Scientific and engineering practices

7.1(G)

Building Models to Explain Things

Develop and use models to represent phenomena, systems, processes, or solutions to engineering problems.

Part of The student, for at least 40% of instructional time, asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models

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Intro

Modeling the World

By the end of this lesson, you will develop a model and use it to explain a phenomenon, a system, a process, or an engineering solution. A model is a simplified version of something real, like a drawing, diagram, physical object, computer simulation, or math equation used to test ideas.