New Sunshine State Standards Grades 9-12 Science Olympiad Event Correlations
Benchmark
Key:
SC.912.E.5.1 = Subject
|| Grade Level || Body Of Knowledge || Big
Idea || Benchmark
Body of Knowledge:
E = Earth Space Science, L = Life Science, N =
Nature of Science, P = Physical Science (Physics and Chemistry)
Big Ideas
= 1:
The Practice of Science Big Idea || 2: The Characteristics of Scientific
Knowledge || 3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models ||
4: Science and Society || 5: Earth in Space in Time ||
6: Earth Structures || 7: Earth Systems and Patterns ||
8: Properties of Matter || 9: Changes in Matter || 10:
Forms of Energy || 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations ||
12: Motion of Objects || 13: Forces and Changes in Motion ||
14: Organization and Development of Living Organisms || 15:
Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms || 16: Heredity and
Reproduction || 17: Interdependence || 18: Matter and
Energy Transformations ||
| Benchmark | Descriptor | Science Olympiad Event |
| SC.912.E.5.1 | Cite evidence used to develop and verify the scientific theory of the Big Bang (also known as the Big Bang Theory) of the origin of the universe. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.E.5.2 | Identify patterns in the organization and distribution of matter in the universe and the forces that determine them. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.E.5.3 | Describe and predict how the initial mass of a star determines its evolution. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.E.5.10 | Describe and apply the coordinate system used to locate objects in the sky. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.E.5.11 | Distinguish the various methods of measuring astronomical distances and apply each in appropriate situations. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.E.6.2 | Connect surface features to surface processes that are responsible for their formation. | Dynamic Planet |
| SC.912.E.6.3 | Analyze the scientific theory of plate tectonics and identify related major processes and features as a result of moving plates. | Dynamic Planet |
| SC.912.E.7.1 | Analyze the movement of matter and energy through the different biogeochemical cycles, including water and carbon. | Environmental Chemistry |
| SC.912.E.7.3 | Differentiate and describe the various interactions among Earth systems, including: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. | Ecology |
| SC.912.E.7.4 | Summarize the conditions that contribute to the climate of a geographic area, including the relationships to lakes and oceans. | Ecology |
| SC.912.E.7.8 | Explain how various atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic conditions in Florida have influenced and can influence human behavior, both individually and collectively. | Remote Sensing |
| SC.912.L.14.1 | Describe the scientific theory of cells (cell theory) and relate the history of its discovery to the process of science. | Cell Biology |
| SC.912.L.14.2 | Relate structure to function for the components of plant and animal cells. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (passive and active transport). | Cell Biology |
| SC.912.L.14.3 | Compare and contrast the general structures of plant and animal cells. Compare and contrast the general structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. | Cell Biology |
| SC.912.L.14.5 | Explain the evidence supporting the scientific theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells (endosymbiosis). | Cell Biology |
| SC.912.L.14.13 | Distinguish between bones of the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.14 | Identify the major bones of the axial and appendicular skeleton. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.15 | Identify major markings (such as foramina, fossae, tubercles, etc.) on a skeleton. Explain why these markings are important. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.28 | Identify the major functions of the spinal cord. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.34 | Describe the composition and physiology of blood, including that of the plasma and the formed elements. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.35 | Describe the steps in hemostasis, including the mechanism of coagulation. Include the basis for blood typing and transfusion reactions. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.36 | Describe the factors affecting blood flow through the cardiovascular system. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.38 | Describe normal heart sounds and what they mean. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.39 | Describe hypertension and some of the factors that produce it. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.40 | Describe the histology of the major arteries and veins of systemic, pulmonary, hepatic portal, and coronary circulation. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.14.41 | Describe fetal circulation and changes that occur to the circulatory system at birth. | Health Science |
| SC.912.L.15.1 | Explain how the scientific theory of evolution is supported by the fossil record, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, biogeography, molecular biology, and observed evolutionary change. | Fossils |
| SC.912.L.15.2 | Discuss the use of molecular clocks to estimate how long ago various groups of organisms diverged evolutionarily from one another. | Fossils |
| SC.912.L.15.3 | Describe how biological diversity is increased by the origin of new species and how it is decreased by the natural process of extinction. | Fossils |
| SC.912.L.15.6 | Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domains and kingdoms of living organisms. | Herpetology |
| SC.912.L.15.7 | Discuss distinguishing characteristics of vertebrate and representative invertebrate phyla, and chordate classes using typical examples. | Herpetology |
| SC.912.L.16.7 | Describe how viruses and bacteria transfer genetic material between cells and the role of this process in biotechnology. | Disease Detectives |
| SC.912.L.17.2 | Explain the general distribution of life in aquatic systems as a function of chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and temperature. | Environmental Chemistry |
| SC.912.L.17.4 | Describe changes in ecosystems resulting from seasonal variations, climate change and succession. | Ecology |
| SC.912.L.17.11 | Evaluate the costs and benefits of renewable and nonrenewable resources, such as water, energy, fossil fuels, wildlife, and forests. | Remote Sensing |
| SC.912.L.17.12 | Discuss the political, social, and environmental consequences of sustainable use of land. | Remote Sensing |
| SC.912.L.17.16 | Discuss the large-scale environmental impacts resulting from human activity, including waste spills, oil spills, runoff, greenhouse gases, ozone depletion, and surface and groundwater pollution. | Remote Sensing |
| SC.912.L.17.17 | Assess the effectiveness of innovative methods of protecting the environment. | Ecology, Environmental Chemistry |
| SC.912.N.1.1 | Define a problem based on a specific body of knowledge, for example: biology, chemistry, physics, and earth/space science, and do the following: 1. pose questions about the natural world; 2. conduct systematic observations 3. examine books and other sources of information to see what is already known; 4. review what is known in light of empirical evidence; 5. plan investigations; 6. use tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data (this includes the use of measurement in metric and other systems, and also the generation and interpretation of graphical representations of data, including data tables and graphs); 7. pose answers, explanations, or descriptions of events; 8. generate explanations that explicate or describe natural phenomena (inferences); 9. use appropriate evidence and reasoning to justify these explanations to others; 10. communicate results of scientific investigations, and; 11. evaluate the merits of the explanations produced by others. | All events |
| SC.912.N.1.2 | Describe and explain what characterizes science and its methods. | All events |
| SC.912.N.1.7 | Recognize the role of creativity in constructing scientific questions, methods and explanations. | All events |
| SC.912.P.8.2 | Differentiate between physical and chemical properties and physical and chemical changes of matter. | Forensics |
| SC.912.P.8.4 | Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by describing the structure of atoms in terms of protons, neutrons and electrons, and differentiate among these particles in terms of their mass, electrical charges and locations within the atom. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.8.5 | Relate properties of atoms and their position in the periodic table to the arrangement of their electrons. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.8.6 | Distinguish between bonding forces holding compounds together and other attractive forces, including hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.8.7 | Interpret formula representations of molecules and compounds in terms of composition and structure. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.8.8 | Characterize types of chemical reactions, for example: redox, acid-base, synthesis, and single and double replacement reactions. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.8.10 | Describe oxidation-reduction reactions in living and non-living systems. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.8.11 | Relate acidity and basicity to hydronium and hydroxyl ion concentration and pH. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.8.12 | Describe the properties of the carbon atom that make the diversity of carbon compounds possible. | Chemistry Lab |
| SC.912.P.10.1 | Differentiate among the various forms of energy and recognize that they can be transformed from one form to others. | Physics Lab |
| SC.912.P.10.2 | Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating among open, closed, and isolated systems and explain that the total energy in an isolated system is a conserved quantity. | Physics Lab |
| SC.912.P.10.3 | Compare and contrast work and power qualitatively and quantitatively. | Physics Lab |
| SC.912.P.10.4 | Describe heat as the energy transferred by convection, conduction, and radiation, and explain the connection of heat to change in temperature or states of matter. | Physics Lab |
| SC.912.P.10.5 | Relate temperature to the average molecular kinetic energy. | Physics Lab |
| SC.912.P.10.13 | Relate the configuration of static charges to the electric field, electric force, electric potential, and electric potential energy. | Physics Lab |
| SC.912.P.10.18 | Explore the theory of electromagnetism by comparing and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy, and relate them to phenomena and applications. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.P.10.19 | Explain that all objects emit and absorb electromagnetic radiation and distinguish between objects that are blackbody radiators and those that are not. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.P.10.20 | Describe the measurable properties of waves and explain the relationships among them and how these properties change when the wave moves from one medium to another. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.P.10.21 | Qualitatively describe the shift in frequency in sound or electromagnetic waves due to the relative motion of a source or a receiver. | Astronomy |
| SC.912.P.12.2 | Analyze the motion of an object in terms of its position, velocity, and acceleration (with respect to a frame of reference) as functions of time. | Trajectory, Electric Vehicle |
| SC.912.P.12.3 | Interpret and apply Newton's three laws of motion. | Electric Vehicle, Egg-O-Naut |
| SC.912.P.12.5 | Apply the law of conservation of linear momentum to interactions, such as collisions between objects. | Electric Vehicle, Junkyard Challenge |
| SC.912.P.12.9 | Recognize that time, length, and energy depend on the frame of reference. | Its About Time |