
Science
and technology have been practiced by people for a long time. (K-4) |
. .Spontaneous
Generation? A New World of Life Forms |
Men
and women have made variety of contributions throughout the history
of science and technology. (K-4) |
. .Whats
in a Name? Tulip History and Taxonomy |
HISTORY
OF SCIENCE |
Many
individuals have contributed to the traditions of science. Studying
some of them provides further understanding of scientific inquiry,
science as a human endeavor, the nature of science, and the relationships
between science and society. (5-8) |
.Whats
in a Name? Tulip History and Taxonomy |