Developing and Using Models

Level 4

Modeling Systems with Evidence


 

Practice Slides (Google Slides) (PDF)

Student Worksheet (Google Doc) (PDF)

Mini Lesson Cards: Lego Bird (Google Doc) (PDF); Rubiks Cube (Google Doc) (PDF)


Develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the relationships between systems or between components of a system.

TERMS

  • Components - a part of a larger whole

  • Description - a given account in words

  • Develop - to build or create

  • Evidence - anything presented to support a claim

  • Limitations - the constraints or limits of something

  • Model - a simplified representation of a system

  • Relationship - a set of components (e.g. things) working together

  • System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together

STANDARDS

HS-PS1-1 / HS-PS1-4 / HS-PS1-8 / HS-PS3-2 / HS-PS3-5 / HS-LS1-2 / HS-LS1-4 / HS-LS1-5 / HS-LS1-7 / HS-LS2-5 / HS-ESS1-1 / HS-ESS2-1 / HS-ESS2-3 / HS-ESS2-4 / HS-ESS2-6

Observable Features of Student Performance