Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Thinking Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d/19uNUQVt2dzhqQWINJF12I_1RkDKVy8-QbzRUHG2OdN4/template/preview
The Wonder of Science: thewonderofscience.com/mlccc2
Thinking in Patterns - Level 7 - Causal Patterns at Varying Scale
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on causal patterns at varying scale. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides.
TERMS
Patterns - regularity in the world
Scale - the relative size or extent of something
System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together.
Causality - cause and effect relationships
This progression is based on the Crosscutting Concept elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education. "Different patterns may be observed at each of the scales at which a system is studied and can provide evidence for causality in explanations of phenomena."
Source: nextgenscience.org
Thinking Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d/19uNUQVt2dzhqQWINJF12I_1RkDKVy8-QbzRUHG2OdN4/template/preview
The Wonder of Science: thewonderofscience.com/mlccc2
Thinking in Patterns - Level 7 - Causal Patterns at Varying Scale
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on causal patterns at varying scale. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides.
TERMS
Patterns - regularity in the world
Scale - the relative size or extent of something
System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together.
Causality - cause and effect relationships
This progression is based on the Crosscutting Concept elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education. "Different patterns may be observed at each of the scales at which a system is studied and can provide evidence for causality in explanations of phenomena."
Source: nextgenscience.org
