South Dakota State Standards for Science: Grade 10

SD.9-12.N. Core: Nature of Science: Students will explore, evaluate, and communicate personal and scientific investigations to understand the nature of science.

9-12.N.1. Understand the nature and origin of scientific knowledge.

9-12.N.1.1. Students are able to evaluate a scientific discovery to determine and describe how societal, cultural, and personal beliefs influence scientific investigations and interpretations.

9-12.N.1.2. Students are able to describe the role of observation and evidence in the development and modification of hypotheses, theories, and laws.

9-12.N.2. Apply the skills necessary to conduct scientific investigations.

9-12.N.2.1. Students are able to apply science process skills to design and conduct student investigations.

9-12.N.2.2. Students are able to practice safe and effective laboratory techniques.

SD.9-12.P. Core: Physical Science: Students will use appropriate scientific models to describe and quantify the nature and interactions of matter and energy.

9-12.P.1. Describe structures and properties of, and changes in, matter

9-12.P.1.1. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids).

9-12.P.1.2. Students are able to describe ways that atoms combine.

9-12.P.1.3. Students are able to predict whether reactions will speed up or slow down as conditions change.

9-12.P.1.4. Students are able to balance chemical equations by applying the Law of Conservation of Matter.

9-12.P.1.5. Students are able to distinguish among chemical, physical, and nuclear changes.

9-12.P.2. Analyze forces, their forms, and their effects on motions.

9-12.S.2.1. Students are able to apply concepts of distance and time to the quantitative relationships of motion using appropriate mathematical formulas, equations, and units.

9-12.P.2.2. Students are able to predict motion of an object using Newton's Laws.

9-12.P.2.3. Students are able to relate concepts of force, distance, and time to the quantitative relationships of work, energy, and power.

9-12.P.3. Analyze interactions of energy and matter.

9-12.P.3.1. Students are able to describe the relationships among potential energy, kinetic energy, and work as applied to the Law of Conservation of Energy.

9-12.P.3.2. Students are able to describe how characteristics of waves are related to one another.

9-12.P.3.3. Students are able to describe electrical effects in terms of motion and concentrations of charged particles.

SD.9-12.L. Core: Life Science: Students will describe structures and attributes of living things, processes of life, and interaction with each other and the environment.

9-12.L.1. Understand the fundamental structures, functions, classifications, and mechanisms found in living things.

9-12.L.1.1. Students are able to relate cellular functions and processes to specialized structures within cells.

9-12.L.1.2. Students are able to classify organisms using characteristics and evolutionary relationship of major taxa.

9-12.L.1.3. Students are able to identify structures and function relationships within major taxa.

9-12.L.2. Analyze various patterns and products of natural and induced biological change.

9-12.L.2.1. Students are able to predict inheritance patterns using a single allele.

9-12.L.2.2. Students are able to describe how genetic recombination, mutations and natural selection lead to adaptations, evolution, extinction, or the emergence of new species.

9-12.L.2.3. Students are able to identify factors that can cause changes in stability of populations, communities, and ecosystems.

9-12.L.3. Analyze how organisms are linked to one another and the environment.

SD.9-12.E. Core: Earth/Space Science: Students will analyze the composition, formative processes, and history of the universe, solar system, and Earth.

9-12.E.1. Analyze the various structures and processes of the Earth system.

9-12.E.1.1. Students are able to explain how elements and compounds cycle between living and non-living systems.

9-12.E.1.2. Students are able to describe how atmospheric chemistry may affect global climate.

9-12.E.1.3. Students are able to assess how human activity has changed the land, ocean, and atmosphere of Earth.

9-12.E.2. Analyze essential principles and ideas about the composition and structure of the universe.

9-12.E.2.1. Students are able to recognize how Newtonian mechanics can be applied to the study of the motions of the solar system.

SD.9-12.S. Core: Science, Technology, Environment, and Society: Students will identify and evaluate the relationships and ethical implications of science upon technology, environment, and society.

9-12.S.1. Analyze various implications/effects of scientific advancement within the environment and society.

9-12.S.1.1. Students are able to explain ethical roles and responsibilities of scientists and scientific research.

9-12.S.1.2. Students are able to evaluate and describe the impact of scientific discoveries on historical events and social, economic, and ethical issues.

9-12.S.2. Analyze the relationships/interactions among science, technology, environment, and society.

9-12.S.2.1. Students are able to describe immediate and long-term consequences of potential solutions for technological issues.

9-12.S.2.2. Students are able to analyze factors that could limit technological design.

9-12.S.2.3. Students are able to analyze and describe the benefits, limitations, cost, and consequences involved in using, conserving, or recycling resources.

SD.9-12.N. Advanced: Nature of Science: Students will explore, evaluate, and communicate personal and scientific investigations to understand the nature of science.

9-12.N.1. Understand the nature and origin of scientific knowledge.

9-12.N.2. Apply the skills necessary to conduct scientific investigations.

9-12.N.2.1A. Students are able to manipulate multiple variables with repeated trials.

9-12.N.2.2A. Students are able to use statistical analysis of data to evaluate the validity of results.

9-12.N.2.3A. Students are able to demonstrate correct precision in measurements and calculations.

SD.9-12.P. Advanced: Physical Science: Students will use appropriate scientific models to describe and quantify the nature and interactions of matter and energy.

9-12.P.1. Describe structures and properties of, and changes in matter

9-12.P.1.1A. Students are able to distinguish between the changing models of the atom using the historical experimental evidence.

9-12.P.1.2A. Students are able to predict electron configuration, ion formation, reactivity, compound formation, periodic trends, and types of compounds formed based on location on the Periodic Table.

9-12.P.1.3A. Students are able to identify five basic types of chemical reactions and predict the products.

9-12.P.1.4A. Students are able to describe factors that affect solution interactions.

9-12.P.1.5A. Students are able to examine energy transfer as matter changes.

9-12.P.1.6A. Students are able to perform stoichiometric calculations.

9-12.P.1.7A. Students are able to apply the kinetic molecular theory to solve quantitative problems involving pressure, volume, temperature, and number of moles of gas.

9-12.P.1.8A. Students are able to use models to make predictions about molecular structure, chemical bonds, chemical reactivity, and polarity of molecules.

9-12.P.1.9A. Students are able to describe the characteristics of equilibria.

9-12.P.2. Analyze forces, their forms, and their effects on motions.

9-12.P.2.2A. Students are able to relate gravitational or centripetal force to projectile or uniform circular motion.

9-12.P.3. Analyze interactions of energy and matter.

9-12.P.3.1A. Students are able to explain wave behavior in the fundamental processes of reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, resonance, and image formation.

9-12.P.3.2A. Students are able to describe the relationship between charged particles, static electricity, and electric fields.

9-12.P.3.3A. Students are able to describe the relationship between changing magnetic and electric fields.

SD.9-12.L. Advanced: Life Science: Students will describe structures and attributes of living things, processes of life, and interaction with each other and the environment.

9-12.L.1. Understand the fundamental structures, functions, classifications, and mechanisms found in living things.

9-12.L.1.1A. Students are able to explain the physical and chemical processes of photosynthesis and cell respiration and their importance to plant and animal life.

9-12.L.1.2A. Students are able to describe how living systems use biofeedback mechanisms to maintain homeostasis.

9-12.L.1.3A. Students are able to explain how gene expression regulates cell growth and differentiation.

9-12.L.1.4A. Students are able to identify factors that change the rates of enzyme catalyzed reactions.

9-12.L.1.5A. Students are able to classify organisms using characteristics and evolutionary relationships of domains.

9-12.L.2. Analyze various patterns and products of natural and induced biological change.

9-12.L.2.1A. Students are able to predict the results of complex inheritance patterns involving multiple alleles and genes.

9-12.L.3. Analyze how organisms are linked to one another and the environment.

9-12.L.3.1A. Students are able to relate genetic, instinct, and behavior patterns to biodiversity and survival of species.

SD.9-12.E. Advanced: Earth/Space Science: Students will analyze the composition, formative processes, and history of the universe, solar system, and Earth.

9-12.E.1. Analyze the various structures and processes of the Earth system.

9-12.E.1.1A. Students are able to explain how elements and compounds cycle between living and non-living systems.

9-12.E.1.2A. Students are able to compare, quantitatively and qualitatively, methods used to determine geological time.

9-12.E.2. Analyze essential principles and ideas about the composition and structure of the universe.

9-12.E.2.1A. Students are able to describe the evidence supporting the Big Bang theory.

9-12.E.2.2A. Students are able to describe the physical and nuclear dynamics involved in the formation, evolution, and death of a star.

9-12.E.2.3A. Students are able to describe various ways data about the universe is collected.

SD.9-12.S. Advanced: Science, Technology, Environment, and Society: Students will identify and evaluate the relationships and ethical implications of science upon technology, environment, and society.

9-12.SA.1. Analyze various implications/effects of scientific advancement within the environment and society.

9-12.SA.2. Analyze the relationships/interactions among science, technology, environment, and society.