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The ESPA Content/Skill Outlines for Macro Statements 5.1 through 5.12 are as follows:
| Systems | Problem-Solving | History of Science | Uses of Technology | Select Tools | Mathematics Tools |
Structure of Organisms | Life Cycle | Variation | Properties | Motion | Energy | Earth | Earth-Moon-Sun | Ecology |

5.3.1.2 - HISTORY OF SCIENCE (p. 7)

I. MACRO STATEMENT

RECOGNIZE THAT SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE COME FROM MEN AND WOMEN OF VARIOUS CULTURES.


II. KNOWLEDGE STATEMENTS

A STUDENT SHOULD KNOW:

A. THAT SCIENTIFIC IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE HAVE COME FROM MEN AND WOMEN OF VARIOUS 
      CULTURES.

B. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF SCIENTISTS AND/OR INVENTORS WITHIN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

III. SKILL STATEMENTS

A STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

        . Communicate about a scientific contribution in a clear and concise manner.
        . Write a paragraph about a scientist or inventor in historical context.