Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
- Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed and used as evidence (K-LS1-1),(1-LS1-2),(1-LS3-1)
- Similarities and differences in patterns can be used to sort and classify natural phenomena (3-LS3-1)
- Patterns of change can be used to make predictions. (3-LS1-1)
- Graphs, charts and images can be used to identify patterns in data (MS-ESS3-2)
- Patterns can be used to identify cause and effect relationships (MS-LS2-2)
Cause and Effect
- Events have causes that generate observable patterns (K-ESS3-3),(2-LS2-1)
- Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified and used to explain change. (3-LS3-2), (3-LS4-2), 94-ESS3-1)
- Relationships can be classified as causal or correlational, and correlation does not necessarily imply causation.(MS-ESS3-3)
- Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems. (MS-ESS3-4), (MS-LS2-1)
- Empirical evidence is required to differentiate between cause and correlation and make claims about specific causes and effects. (HS-LS2-8),(HS-LS4-6),(HS-ESS3-1)