Skills+and+Processes


 * VSC - Science** **Standard 1.0 Skills and Processes**: Students will demonstrate the thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science.
 * ~ Grade 8 ||
 * **Topic A.** Constructing Knowledge ||
 * **1. //Design, analyze, or carry out simple investigations and formulate appropriate conclusions based on data obtained or provided.//** ||
 * **//a. Explain that scientists differ greatly in what phenomena they study and how they go about their work.//** ||
 * **b.** Develop the ability to clarify questions and direct them toward objects and phenomena that can be described, explained, or predicted by scientific investigations. ||
 * **c.** **//Explain and provide examples that all//** **//hypotheses//** **//are valuable,//** **//even if they turn out not to be true, if they lead to fruitful//** **//investigations//****//.//** ||
 * **d.** Locate information in reference books, back issues of newspapers, magazines and compact disks, and computer databases. ||
 * **e.** Explain that if more than one variable changes at the same time in an investigation, the outcome of the investigation may not be clearly attributable to any one of the variables. ||
 * **f.** Give examples of when further studies of the question being investigated may be necessary. ||
 * **g.** //**Give reasons for the importance of waiting until an**// //**investigation**// //**has been repeated many times before accepting the results as correct.**// ||
 * //**h. Use mathematics to interpret and communicate data.**// ||
 * **i.** Explain why accurate recordkeeping, openness, and replication are essential for maintaining an investigator's credibility with other scientists and society. ||