Benchmark 1C
The Nature of Science: The Scientific Enterprise
Grades 3-5, page 16

Clear communication is an essential part of doing science. It enables scientists to inform others about their work, expose their ideas to criticism by other scientists, and stay informed about scientific discoveries around the world.
 

NSES Content Standard A 
Science as Inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry 
Grades K-4, page 122 
Communicate investigations and explanations. Students should begin developing the abilities to communicate, critique, and analyze their work and the work of other students. This communication might be spoken or drawn as well as written. 

NSES Content Standard A 
Science as Inquiry: Understanding about scientific inquiry 
Grades K-4, page 123 
Scientists review and ask questions about the results of other scientists' work 

NSES Content Standard E 
Science and Technology: Abilities of technological design 
Grades K-4, page 138 
Communicate a problem, design, and solution. Student abilities should include oral, written, and pictorial communication of the design process and product. The communication might be show and tell, group discussions, short written reports, or pictures, depending on the students' abilities and the design project. 

NSES Content Standard A 
Science as Inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry 
Grades 5-8, page 148 
Communicate scientific procedures and explanations. With practice, students should become competent at communicating experimental methods, following instructions, describing observations, summarizing the results of other groups, and telling other students about investigations and explanations. 

NSES Content Standard A 
Science as Inquiry: Understanding about scientific inquiry 
Grades 5-8, page 148 
Science advances through legitimate skepticism. Asking questions and querying other scientists' explanations is part of scientific inquiry. Scientists evaluate the explanations proposed by other scientists by examining evidence, comparing evidence, identifying faulty reasoning, pointing out statements that go beyond the evidence, and suggesting alternative explanations for the same observations. 

NSES Content Standard G 
History and Nature of Science: Science as a human endeavor 
Grades 5-8, page 170 
Women and men of various social and ethnic backgrounds--and with diverse interests, talents, qualities, and motivations--engage in the activities of science, engineering, and related fields such as the health professions. Some scientists work in teams, and some work alone, but all communicate extensively with others. 

NSES Content Standard A 
Science as Inquiry: Understanding about scientific inquiry 
Grades 9-12, page 175 
Results of scientific inquiry--new knowledge and methods--emerge from different types of investigations and public communication among scientists. In communicating and defending the results of scientific inquiry, arguments must be logical and demonstrate connections between natural phenomena, investigations, and the historical body of scientific knowledge. In addition, the methods and procedures that scientists used to obtain evidence must be clearly reported to enhance opportunities for further investigation.