Benchmark 12D
Habits of Mind: Communication Skills
Grades 3-5, page 296

Write instructions that others can follow in carrying out a procedure.
 

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 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.