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Content (p. 8-24)

The GEPA Content/Skill Outlines for Macro Statements 5.1 through 5.12 are as follows:
| Systems | Problem-Solving | History of Science | Technology  | Mathematics  | Structure of Living Things | Diversity |
Matter --Properties | Matter -- Atoms | Force & Motion | Energy | Structure of the Earth | Universe | Ecology/Environment |

IMPORTANT:
ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE TAUGHT THAT HYPOTHESES ARE VALUABLE, EVEN IF THEY ARE SHOWN BY INVESTIGATIONS NOT TO BE TRUE, BECAUSE THEY MAY LEAD TO NEW INFORMATION.

5.3.3.4.5 & 5.4.5 - HISTORY OF SCIENCE

I. MACRO STATEMENT

RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL ORIGIN OF SCIENTIFIC THEORIES; THEY ARE DEVELOPED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR CULTURAL/HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THESE THEORIES ARE TESTED AND MAY BE REPLACED BASED ON NEW INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES.


II. KNOWLEDGE STATEMENTS

A STUDENT SHOULD KNOW THAT:

A. TECHNOLOGY IS A RESPONSE TO NEEDS WITHIN A CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

  1. Science and technology are reciprocal. Science provides information while technology uses the information.

III. SKILL STATEMENTS

TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OUTLINED ABOVE, A STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

  • Describe how tools of today (technology) are different from those of the past but may be modifications of ancient tools and/or techniques.