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Students at all grade levels and in every domain of science will have the opportunity to use scientific inquiry and develop the ability to think and act in ways associated with the processes of inquiry.
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1.1 Students apply inquiry by demonstrating descriptive, critical, logical and complex patterns of thinking in designing and conducting a scientific investigation.
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1.1a Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations.
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1.1b Design and conduct a scientific investigation.
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1.1c Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
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1.1d Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
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1.1e Form a logical argument about the cause-effect relationships.
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1.1f Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions.
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1.1g Communicate scientific procedures and explanations.
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1.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry by questioning, investigating, gathering evidence, comparing results to others, and continuing to question.
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1.2a Compare scientific processes (e.g., questions, investigations, and explanations) to what scientists already know about the world.
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1.2b Use a variety of investigations (e.g., describing, classifying, and experimenting).
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1.2c Develop explanations using observations and what they already know about the world (e.g., scientific knowledge).
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1.2d Communicate the results of their investigations in a variety of ways so that others can repeat their experiments (e.g., written, verbal, visual).
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1.2e Ask questions and critique the results of other student's work.
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