Unpacked Content
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Crosscutting Concepts
Energy and Matter
Knowledge
Students know:
- Different properties are suited for different purposes.
- A great variety of objects can be built up from a small set of pieces.
- Structures can be disassembled and rearranged into new and different structures.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Disassemble a structure into small pieces.
- Assemble a new structure using the same small pieces.
- Provide a written and/or oral explanation that correlates with a demonstration detailing the characteristics of the new object or objects.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Structures may be broken into smaller pieces and a new structure, that is different in size or shape, can be formed from the same pieces.
Vocabulary
- Demonstrate
- Explain
- Structure
- Pieces
- Disassemble
- Rearrange
- Different
