Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Thinking Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ueEGnB8iTg4HX0NUAr18-wAYLR_fnM0aeChiFBbfyy8/template/preview
The Wonder of Science: thewonderofscience.com/mlccc62
Thinking in Structure and Function - Level 2 - Complex Structures
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on complex structures. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides.
TERMS
Complex structures - structures that consist of many different and connected parts
System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together
Parts - some but not all of something
Function - an activity or purpose for a thing
Relationship - interconnection between parts of a systemE
This progression is based on the Crosscutting Concept elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education. “Complex structures and systems can be visualized, modeled, and used to describe how their function depends on the relationships among its parts.”
Source: nextgenscience.org
Thinking Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ueEGnB8iTg4HX0NUAr18-wAYLR_fnM0aeChiFBbfyy8/template/preview
The Wonder of Science: thewonderofscience.com/mlccc62
Thinking in Structure and Function - Level 2 - Complex Structures
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on complex structures. Two examples are included in the video and two additional examples are included in the linked thinking slides.
TERMS
Complex structures - structures that consist of many different and connected parts
System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together
Parts - some but not all of something
Function - an activity or purpose for a thing
Relationship - interconnection between parts of a systemE
This progression is based on the Crosscutting Concept elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education. “Complex structures and systems can be visualized, modeled, and used to describe how their function depends on the relationships among its parts.”
Source: nextgenscience.org
