OGS.10.SEP
Open Global Science Standards 2026™ · 9th Grade
Scientific Inquiry, Experimental Practices, Quantitative Modeling, and Science in Society
Grade9th Grade
SubjectScience
Levelstrand
Child standards (5)
- OGS.10.SEP.1Formulate testable scientific questions, hypotheses, and predictions, and plan reproducible descriptive, comparative, and experimental investigations while identifying independent, dependent, and controlled variables and managing experimental risk.
- OGS.10.SEP.2Select, calibrate, and safely operate laboratory tools, glassware, digital balances, probes, and optical instruments to collect quantitative data using SI units, standard form, significant figures, and proper unit conversions.
- OGS.10.SEP.3Organize, process, and analyze empirical data using tables, scatter plots, histograms, lines of best fit, rate calculations, arithmetic means, percentiles, and statistical evaluation of uncertainty, precision, repeatability, and error sources.
- OGS.10.SEP.4Construct, evaluate, and refine physical, conceptual, computational, and mathematical models to represent natural phenomena, evaluate design solutions, and distinguish among scientific hypotheses, theories, and laws.
- OGS.10.SEP.5Engage in evidence-based scientific argumentation, peer review, and communication using appropriate terminology, and analyze how sociocultural, ethical, economic, and technological factors influence scientific progress and societal applications.