K.SCI.2.A
Identify basic advantages and limitations of models such as their size, properties, and materials.
Kindergarten · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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advantageslimitationsmodelssizepropertiesmaterials
Skills
- identify (basic advantages of models) #dok1
- identify (basic limitations of models) #dok1
- compare (size, properties, and materials of models) #dok2
- analyze (how models are similar to or different from real objects) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can identify simple advantages of models, such as being able to see or touch them. #dok1
- I can identify simple limitations of models, like not looking exactly like the real thing. #dok1
- I can compare the size, properties, and materials of different models. #dok2
- I can analyze how a model is different from and similar to the real thing it shows. #dok2
Big Ideas
- Models help us understand things that are too big, too small, or too complex to observe directly.
- All models have strengths and weaknesses that affect how we use them to learn about the real world.
Essential Questions
- What is a model, and why do we use them in science?
- How can a model help us learn about something in the real world?
- What are some things that models cannot show us about the real thing?
- How do the size, properties, or materials of a model affect what it can show us?
- Can a model be both helpful and limiting at the same time? How?