PA Standards Covered Within the Storm Chaser Project:
Standards can be found at the PDE Aligned System.
Environment and Ecology
Standard - 4.1.5.B
Explain the basic components of the water cycle.
Standard - 4.2.5.A
Explain the water cycle.
English
Standard Area - CC.1.2:
Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
Standard Area - CC.1.4:
Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
Standard Area - CC.1.5: Speaking and Listening: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
Science and Technology
Standard - 3.2.5.A1
Describe how water can be changed from one state to another by adding or taking away heat.
Standard - 3.2.6.A1
Distinguish the differences in properties of solids, liquids, and gases.
Differentiate between volume and mass. Investigate that equal volumes of different substances usually have different masses.
Standard - 3.2.6.A4
Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes.
Standard - 3.2.5.B3
Demonstrate how heat energy is usually a byproduct of an energy transformation.
Standard - 3.2.6.B3
Give examples of how heat moves in predictable ways, normally flowing from warmer objects to cooler ones until they reach the same temperature.
Explain the effect of heat on particle motion by describing what happens to particles during a phase change.
Standard - 3.2.6.B6
ENERGY
Demonstrate that heat moves in predictable ways from warmer objects to cooler ones.
SCALE
Investigate that materials may be composed of parts too small to be seen without magnification.
Standard - 3.3.5.A4
Explain the basic components of the water cycle.
Standard - 3.3.5.A5
Differentiate between weather and climate.
Explain how the cycling of water, both in and out of the atmosphere, has an effect on climate
Standard - 3.3.6.A1
Recognize and interpret various mapping representations of Earth’s common features.
Standard - 3.3.6.A4
Describe how water on earth cycles in different forms and in different locations, including underground and in the atmosphere.
Standard - 3.3.6.A5
Describe the composition and layers of the atmosphere.
Explain the effects of oceans on climate.
Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
Standard - 3.3.6.A6
MODELS/SCALES
Describe the scales involved in characterizing Earth and its atmosphere.
MODELS/SCALES
Create models of Earth's common physical features.
Standard - 3.3.5.B1
Provide evidence that the earth revolves around (orbits) the sun in a year’s time and that the earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours.
Standard - 3.3.6.B1
Compare and contrast the size, composition, and surface features of the planets that comprise the solar system as well as the objects orbiting them.
Recognize the role of gravity as a force that pulls all things on or near the earth toward the center of the earth and in the formation of the solar system and the motions of objects in the solar system.
Explain why the planets orbit the sun in nearly circular paths.
Describe how the planets change their position relative to the background of the stars
Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun cause an uneven heating of the earth which in turn causes the seasons and weather patterns.
Standard - 3.3.6.B2
MODELS
Use models to demonstrate that earth has different seasons and weather patterns.
Standard - 3.4.5.A1
Explain how people use tools and techniques to help them do things.
Standard - 3.4.5.A2
Understand that a subsystem is a system that operates as part of a larger system.
Standard - 3.4.5.A3
Describe how technologies are often combined.
Standard - 3.4.6.A2
Describe how systems thinking involves considering how every part relates to others.
Standard - 3.4.6.D2
Use computers appropriately to access and organize and apply information.
Standard - 3.4.6.D3
Design and use instruments to evaluate data.
Standard - 3.4.5.E4
Describe how the use of symbols, measurements, and drawings promotes clear communication by providing a common language to express ideas.
Standard - 7.1.5.B
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
Standard - 7.1.6.B
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
Standard - 7.2.5.A
Describe the characteristics of places and regions.
Environment and Ecology
Standard - 4.1.5.B
Explain the basic components of the water cycle.
Standard - 4.2.5.A
Explain the water cycle.
English
Standard Area - CC.1.2:
Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
Standard Area - CC.1.4:
Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
Standard Area - CC.1.5: Speaking and Listening: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
Science and Technology
Standard - 3.2.5.A1
Describe how water can be changed from one state to another by adding or taking away heat.
Standard - 3.2.6.A1
Distinguish the differences in properties of solids, liquids, and gases.
Differentiate between volume and mass. Investigate that equal volumes of different substances usually have different masses.
Standard - 3.2.6.A4
Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes.
Standard - 3.2.5.B3
Demonstrate how heat energy is usually a byproduct of an energy transformation.
Standard - 3.2.6.B3
Give examples of how heat moves in predictable ways, normally flowing from warmer objects to cooler ones until they reach the same temperature.
Explain the effect of heat on particle motion by describing what happens to particles during a phase change.
Standard - 3.2.6.B6
ENERGY
Demonstrate that heat moves in predictable ways from warmer objects to cooler ones.
SCALE
Investigate that materials may be composed of parts too small to be seen without magnification.
Standard - 3.3.5.A4
Explain the basic components of the water cycle.
Standard - 3.3.5.A5
Differentiate between weather and climate.
Explain how the cycling of water, both in and out of the atmosphere, has an effect on climate
Standard - 3.3.6.A1
Recognize and interpret various mapping representations of Earth’s common features.
Standard - 3.3.6.A4
Describe how water on earth cycles in different forms and in different locations, including underground and in the atmosphere.
Standard - 3.3.6.A5
Describe the composition and layers of the atmosphere.
Explain the effects of oceans on climate.
Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
Standard - 3.3.6.A6
MODELS/SCALES
Describe the scales involved in characterizing Earth and its atmosphere.
MODELS/SCALES
Create models of Earth's common physical features.
Standard - 3.3.5.B1
Provide evidence that the earth revolves around (orbits) the sun in a year’s time and that the earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours.
Standard - 3.3.6.B1
Compare and contrast the size, composition, and surface features of the planets that comprise the solar system as well as the objects orbiting them.
Recognize the role of gravity as a force that pulls all things on or near the earth toward the center of the earth and in the formation of the solar system and the motions of objects in the solar system.
Explain why the planets orbit the sun in nearly circular paths.
Describe how the planets change their position relative to the background of the stars
Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun cause an uneven heating of the earth which in turn causes the seasons and weather patterns.
Standard - 3.3.6.B2
MODELS
Use models to demonstrate that earth has different seasons and weather patterns.
Standard - 3.4.5.A1
Explain how people use tools and techniques to help them do things.
Standard - 3.4.5.A2
Understand that a subsystem is a system that operates as part of a larger system.
Standard - 3.4.5.A3
Describe how technologies are often combined.
Standard - 3.4.6.A2
Describe how systems thinking involves considering how every part relates to others.
Standard - 3.4.6.D2
Use computers appropriately to access and organize and apply information.
Standard - 3.4.6.D3
Design and use instruments to evaluate data.
Standard - 3.4.5.E4
Describe how the use of symbols, measurements, and drawings promotes clear communication by providing a common language to express ideas.
Standard - 7.1.5.B
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
Standard - 7.1.6.B
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
Standard - 7.2.5.A
Describe the characteristics of places and regions.