2008

2008-2009: AZ Adult Education Curriculum Alignment

Program: ACYR

ASE: Science

Standard: The adult learner applies methods of science and technology toward the advancement of personal and community well being.

The Science Standard addresses the following Indicators:

A. Nature of Science
B. Science as Inquiry
C. Science and Technology
D. Life Science
E. Physical Science
F. Earth and Space Science

Indicator A: The learner understands that science is a special way of knowing that uses questioning, reasoning, theorizing and experimentation

Nature of Science

Sub-Indicators

Instructional Materials

Unit(s) and/or

Chapter(s)

Additional Instructional Resources

Assessment(s)

1. Understands and uses the processes of scientific investigation and scientific ways of knowing.

Discovering History: 20th-Century Biographies: Scientists and Inventors
Discovery Video

Great Achievements

Indicator B: The learners understands the processes of scientific investigation and concepts that unify scientific disciplines

Science as Inquiry

Sub-Indicators

Instructional Materials

Unit(s) and/or

Chapter(s)

Additional Instructional Resources

Assessment(s)

1. Designs, conducts, describes and evaluates investigations.

Biodiversity

2. Understands and applies concepts that unify scientific disciplines.

Xenotransplants: Using Animal Organs To Save Human Lives

Indicator C: The learner understands the connections between science and technology

Science and Technology

Sub-Indicators

Instructional Materials

Unit(s) and/or

Chapter(s)

Additional Instructional Resources

Assessment(s)

1. Understands the impact of science and technology on human activity and the environment.

New Vaccine Hits Hib Hard

Nurturing Nature

Bottled Water

Indicator D: The learner understands the characteristics of living things and the interrelationships of living organisms with one another and their environments

Life Science Sub-Indicators	Instructional Materials	Unit(s) and/or Chapter(s)	Additional Instructional Resources	Assessment(s)
1. Understands the characteristics of living things and the diversity of life.			Photosynthesis
2. Understands the interdependence and interaction of living things with their environments.	Biomes Lesson		Plants(pollination)	post test, essays Discussion Questions
3. Understands how organisms change over time in terms of biological adaptations and genetics.	Biologix: genes, Mutations and Viruses Discovery Education video
4. Understands the major structures and functions of the human body.	Human Body Series Discovery Education Video

Indicator E: The learner understands the nature of matter and energy, including their forms, the changes they undergo and their interactions

Physical Science Sub-Indicators	Instructional Materials	Unit(s) and/or Chapter(s)	Additional Instructional Resources	Assessment(s)
1. Explains how physical and chemical properties can be used to classify and describe matter.	Atoms and Molecules			post test and extended learning activity
2. Understands the enormous variety of biological, chemical and physical properties of matter result from the ability of atoms to form bonds.	Elements of Chemistry: Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter Discovery Video
3. Understands the laws of conservation of energy and momentum to predict and describe the movement of objects.	Elements of Physics: Motion, Force, and Gravity Discovery Video		Energy More about universal laws

Indicator F: The learner understands the composition, formative processes and history of the Earth, the solar system and the universe

Earth and Space Science Sub-Indicators	Instructional Materials	Unit(s) and/or Chapter(s)	Additional Instructional Resources	Assessment(s)
1. Understands how the interactions among the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere have resulted in ongoing evolution of the Earth’s systems over geologic time.
2. Explains the composition and evolution of our solar system.	Earth Science-Solar System Discovery Video
3. Explains the history of the Earth, its solar system and the universe.			Cosmic Evolution