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Explain that scientific knowledge is durable because it is open to change as new evidence or interpretations are encountered.
Standard #: SC.6.N.2.2
Standard Information
General Information
Subject Area: Science
Grade: 6
Body of Knowledge: Nature of Science
Big Idea: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge -

A: Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence, and is appropriate for understanding the natural world, but it provides only a limited understanding of the supernatural, aesthetic, or other ways of knowing, such as art, philosophy, or religion.

B: Scientific knowledge is durable and robust, but open to change.

C: Because science is based on empirical evidence it strives for objectivity, but as it is a human endeavor the processes, methods, and knowledge of science include subjectivity, as well as creativity and discovery.
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Content Complexity Rating: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved
Assessed: Yes
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  • SC.6.N.2.Pa.1 # Recognize objects and pictures related to science.
  • SC.6.N.2.In.2 # Identify that scientific knowledge changes with new evidence or new interpretations.
  • SC.6.N.2.Su.2 # Recognize that scientific knowledge changes when new things are discovered.
Related Resources
Lesson Plans
  • Think Like a Scientist # Students will read a fun article about a caveman named Fred and his journey to discover gravity. They will trace the evidence and then conflicting evidence as he explores the world around him. Students will then research obsolete scientific theories to discover the conflicting evidence that led to changes in real scientific knowledge.
  • Fossil DNA # This is a lesson designed to help students explain that scientific knowledge is durable because it is open to change as new evidence or interpretations are encountered and site examples from the article that support that the history of science has changed due to new evidence or new interpretations being encountered through reading nonfiction text. This lesson follows the Comprehension Instructional Sequence (CIS) Model through a 5E lesson plan.
Original Student Tutorials
  • Math Models and Social Distancing # Learn how math models can show why social distancing during a epidemic or pandemic is important in this interactive tutorial.
  • Expedition of the Earth # Learn how scientific knowledge is open to change and how the knowledge about the Earth's surface has changed in the past 100 years as you complete this interactive tutorial.
  • Science Changes # Explore the processes of science and how it changes over time. This interactive tutorial uses the historical development of The Cell Theory to illustrate these ideas.
Presentation/Slideshow
  • What is Science? # Resource provides a succinct overview of the nature of science; what science is and is not. Information includes the aims of scientific pursuits, principles, process and thinking.
Original Student Tutorials Science - Grades K-8
  • Expedition of the Earth # Learn how scientific knowledge is open to change and how the knowledge about the Earth's surface has changed in the past 100 years as you complete this interactive tutorial.
  • Science Changes # Explore the processes of science and how it changes over time. This interactive tutorial uses the historical development of The Cell Theory to illustrate these ideas.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades 6-8
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