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Objectives for Teachers

1. Identify as wide a range of natural occurrences as possible to be able to discern patterns. (1B)
   
2. Explain how scientists help people understand the likely causes of events and estimate their possible effects. (1C)
   
3. Understand how variation within a species increases the chance that some members of that species will survive under changed environmental conditions. (5A)
   
4. Observe how new gene combinations affect an organism and its population. (5B)
   
5. Use models to show interdependence of life, and how a population is held in check by one or more environmental factors. (5D)
   
6. Use models to explore the flow of matter and energy, and explain why life is limited by available energy. (5E)
   
7. Explore the concept of natural selection leading to organisms well suited for survival in particular environments. (5F)

1. Explain how the rate of change is dependant upon how many there are to start. (9B)
   
2. Understand that mathematical models are limited to how well it represents how the world works. (9B)
   
3. Interprete tables and graphs to represent data and relationships, and from one to another. (9B)
   
4. Use a mathematical model to estimate a real-world event. (9D)
   
5. Model a system that shows its parts and the properties that make up those parts, and their interactions. (11A)
   
6. Design a model to help solve a problem that occurs in the environment. (11A)
   
7. Determine a mathematical relationship to help solve a real-world environmental problem. (11B)
   
8. Explain the role of computing in order to solve very complicated or repetitive calculations. (11B)
   
9. Use a model to test a model prediction to actual observations in the real-world. (11B)
   
10. Use graphs and equations to show and analyze patterns of change. (11C)
    
11. Manipulate models to show changes in one direction produce opposing influences, leading to repetitive cycles. (11C)