Appendix A
New Mexico State Standards Addressed
The strands, standards, and benchmarks noted are not intended to be an exhaustive listing.
Science
Strand I: Scientific Thinking and Practice
Standard I: Understand the processes of scientific investigations and use inquiry and scientific ways of observing, experimenting, predicting, and validating to think critically.
5-8 Benchmark I: Use scientific methods to develop questions, design and conduct experiments using appropriate technologies, analyze and evaluate results, make predictions, and communicate findings.
5-8 Benchmark II: Understand the processes of scientific investigation and how scientific inquiry results in scientific knowledge.
5-8 Benchmark III: Use mathematical ideas, tools, and techniques to understand scientific knowledge.
Strand II: Content of Science
Standard I (Physical Science): Understand the structure and properties of matter, the characteristics of energy, and the interactions between matter and energy.
5-8 Benchmark III: Describe and explain forces that produce motion in objects.
5-8 Benchmark II: Explain the physical processes involved in the transfer, change, and conservation of energy.
Standard II (Life Science): Understand the properties, structures, and processes of living things and the interdependence of living things and their environments.
5-8 Benchmark I: Explain the diverse structures and functions of living things and the complex relationships between living things and their environments.
Standard III (Earth and Space Science): Understand the structure of Earth, the solar system, and the universe, the interconnections among them, and the processes and interactions of Earth's systems.
5-8 Benchmark II: Describe the structure of Earth and its atmosphere and explain how energy, matter, and forces shape Earth's systems.
Strand III: Science and Society
Standard I: Understand how scientific discoveries, inventions, practices, and knowledge influence, and are influenced by, individuals and societies.
5-8 Benchmark I: Explain how scientific discoveries and inventions have changed individuals and societies.
State Standards in Social Studies
Standard I
Benchmark -A—New Mexico: Explore and explain how people and events have influenced the development of New Mexico up to the present day.
Standard III
Benchmark-B— Explain the significance of symbols, icons, songs, traditions, and leaders of New Mexico and the United States that exemplify ideals and provide continuity and a sense of unity.
Benchmark-D— Explain how individuals have rights and responsibilities as members of social groups, families, schools, communities, states, tribes, and countries. Benchmark
Standard IV
Benchmark-A— Explain and describe how individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies make decisions, are influenced by incentives (economic as well as intrinsic) and the availability and use of scarce resources, and that their choices involve costs and varying ways of allocating.
Benchmark-B— Explain how economic systems impact the way individuals, households, businesses, governments and societies make decisions about resources and the production and distribution of goods and services.
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