Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
Washington State Standards
Science: Essential Academic Learning Standards:
- Apply science knowledge and skills to solve problems or meet challenges: Study and analyze challenges or problems from local, regional, national, or global contexts in which science/technology can be or has been used to design a solution.
- Know that science and technology are human endeavors, interrelated to each other, to society, and to the workplace:
- Analyze how scientific knowledge and technological advances discovered and developed by individuals and communities in all cultures of the world contribute to changes in societies.
- Investigate the scientific, mathematical, and technological knowledge, training, and experience needed for occupational/career areas of interest
Student Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Work collaboratively to research one topic of modern physics
- Develop a thorough presentation and teach peers, aided by a slideshow
- Describe a topic and research methods in adequate detail
- Present biographical information about researchers
- Illustrate how a physics topic connects to human needs
- Compare and contrast potential benefits and drawbacks related to specific research
- Develop awareness of current physics research topics
- Develop a persuasive argument to support or discourage research related to a topic, and present work in a brochure
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