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Identify basic advantages and limitations of models such as their size, properties, and materials.
Grade 1 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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advantageslimitationsmodelssizepropertiesmaterials
Skills
- identify (advantages of models) #dok1
- identify (limitations of models) #dok1
- compare (model features such as size, properties, and materials) #dok2
- explain (why a model has advantages or limitations based on its characteristics) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can list some advantages of using models. #dok1
- I can list some limitations of using models. #dok1
- I can compare models by describing their size, properties, or materials. #dok2
- I can explain why a model might be helpful or not based on what it is made from or how big it is. #dok2
Big Ideas
- Models can help us understand things that are too big, too small, or too complex to observe directly.
- Every model has strengths and weaknesses based on its size, properties, and the materials it's made from.
Essential Questions
- What is a model and why do we use them in science?
- How can the size, properties, or materials of a model make it useful or not useful?
- What are some things that models do well and some things that they cannot show us?
- How can you tell if a model will help you learn about something in the real world?
- Why might a scientist or engineer need to think about a model's limitations?