Meeting Standards
The Wild Treasures’ curriculum is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. It is enhanced with common core standards, integrated with multiple disciplines, developed through systems thinking, and focused by students’ immersion with real problem solving, hands-on and minds-on explorations, as students lead by example, research, educate, and change their schools with effective and affecting communication.
The WT curriculum also meet state and national science standards as an inquiry-based science experience. |
New Hampshire 8th Grade Science Standards
SPS2– Unifying Concepts of Science
1. MAKING OBSERVATIONS AND ASKING QUESTIONS
S:SPS1:8:1.1 Use appropriate tools to accurately collect and record both qualitative and quantitative data gathered through observations (e.g., temperature probes, electronic balances, spring scales, microscopes, stop watches).
S:SPS1:8:1.3 Investigate similarities and differences noted when making observations.
S:SPS1:8:1.6 Rephrase questions so that they can be tested or investigated using scientific methodologies.
2. DESIGNING SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
S:SPS1:8:2.1 Identify the manipulated, responding and controlled variables in an experiment.
S:SPS1:8:2.2 Design a controlled experiment, identifying and controlling the major variables.
S:SPS1:8:2.3 Identify flaws or omissions in the design of simple experiments.
3. CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
S:SPS1:8:3.2 Use appropriate tools to gather data as part of an investigation (e.g., ruler, meter stick, thermometer, spring scale, graduated cylinder, calipers, balance, probes, microscopes).
4. REPRESENTING AND UNDERSTANDING RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS
S:SPS1:8:4.3 Draw appropriate conclusions regarding the scientific question under investigation, based on the data collected.
5. EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS
S:SPS1:8:5.1 Determine if the results of an experiment support or refute the scientific idea tested.
S:SPS1:8:5.3 Determine what additional information would be helpful in answering the scientific question.
1. MAKING OBSERVATIONS AND ASKING QUESTIONS
S:SPS1:8:1.1 Use appropriate tools to accurately collect and record both qualitative and quantitative data gathered through observations (e.g., temperature probes, electronic balances, spring scales, microscopes, stop watches).
S:SPS1:8:1.3 Investigate similarities and differences noted when making observations.
S:SPS1:8:1.6 Rephrase questions so that they can be tested or investigated using scientific methodologies.
2. DESIGNING SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
S:SPS1:8:2.1 Identify the manipulated, responding and controlled variables in an experiment.
S:SPS1:8:2.2 Design a controlled experiment, identifying and controlling the major variables.
S:SPS1:8:2.3 Identify flaws or omissions in the design of simple experiments.
3. CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
S:SPS1:8:3.2 Use appropriate tools to gather data as part of an investigation (e.g., ruler, meter stick, thermometer, spring scale, graduated cylinder, calipers, balance, probes, microscopes).
4. REPRESENTING AND UNDERSTANDING RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS
S:SPS1:8:4.3 Draw appropriate conclusions regarding the scientific question under investigation, based on the data collected.
5. EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS
S:SPS1:8:5.1 Determine if the results of an experiment support or refute the scientific idea tested.
S:SPS1:8:5.3 Determine what additional information would be helpful in answering the scientific question.