The practices describe the attitudes and behaviors that scientists engage in as explore and develop models and theories about the natural world. The practices also contain a key set of engineering practices that engineers utilize as they design and build models and systems.
Dimension 2: Crosscutting Concepts
Crosscutting concepts are broad themes that intersect all domains of the sciences and have applications. The CCCs offer a way of linking the different domains of science. They include: Patterns, similarity, and diversity; Cause and effect; Scale, proportion and quantity; Systems and system models; Energy and matter; Structure and function; Stability and change.
Dimension 3: Disciplinary Core Ideas
Disciplinary core ideas focus K–12 science curriculum, instruction and assessments on the most important conceptual understandings in the sciences. These DCIs are grouped to address four domains:
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