Designs and conducts scientific investigations
Designing and conducting scientific investigations is an essential skill set of a world-class secondary science curriculum. Included in is the following content:
- systematic observation
- accurate measurements
- identifying and controlling variables
- clarify ideas that are influencing and guiding the inquiry
- compare ideas with current scientific knowledge
- formulate questions
- design investigations
- execute investigations
- interpret data
- use evidence to generate explanations
- propose alternative explanations
- critique explanations and procedures