Asking questions and defining problems

Starts with something you wonder about the natural world, but it must be answered by gathering evidence.

Planning and carrying out investigations

Collect evidence! Sometimes evidence is collected through experiments, but sometimes evidence is collected through careful observations or surveys.

Analyzing and interpreting data

Scientists must look carefully at their information to identify patterns and make sense of what the information means.

Developing and using models

Representations of ideas or processes. They all have limitations.

Using mathematics and computational thinking

As scientists analyze data and develop models, they often use math to show the relationships between different variables.

Constructing explanations

Explain how or why things happen in the natural world. The more evidence we have, the more confidence we have.

Engaging in argument from evidence

Explanations develop as scientists debate the meaning of evidence and how well evidence supports certain claims.

Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Scientific explanations are accepted by the scientific community only after they are shared, critiqued, and determined to be supported by evidence.

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8 Science Skills

8 Science and Engineering Practices

Skill	Description
Asking questions and defining problems	Starts with something you wonder about the natural world, but it must be answered by gathering evidence.
Planning and carrying out investigations	Collect evidence! Sometimes evidence is collected through experiments, but sometimes evidence is collected through careful observations or surveys.
Analyzing and interpreting data	Scientists must look carefully at their information to identify patterns and make sense of what the information means.
Developing and using models	Representations of ideas or processes. They all have limitations.
Using mathematics and computational thinking	As scientists analyze data and develop models, they often use math to show the relationships between different variables.
Constructing explanations	Explain how or why things happen in the natural world. The more evidence we have, the more confidence we have.
Engaging in argument from evidence	Explanations develop as scientists debate the meaning of evidence and how well evidence supports certain claims.
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information	Scientific explanations are accepted by the scientific community only after they are shared, critiqued, and determined to be supported by evidence.

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