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Grades 11 and 12 Earth Science
I Can Statements
SC.O.E. 1.1
I can safely and appropriately use equipment, materials, organisms, and models.
SC.O.E. 1.2
I can collect observations, data, and other evidence from a scientific investigation.
I can use evidence collected from an experiment to explain what happened in the investigation.
SC.O.E. 1.3
I can design and conduct a scientific investigation using the skills and attitudes of scientific inquiry.
I can establish a method for conducting an experiment.
I can keep accurate records of an experiment.
I can replicate the results of an experiment.
I can be objective, open, fair, creative, and logical in conducting an experiment.
SC.O.E. 1.4
I can write a question on which to base a scientific experiment.
I can design a controlled experiment.
I can look for trends and patterns in data from an experiment.
I can make a conclusion based on the evidence collected in an experiment.
I can determine a way to change the experiment to correct errors.
I can present and communicate the results and conclusions of an experiment.
SC.O.E. 1.5
I can use graphs and equations to interpret and manipulate data.
SC.O.E. 1.6
I can use science and technology to explore personal issues and social problems.
SC.O.E. 1.7
I can propose and defend possible solutions to issues associated with technology, science, and
society.
SC.O.E. 1.8
I can describe how scientific innovations have been applied for use in our society and culture.
SC.O.E. 1.9
I can use science to explore the natural world (form, function, systems, and changes over time).
SC.O.E. 2.1
I can identify the location and describe the structure of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and
biosphere.
I can explain how lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere formed and how they have
changed over time.
SC.O.E. 2.2
I can explain the structure of the earth using seismic, density, gravity, and magnetic data.
SC.O.E. 2.3
I can explain changes in the earth’s history and geology that took place during the eras, epochs, and
periods of time.
SC.O.E. 2.4
I can explain how to determine the age of substances using radiometric dating and rock and fossil
evidence.
SC.O.E. 2.5
I can use chemical and physical properties to distinguish between common minerals.
I can use chemical and physical properties to distinguish the economic uses of common minerals.
SC.O.E. 2.6
I can use the characteristics of specific rock samples to predict the environmental conditions that
existed when the rocks were formed.
SC.O.E. 2.7
I can identify the properties of water.
I can describe the properties of water that make it important in physical and chemical weathering.
SC.O.E. 2.8
I can compare and contrast the effectiveness of gravity, wind, water, and ice in weathering the earth.
SC.O.E. 2.9
I can predict the types of continental plate movement that might take place at the plate boundaries.
SC.O.E. 2.10
I can use seismic information to determine the epicenter of an earthquake.
I can use seismic information to determine the magnitude of an earthquake.
SC.O.E. 2.11
I can evaluate accuracy of the current explanation of the movement of the continental plates due to
convection, pulling, and pushing.
SC.O.E. 2.12
I can describe the effects that weathering and continental plate movement have on the earth’s
surface.
SC.O.E. 2.13
I can construct a topographic map.
I can interpret information on a topographic map.
SC.O.E. 2.14
I can identify and describe the physical features of ocean floor.
I can identify and describe the chemical makeup of the oceans.
I can identify and describe the currents in the oceans.
SC.O.E. 2.15
I can compare and contrast the characteristics of the earth’s oceans.
I can compare and contrast the lateral and horizontal motions of the earth’s oceans.
SC.O.E. 2.16
I can explain how the ocean crust, sedimentation, and continental edges change over time.
SC.O.E. 2.17
I can explain how the oceans are layered by temperature and salt concentration.
I can explain how the biological zones are layered in the oceans.
SC.O.E. 2.18
I can explain how heat is transferred in the atmosphere.
I can explain how heat in the atmosphere is related to pressure, wind, evaporation, condensation, and
precipitation.
SC.O.E. 2.19
I can predict the effects that ocean currents have on climate.
SC.O.E. 20
I can use meteorological data to forecast weather.
SC.O.E. 2.21
I can explain changes over time in the climate, global warming, and the ozone layer.
SC.O.E. 2.22
I can use Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation to explain movement of objects in the sun-earthmoon system.
SC.O.E. 2.23
I can summarize several theories on the origin of the solar system and the universe.
I can use theories on the origin of the universe to explain how celestial bodies move and develop.
SC.O.E. 2.24
I can compare ancient and modern methods of studying astronomy.
I can compare ancient and modern uses for astronomy.
SC.O.E. 2.25
I can use the electromagnetic spectrum to investigate the universe.
SC.O.E. 2.26
I can compare the impact on humans made by natural disasters and earth processes.
SC.O.E. 2.27
I can determine the problems that might arise between society’s need to use natural resources and
the need to be responsible users of those resources.
SC.O.E. 2.28
I can summarize the environmental, ecological, and cost benefits of alternative energy sources.
Revised June 2010