SBKH: Science Draft Benchmarks
Grade 2: Seek & Apply Knowledge
Benchmark 1-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will identify similarities and differences in a variety of natural and designed systems.
Grade 5: Seek & Apply Knowledge
Benchmark 1-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will show relationships between the structure and function of parts in interacting systems.
Benchmark 2-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will draw conclusions about system function and the structure of its parts based upon evidence from their investigation.
Grade 8: Seek & Apply Knowledge
Benchmark 1-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Science students will understand that…the formulation of a hypothesis involves the synthesis of multiple perspectives by utilizing traditional (Indigenous) knowledge and current (contemporary) knowledge (context).
Relational Concepts: Hypothesis — multiple perspectives (traditional and current knowledge)
BENCHMARK: Students will develop the ability to discern with others what to preserve and what to change in order for future generations to thrive.
Benchmark 2-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that an experiment is designed to gather evidence and use it to support or refute a hypothesis.
BENCHMARK: Students will design and conduct an experiment using the scientific method as a contribution of knowledge.
Benchmark 3-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will describe various Earth systems and their components and characterize how changes over time in a natural system would affect a designed system.
Biology: Seek & Apply Knowledge
Benchmark 1-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will reflect on their kuleana* and stewardship practices that demonstrate a sense of place and their roles in the ecosystem.
*Kuleana denotes responsibilities which accompany our blessings. (KS definition – Hawaiian Values poster)
Benchmark 2-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will communicate* the relationships within biological systems.
*e.g., diagram, model, illustrate, describe, explain, summarize
Benchmark 3-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will utilize appropriate technology* to evaluate issues related to biological systems. (e.g. global warming, genetic engineering, sustainability)
*technology is the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
Chemistry: Seek & Apply Knowledge
Benchmark 1-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will demonstrate how the hydrologic cycle is essential to healthy systems.
Benchmark 2-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will demonstrate how the phases of the hydrologic cycle are dependent on thermodynamics.
[Water and energy are Kane.]
Benchmark 3-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will demonstrate how the properties of water affect living systems (e.g. pH, H-bonding, polarity, solubility, colligative properties, density, specific heat).
Physics: Seek & Apply Knowledge
Benchmark 1-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will evaluate systems utilizing vectors, to be able to predict and perform calculations, and represent physical quantities in graphical form.
Benchmark 2-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Evaluate the dependent and independent variables in an experiment, and demonstrate an understanding of their relationships to one another.
Benchmark 3-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Students will explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects using words, pictures, graphs and equations.
(e.g., linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia)
Benchmark 4-
STRAND CONCEPT STATEMENT: Critical thinking utilizes multiple perspectives to form an idea.
DISCIPLINE CONCEPT STATEMENT: Students will understand that natural and designed systems and their components form interdependent and dynamic relationships.
BENCHMARK: Describe and quantify energies, their transformations and applications in everyday life.