Benchmarks 12A (Habits of Mind: Values and Attitudes)
grades K-2, page 285
Raise questions about the world around them and be willing to seek
answers to some of them by making careful observations and trying things
out.
Benchmarks 3C (The Nature of Technology: Issues in Technology)
grades K-2, page 54
People, alone or in groups, are always inventing new ways to solve
problems and get work done. The tools and ways of doing things that people
have invented affect all aspects of life.
Benchmarks 1B (The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry)
grades 3-5, page 11
Scientific investigations may take many different forms, including
observing what things are like or what is happening somewhere, collecting
specimens for analysis, and doing experiments. Investigations can focus
on physical, biological, and social questions.
Benchmarks 1B (The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry)
Grades 3-5, page 11
Scientists’ explanations about what happens in the world come partly
from what they observe, partly from what they think. Sometimes scientists
have different explanations for the same set of observations. That usually
leads to their making more observations to resolve the differences.
Benchmarks 3B (The Nature of Technology: Design and Systems)
Grades 3-5, page 50
The solution to one problem may create other problems.
Benchmarks 1C (The Nature of Science: The Science Enterprise)
Grades K-2, page 15
Everybody can do science and invent things and ideas.
Benchmarks 1C (The Nature of Science: The Science Enterprise)
Grades 3-5, page 15
Science is an adventure that people everywhere can take part in, as
they have for many centuries.