Tracking My Progress with “I Can Statements”-based on the NC Essential Standards
STUDY GUIDE: SCIENTIFIC METHOD (Lab Safety, Scientific Method, Data and Characteristics of Life)
Essential Standard | Testable Targets | Test Question or Concept |
| # | Learning Target | Can you…? |
Inquiry Development | 1 | I can identify lab equipment and its proper function. | Be able to locate safety equipment on a map of the classroom. Be able to name lab safety equipment. Be able to describe the function of the lab safety materials. |
Inquiry Development | 2 | I understand and demonstrate lab safety rules. | When given a scenario involving lab safety, be able to identify dangerous, improper or safe behaviors. |
Inquiry Development | 4 | I can identify and describe the steps of the scientific method. | What are the general steps in the scientific method? What is the general purpose of each step (i.e. what does the hypothesis do for us within an experiment?) How is a hypothesis different from a theory or a law in SCIENCE? What is a controlled experiment? A control group? An experimental group? What is a constant? How is it different from the control? |
Inquiry Development | 5 | I can identify independent and dependent variable in an experiment. | What is a variable? What are the two kinds? Define each. |
Inquiry Development | 6 | I can write a proper hypothesis. | What is a “good” hypothesis? What is the proper format for a hypothesis? Could you write a hypothesis if given a question or scenario. |
Inquiry Development | 7 | I can apply the steps (hypotheses, materials, procedures, data, conclusion) of the scientific method to solve scientific problems. | |
Inquiry Development | 8 | I can analyze and evaluate data (from graphs and scenarios). | Can you set up a data table? Where does the independent variable go? The dependent variable? Trials? Average? etc What are criteria for making “good” data tables and graphs? |
Inquiry Development | 9 | I can correctly use prefix and suffix to figure out the meaning of an unknown word. | |
Bio 1.1.2 and Bio 1.2.2 | 10 | I can describe characteristics shared by all living things. | What are some general themes you will learn in biology this year? What are the characteristics all living things must have? (MRS HEDGE) What is an organism? What is the difference between a prokaryote and a eukaryote? What is a species? What is a population? What is growth? What is development? What is a stimulus? A response? What is an adaptation? What is homeostasis? What are the two ways organisms can get food? Know the differences between sexual and asexual reproduction. |
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Bio 1.2.1 | 11 | I can explain how homeostasis is maintained in the cell and within organisms in various environments. | What is a negative feedback system? Explain how organisms handle changes in pH and temperature. |
Bio 2.1.2 | 12 | I can decide whether organisms are living or nonliving. | Be able to choose living from non living organisms using the characteristics of life learned. |
