upper elementary
Student Objectives: Students will be able to…
- Identify that pH is a term used by scientists.
- Respond that some tastes of food are related to pH.
- Indicate that a scale is used to indicate pH intensity.
- Indicate that there are acids and bases on this scale.
- Identify the pH of a liquid by using pH test strips.
The Education and the Environment Initiative [Pavley, Chapter 665, Statutes of 2003-AB 1548] directed the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Integrated Waste Management Board to develop Environmental Principles and Concepts for elementary and secondary schools in cooperation with the Resources Agency, State Department of Education, State Board of Education, and Secretary for Education. The Office of the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Integrated Waste Management Board have reviewed and concur with the Environmental Principles and Concepts (PDF).
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