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Science as Inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry Grades K-4, page 122 Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses.
In early years, students develop simple skills, such as how to observe,
measure, cut, connect, switch, turn on and off, pour, hold, tie, and hook.
Beginning with simple instruments, students can use rulers to measure the
length, height, and depth of objects and materials; thermometers to measure
temperature; watches to measure time; beam balances and spring scales to
measure weight and force; magnifiers to observe objects and organisms;
and microscopes to observe the finer details of plants, animals, rocks,
and other materials. Children also develop skills in the use of computers
and calculators for conducting investigations.
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Benchmark 3A The Nature of Technology:
Technology and Science
Grades K-2, page 44
Tools are used to do things better or more easily and to do some things
that could not otherwise be done at all. In technology, tools are used
to observe, measure, and make things.
Benchmark 3A The Nature of Technology:
Technology and Science
Grades 3-5, page 45
Technology enables scientists and others to observe things that are
too small or too far away to be seen without them and to study the motion
of objects that are moving very rapidly or are hardly moving at all.
Benchmark 3A The Nature of Technology:
Technology and Science
Grades 3-5, page 45
Measuring instruments can be used to gather accurate information for
making scientific comparisons of objects and events and for designing and
constructing things that will work properly.
Benchmark 12B Habits of Mind: Computation
and Estimation
Grades 3-5, page 290
Read and follow step-by-step instructions in a calculator or computer
manual when learning new procedures.
Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation
and Observation
Grades K-2, page 293
Use hammers, screwdrivers, clamps, rulers, scissors, and hand lenses,
and operate ordinary audio equipment.
Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation
and Observation
Grades K-2, page 293
Assemble, describe, take apart and reassemble constructions using interlocking
blocks, erector sets, and the like.
Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation
and Observation
Grades K-2, page 293
Measure the length in whole units of objects having straight edges.
Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation
and Observation
Grades 3-5, page 293
Measure and mix dry and liquid materials (in the kitchen, garage, or
laboratory) in prescribed amounts, exercising reasonable safety.
Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation
and Observation
Grades 3-5, page 293
Use calculators to determine area and volume from linear dimensions,
aggregate amounts of area, volume, weight, time, and cost, and find the
difference between two quantities of anything.