NSES Content Standard G  History and Nature of Science: Nature of scientific knowledge  Grades 9-12, page 201  Science distinguishes itself from other ways of knowing and from other bodies of knowledge through the use of empirical standards, logical arguments, and skepticism, as scientists strive for the best possible explanations about the natural world.

 
Benchmark 1B The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry
Grades 9-12, page 13
There are different traditions in science about what is investigated and how, but they all have in common certain basic beliefs about the value of evidence, logic, and good arguments. And there is agreement that progress in all fields of science depends on intelligence, hard work, imagination, and even chance.