NGSS Practices
One way a class could research the student question, “How long does a flower take to bloom?”
What is conducting an experiment?
Science is not (blank) and therefore cannot be subject to popular opinion. (pg. 48)
What is democratic?
The word for molten rock
What is magma?
Scientific knowledge is open to revision in light of…
What is new evidence?
True or false: Science can make judgments about moral, ethical, and aesthetic decisions.
What is false?
The number of bones in the human body
What is 206?
Scientific knowledge is based on what kind of evidence?
What is empirical evidence?
Science can be limited by (blank)
What is cultural and technological constraints?
The type of energy heat is
what is thermal energy?
Scientific theory and scientific law overlap (pg. 44)
What is repeated successful predictions
A group who engaged in astronomy two thousand years before Europeans (pg. 47)
What is Babylonians?
The type of cloud in the sky during a thunderstorm
What is cumulonimbus?
Theories and law often rely on (blank) representations of ideas and systems (pg. 44)
What is scientific models, visual, mathematical, or verbal representations
The Fibonacci sequence or the Golden Ratio (1,1,2,3,5,8,13 and so on) appear where in nature (pg. 45)
What is, citrus fruit segments, seashells, sunflower seeds, and pinecones?
Wind, hydro, solar, and geothermal are all (blank) kinds of resources
What are renewable resources?