NSES Content Standard A
Science as Inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Grades K-4, page 122
Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment.
This aspect of the standard emphasizes students asking questions that they
can answer with scientific knowledge, combined with their own observations.
Students should answer their questions by seeking information from reliable
sources of scientific information and from their own observations and investigations.
NSES Content Standard A
Science as Inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Grades K-4, page 122
Plan and conduct a simple investigation. In the earliest years, investigations
are largely based on systematic observations. As students develop, they
may design and conduct simple experiments to answer questions. The idea
of a fair test is possible for many students to consider by fourth grade.
NSES Content Standard A
Science as Inquiry: Understanding about scientific inquiry
Grades K-4, page 123
Scientists use different kinds of investigations depending on the questions
they are trying to answer. Types of investigations include describing objects,
events, and organisms, classifying them and doing a fair test (experimenting).
NSES Content Standard A
Science as Inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Grades 5-8, page 145
Design and conduct a scientific investigation. Students should develop
general abilities, such as systematic observation, making accurate measurements,
and identifying and controlling variables. They should also develop the
ability to clarify their ideas that are influencing and guiding the inquiry,
and to understand how those ideas compare with current scientific knowledge.
Students can learn to formulate questions, design investigations, execute
investigations, interpret data, use evidence to generate explanations,
propose alternative explanations, and critique explanations and procedures.
NSES Content Standard A
Science as Inquiry: Understanding about scientific inquiry
Grades 5-8, page 148
Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific
investigations. Some investigations involve observing and describing objects,
organisms, or events; some involve collecting specimens; some involve experiments;
some involve seeking more information, some involve discovery of new objects
and phenomena; and some involve making models.
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