Evergreen Desk Education

Learning Objectives

• Distinguish between scientific laws and scientific theories based on how they are used to describe and explain natural phenomena.
• Identify how evidence supports both laws and theories and why both are refined over time.
• Apply the law–theory distinction to real-world scientific claims and examples.

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• Explain how scientific models represent systems and relate variables to observed patterns
• Differentiate between diagram, mathematical, and simulation models and describe what each is best used for
• Evaluate a model’s assumptions and limitations and justify how evidence can revise it+ Show more

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• Explain how observations, measurements, and logical reasoning support scientific claims.
• Identify how to state investigable questions and develop testable hypotheses.
• Evaluate alternative explanations using evidence, patterns, and independent checks.+ Show more

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• Differentiate the goals of science and technology when they use overlapping tools and evidence.
• Explain how scientific knowledge can be used as one constraint or input in engineering design.
• Analyze real-world examples (like electricity and medical imaging) to identify science vs technology contributions.

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• Explain how empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and testable predictions support scientific claims.
• Differentiate between evidence-based explanations and opinions or unfalsifiable statements.
• Evaluate how new observations can refine or replace scientific explanations.

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• Distinguish scientific claims from pseudoscientific claims by evaluating evidence quality and reasoning.
• Apply criteria for credibility: transparency, empirical support, and alignment between data and interpretation.
• Assess bias, assumptions, and overgeneralization in scientific explanations.+ Show more

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• Calculate and interpret work done by a force using the relationship between force, displacement, and direction.
• Explain how power describes the rate of energy transfer and compare situations using work and power.
• Apply work-energy and power concepts to real-world examples such as lifting loads and comparing machines.

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• Explain how collision frequency and collision energy affect reaction rates.
• Relate changes in concentration, temperature, and physical state/surface area to observed rate trends.
• Use activation energy to justify why some collisions produce products and others do not.+ Show more

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• Identify major observable evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred (gas, color change, precipitate, and temperature change).
• Explain how particle-level models support reaction evidence through bond breaking and bond forming while conserving total atoms.
• Differentiate endothermic and exothermic processes using temperature changes and microscopic reasoning.+ Show more

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• Explain Newton’s Second Law by relating net force, mass, and acceleration.
• Determine how acceleration changes when net force increases/decreases or mass changes.
• Use vector reasoning to find the direction of acceleration from multiple forces.

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• Explain how momentum depends on both mass and velocity (including direction).
• Apply the law of conservation of momentum to analyze collisions in a closed system.
• Distinguish elastic and inelastic collisions by comparing kinetic energy behavior while momentum stays constant.+ Show more

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• Explain the relationship between impulse and change in momentum using vector ideas
• Use impulse as the area under a force–time graph to predict momentum change
• Compare how different force–time profiles can produce the same impulse

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• Explain equilibrium in terms of net force and acceleration, including cases with constant velocity.
• Apply vector reasoning to determine when multiple forces are balanced in different directions.
• Interpret real-world scenarios (tension, normal force, and weight) using force diagrams and sign conventions.+ Show more

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• Explain how mechanical energy transforms between kinetic and potential forms as motion and height change.
• Describe how thermal energy can be produced through friction and relate it to observable temperature changes.
• Use energy transformation ideas to predict behavior from initial and final conditions in real physical systems.

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• Explain energy conservation in a closed system using energy accounting rather than only motion descriptions.
• Identify how energy transfers and transforms (e.g., to thermal energy) while remaining conserved overall.
• Use initial and final states to analyze real-world scenarios involving nonconservative forces.

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• Distinguish endothermic and exothermic processes using energy flow between a system and its surroundings.
• Interpret reaction energy profiles to explain whether products are at higher or lower energy than reactants.
• Connect changes in temperature observations to bond breaking and bond formation during chemical reactions.+ Show more

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• Explain centripetal acceleration and how it changes velocity direction in circular motion.
• Apply the relationship between net inward force, speed, radius, and mass for orbits and rotating systems.
• Interpret and predict how changes in speed or radius affect centripetal force and acceleration.

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• Determine whether a chemical equation is balanced by comparing atom counts on both sides.
• Interpret coefficients in balanced equations as relative particle amounts and connect them to moles.
• Use balanced equations for stoichiometric reasoning, focusing on conservation of atoms and consistent accounting.

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• Explain how a star’s mass influences internal pressure, fusion rate, and overall lifespan.
• Describe the main evolutionary stages of stars after they form from collapsing clouds and reach the main sequence.
• Compare possible end states for massive versus lower-mass stars and how these outcomes enrich the universe with elements.+ Show more

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• Explain how incoming solar radiation is absorbed, reflected, and redistributed within Earth’s climate system.
• Analyze how latitude, seasons, and surface properties affect the energy balance at the surface and in the atmosphere.
• Use energy-balance ideas to interpret weather patterns and long-term climate tendencies.

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• Explain how stratigraphy and relative dating principles are used to order geologic events.
• Analyze how cross-cutting features and unconformities reveal gaps and changes in Earth’s history.
• Evaluate how fossil assemblages and succession support relative age and environmental reconstruction.

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• Explain how radioactive decay and half-life make absolute time dating possible
• Calculate ages using parent/daughter amounts and half-life concepts
• Compare radioactive (absolute) dating with relative dating methods+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s internal energy and mantle convection drive the motion of tectonic plates over geologic time.
• Differentiate divergent, convergent (including subduction), and transform boundary interactions and the geologic hazards they produce.
• Evaluate evidence for plate motion using rock ages, seafloor magnetic stripes, and earthquake distribution.

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• Explain how matter cycles among Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere
• Describe the steps of the water cycle and the carbon cycle and how each step changes matter’s form
• Analyze cause-and-effect relationships between cycling processes and observable environmental changes+ Show more