ASOL Sample Activities

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and thenature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which numerical data that are contradictory or unusual in experimental results are recognized.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and thenature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which data are communicated with simple graphs, pictures, written statements, and numbers.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and thenature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which models are constructed to clarify explanations, demonstrate relationships, and solve needs.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which items such as rocks, minerals, and organisms are identified using various classification keys.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which estimates are made and accurate measurements of length, mass, volume, and temperature are made in metric units using proper tools.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which estimates are made and accurate measurements of elapsed time are made using proper tools.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which hypotheses are formed from testable questions.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which independent and dependent variables are identified.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which constants in an experimental situation are identified.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which data are collected, recorded, analyzed, and communicated using proper graphical representations and metric measurements.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which predictions are made using patterns from data collected, and simple graphical data are generated.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which inferences are made and conclusions are drawn.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which models are constructed to clarify explanations, demonstrate relationships, and solve needs.

The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include the health of ecosystems and the abiotic factors of a watershed.

The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include the location and structure of Virginia’s regional watershed systems.

The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include divides, tributaries, river systems, and river and stream processes.

The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include wetlands.

The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include estuaries.

The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include major conservation, health, and safety issues associated with watersheds.

The student will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems. Key concepts include water monitoring and analysis using field equipment including hand-held technology.

The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include the carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles.

The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include interactions resulting in a flow of energy and matter throughout the system.

The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include complex relationships within terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.

The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include energy flow in food webs and energy pyramids.

The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, territorial imperative.

The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include influence of behavior on a population.

The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs.

The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include the relationship between predators and prey.

The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include competition and cooperation.

The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include symbiotic relationships.

The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include niches.

The student will investigate and understand how organisms adapt to biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Key concepts include differences between ecosystems and biomes

The student will investigate and understand how organisms adapt to biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Key concepts include characteristics of land, marine, and freshwater ecosystems.

The student will investigate and understand how organisms adapt to biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Key concepts include adaptations that enable organisms to survive within a specific ecosystem.

The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, (SOL LS.10) populations, and organisms are dynamic, change over time, and respond to daily, seasonal, and long-term changes in their environment. Key concepts include phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy.

The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, (SOL LS.10) populations, and organisms are dynamic, change over time, and respond to daily, seasonal, and long-term changes in their environment. Key concepts include factors that increase or decrease population size.

The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, (SOL LS.10) populations, and organisms are dynamic, change over time, and respond to daily, seasonal, and long-term changes in their environment. Key concepts include eutrophication, climate changes, and catastrophic disturbances.

The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include food production and harvest.

The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include change in habitat size, quality, or structure.

The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include change in species competition.

The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include population disturbances and factors that threaten or enhance species survival.

The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include environmental issues.

The student will investigate and understand basic sources of energy, their origins, transformations, and uses. Key concepts include the role of the sun in the formation of most energy sources on Earth.

The student will investigate and understand basic sources of energy, their origins, transformations, and uses. Key concepts include nonrenewable energy sources.

The student will investigate and understand basic sources of energy, their origins, transformations, and uses. Key concepts include renewable energy sources.

The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on Earth’s surface. Key concepts include Earth’s energy budget.

The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on Earth’s surface. Key concepts include the role of radiation and convection in the distribution of energy.

The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on Earth’s surface. Key concepts include the motion of the atmosphere and the oceans.

The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on Earth’s surface. Key concepts include cloud formation.

The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on Earth’s surface. Key concepts include the role of thermal energy in weather-related phenomena including thunderstorms and hurricanes.