South Carolina Aquarium Online Curriculum, 6th

Pre-Visit Activities : Groundwater & Runoff : Standards Supported
Sixth - Eighth Grade Online Curriculum : Watersheds

Grade Level

Standards

6th Grade

6-1.1, 6-1.2, 6-1.4, 6-4.2

7th Grade

7-1.1, 7-1.2, 7-1.3, 7-1.4, 7-1.6, 7-4.3,
7-4.4, 7-4.5

8th Grade

8-1.1, 8-1.2, 8-1.3, 8-1.4, 8-1.5, 8-1.6, 8-3.9

* Bold standards are the main standards addressed in this activity.

Sixth Grade Indicators

6-1.1
Use appropriate tools and instruments (including a spring scale, beam balance, barometer, and sling psychrometer) safely and accurately when conducting a controlled scientific investigation.

6-1.2 Differentiate between observation and inference during the analysis and interpretation of data.

6-1.4 Use a technological design process to plan and produce a solution to a problem or a product (including identifying a problem, designing a solution or a product, implementing the design, and evaluating the solution or the product).

6-4.2
Summarize the interrelationships among the dynamic processes of the water cycle (including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, surface-water flow, and groundwater flow).

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Seventh Grade Indicators

7-1.1
Use appropriate tools and instruments (including a microscope) safely and accurately when conducting a controlled scientific investigation.

7-1.2
Generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigation

7-1.3 Explain the reasons for testing one independent variable at a time in a controlled scientific investigation.

7-1.4
Explain the importance that repeated trials and a well-chosen sample size have with regard to the validity of a controlled scientific investigation.

7-1.6
Critique a conclusion drawn from a scientific investigation.

7-4.3 Explain the interaction among changes in the environment due to natural hazards (including landslides, wildfires, and floods), changes in populations, and limiting factors (including climate and the availability of food and water, space, and shelter).

7-4.4 Explain the effects of soil quality on the characteristics of an ecosystem.

7-4.5
Summarize how the location and movement of water on Earth’s surface through groundwater zones and surface-water drainage basins, called watersheds, are important to ecosystems and to human activities.

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Eighth Grade Indicators

8-1.1
Design a controlled scientific investigation.

8-1.2
Recognize the importance of a systematic process for safely and accurately conducting investigations.

8-1.3 Construct explanations and conclusions from interpretations of data obtained during a controlled scientific investigation.

8-1.4 Generate questions for further study on the basis of prior investigations

8-1.5
Explain the importance of and requirements for replication of scientific investigations.

8-1.6
Use appropriate tools and instruments (including convex lenses, plane mirrors, color filters, prisms, and slinky springs) safely and accurately when conducting a controlled scientific investigation.

8-3.9
Identify and illustrate geologic features of South Carolina and other regions of the world through the use of imagery (including aerial photography and satellite imagery) and topographic maps.

Grade Level	Standards
6th Grade	6-1.1, 6-1.2, 6-1.4, 6-4.2
7th Grade	7-1.1, 7-1.2, 7-1.3, 7-1.4, 7-1.6, 7-4.3, 7-4.4, 7-4.5
8th Grade	8-1.1, 8-1.2, 8-1.3, 8-1.4, 8-1.5, 8-1.6, 8-3.9
* Bold standards are the main standards addressed in this activity.

6-1.1	Use appropriate tools and instruments (including a spring scale, beam balance, barometer, and sling psychrometer) safely and accurately when conducting a controlled scientific investigation.
6-1.2	Differentiate between observation and inference during the analysis and interpretation of data.
6-1.4	Use a technological design process to plan and produce a solution to a problem or a product (including identifying a problem, designing a solution or a product, implementing the design, and evaluating the solution or the product).
6-4.2	Summarize the interrelationships among the dynamic processes of the water cycle (including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, surface-water flow, and groundwater flow).

7-1.1	Use appropriate tools and instruments (including a microscope) safely and accurately when conducting a controlled scientific investigation.
7-1.2	Generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigation
7-1.3	Explain the reasons for testing one independent variable at a time in a controlled scientific investigation.
7-1.4	Explain the importance that repeated trials and a well-chosen sample size have with regard to the validity of a controlled scientific investigation.
7-1.6	Critique a conclusion drawn from a scientific investigation.
7-4.3	Explain the interaction among changes in the environment due to natural hazards (including landslides, wildfires, and floods), changes in populations, and limiting factors (including climate and the availability of food and water, space, and shelter).
7-4.4	Explain the effects of soil quality on the characteristics of an ecosystem.
7-4.5	Summarize how the location and movement of water on Earth’s surface through groundwater zones and surface-water drainage basins, called watersheds, are important to ecosystems and to human activities.

8-1.1	Design a controlled scientific investigation.
8-1.2	Recognize the importance of a systematic process for safely and accurately conducting investigations.
8-1.3	Construct explanations and conclusions from interpretations of data obtained during a controlled scientific investigation.
8-1.4	Generate questions for further study on the basis of prior investigations
8-1.5	Explain the importance of and requirements for replication of scientific investigations.
8-1.6	Use appropriate tools and instruments (including convex lenses, plane mirrors, color filters, prisms, and slinky springs) safely and accurately when conducting a controlled scientific investigation.
8-3.9	Identify and illustrate geologic features of South Carolina and other regions of the world through the use of imagery (including aerial photography and satellite imagery) and topographic maps.