Constancy+and+Change

Pre-K-2
Students observe that in the physical setting, the living environment, and the technological world some things change over time and some things stay the same.

a. Describe the size, weight, color, or movement of things over varying lengths of time and note qualities that change or remain the same.

3-5
Students identify and represent basic patterns of change in the physical setting, the living environment, and the technological world.

a. Recognize patterns of change including steady, repetitive, irregular, or apparently unpredictable change. b. Make tables or graphs to represent changes. Students describe how patterns of change vary in physical, biological, and technological systems.

a. Describe systems that are changing including ecosystems, Earth systems, and technologies. b. Give examples of systems including ecosystems, Earth systems, and technologies that appear to be unchanging (even though things may be changing

6-8
Students describe how patterns of change vary in physical, biological, and technological systems.

a. Describe systems that are changing including ecosystems, Earth systems, and technologies. b. Give examples of systems including ecosystems, Earth systems, and technologies that appear to be unchanging (even though things may be changing within the system) and identify any feedback mechanisms that may be modifying the changes. c. Describe rates of change and cyclic patterns using appropriate grade-level mathematics.

9-Diploma
Students identify and analyze examples of constancy and change that result from varying types and rates of change in physical, biological, and technological systems with and without counterbalances.