New Haven Public Schools requires science teachers to use Connecticut state standards, with a special emphasis on inquiry standards, but encourages teachers to consult current national standards that the state derived theirs from, and the likely to be implemented Next Generation Science Standards which have been recently approved by the state.
D INQ.1 Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigation.
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D INQ.2 Read, interpret and examine the credibility and validity of scientific claims in different sources of information.
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D INQ.3 Formulate a testable hypothesis and demonstrate logical connections between the scientific concepts guiding the hypothesis and the design of the experiment.
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D INQ.4 Design and conduct appropriate types of scientific investigations to answer different questions.
D INQ.5 Identify independent and dependent variables, including those that are kept constant and those used as controls.
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D INQ.6 Use appropriate tools and techniques to make observations and gather data.
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D INQ.7 Assess the reliability of the data that was generated in the investigation.
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D INQ.8 Use mathematical operations to analyze and interpret data, and present relationships between variables in appropriate forms.
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D INQ.10 Communicate about science in different formats, using relevant science vocabulary, supporting evidence and clear logic.
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CT SCIENCE 9.1 - Energy cannot be created or destroyed; however, energy can be converted from one form to another.
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NGSS HS-PS1-3: Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the bulk scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.
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NGSS HS-PS4-1. Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.
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NGSS HS-PS4-2. Evaluate questions about the advantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information.
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NGSS HS-PS4-3. Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and that for some situations one model is more useful than the other.
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NGSS HS-PS4-4. Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter.
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NGSS HS-PS4-5. Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.
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