Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble:
The International Boiling Point Project

Curriculum Standards

As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding of properties and changes of properties in matter.
As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding of transfer of energy.
As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding about scientific inquiry.
As a result of the activities, all students should develop an understanding of math in the study of science.

4.1: All Students Will Develop the Ability to Pose and Solve Mathematical Problems in Mathematics, Other Disciplines, and Everyday Experiences
4.2: All Students Will Communicate Mathematically through Written, Oral, Symbolic, and Visual Forms of Expression.
4.3: All Students Will Connect Mathematics to Other Learning by Understanding the Interrelationships of Mathematical Ideas and the Roles that Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling Play in Other Disciplines and in Life
4.4: All Students Will Develop Reasoning Ability and Will Become Self-Reliant, Independent Mathematical Thinkers.
4.5: All Students Will Regularly and Routinely Use Calculators, Computers, Manipulatives, and Other Mathematical Tools to Enhance Mathematical Thinking, Understanding, And Power.
4.9: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of and Will Use Measurement to Describe and Analyze Phenomena.
4.11: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of Patterns, Relationships, and Functions and Will Use Them to Represent and Explain Real-World Phenomena.
4.13: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of Algebraic Concepts and Processes and Will Use Them to Represent and Analyze Relationships among Variable Quantities and to Solve Problems.
4.16: All Students Will Demonstrate High Levels of Mathematical Thought through Experiences which Extend beyond Traditional Computation, Algebra, and Geometry.

5.2: All Students Will Develop Problem-Solving, Decision-Making and Inquiry Skills, Reflected by Formulating Usable Questions and Hypotheses, Planning Experiments, Conducting Systematic Observations, Interpreting and Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions, and Communicating Results.
5.4: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of Technology as an Application of Scientific Principles.
5.5: All Students Will Integrate Mathematics as a Tool for Problem-Solving in Science, and as a Means of Expressing and/or Modeling Scientific Theories.
5.8: All Students Will Gain an Understanding of the Structure and Behavior of Matter.
5.9: All Students Will Gain an Understanding of Natural Laws as They Apply to Motion, Forces, and Energy Transformations.

Standard 2: All students will use technology, information and other tools.
Standard 3: All students will use critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.
Standard 2: Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies.
Standard 3: Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.
Standard 4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment.
Standard 6: Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.
Standard 7: Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions.

The student measures quantities in the real world and uses the measures to solve problems.
The student compares, contrasts, and converts within systems of measurement (both standard/nonstandard and metric/customary).
The student estimates measurements in real-world problem situations.
The student selects and uses appropriate units and instruments for measurement to achieve the degree of precision and accuracy required in real-world situations.
The student describes, analyzes, and generalizes a wide variety of patterns, relations, and functions.
The student uses expressions, equations, inequalities, graphs, and formulas to represent and interpret situations.
The student understands and uses the tools of data analysis for managing information.

The student understands that all matter has observable, measurable properties.
The student recognizes that energy may be changed in form with varying efficiency.
The student uses the scientific processes and habits of mind to solve problems.
The student understands that science, technology, and society are interwoven and interdependent.

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