Macro Concepts
A macro concept is addressed in each unit. In several of the units, the macro concept of Change is integrated throughout unit lessons. Students examine the relationship of important ideas, abstractions, and issues through the application of the concept "generalizations."
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Change is everywhere.
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Change relates to time.
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Change can be natural or manmade.
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Change may be random or predictable.
Other units incorporate the macro concept of Systems. Students examine new knowledge, important ideas, abstractions, and issues through the application of the concept "generalizations."
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Systems have parts (elements).
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Systems have boundaries.
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Systems have inputs and outputs
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The interactions and outputs of a system change when its inputs, elements, and boundaries change.
