National Science Education Standards.
Science as Inquiry ()Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations
Design and conduct a scientific investigation
Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data
Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence
Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions
Communicate scientific procedures and explanations.
Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
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