CCC (Crosscutting Concepts)

What does the acronym SEP stand for?

• Student Engagement Practices

• Student Engagement Protocol

• Science and Engineering Practices

• Science Engagement Practices

Which SEP would this fall into?

• Developing and using models

• Engaging in argument from evidence

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Use mathematics and computational thinking

Which SEP does this image fit into?

• Asking questions and defining problems

• Developing and using models

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Engaging in argument from evidence

A group of students investigate if temperature impacts how many grams of sugar in solution crosses a membrane before equilibrium is met.

• cause and effect

• model

• pattern

• structure and function

• scale, proportion, and quantity

When a scientist speaks of trends, she is looking into _______.

• patterns

• cause and effect

• scale, proportion and quantity

• energy and matter

Climate change is having an impact on polar bear habitats.

• cause and effect

• stability and change

• structure and function

• scale, proportion, and quantity

What is an ecosystem?

• a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment:

• all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area

• living and non-living factors in a designated place

• all of these

Scientists start with questions and engineers start with problems and they both identify variables to run tests.

• True

• False

A toaster, a cell phone, a cat, a dog, and a blender represent_______________.

• systems

• models

• cause and effect

• patterns

When something is too small or too large to see, we use _______________ to help us understand.

• models

• patterns

• structure and function

• energy and matter