Extraction

• Identify scientific (testable) and non-scientific (nontestable) questions.

• Ask questions that can be investigated and predict reasonable outcomes based on patterns such as cause and effect relationships.

• Define a simple design problem that can be solved through the development of an object, tool, process, or system and includes several criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

• Develop a model using an analogy, example, or abstract representation to describe a scientific principle or design solution.

• Develop a diagram or simple physical prototype to convey a proposed object, tool, or process.

• Test two different models of the same proposed object, tool, or process to determine which better meets criteria for success.

• Compare and contrast data collected by different groups in order to discuss similarities and differences in their findings.

• Analyze data to refine a problem statement or the design of a proposed object, tool, or process.

• Use data to evaluate and refine design solutions.

• Organize simple data sets to reveal patterns that suggest relationships.

• Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.

• Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the design solution.

• Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem by citing relevant evidence about how it meets the criteria and constraints of the problem.

• Compare and refine arguments based on an evaluation of the evidence presented.

• Read and comprehend grade appropriate complex texts and/or other reliable media to summarize and obtain scientific and technical ideas and describe how they are supported by evidence.

• Combine information in written text with that contained in corresponding tables, diagrams, and/or charts to support the engagement in other scientific and/or engineering practices.

Students identify similarities and differences in order to sort and classify natural objects and designed products. They can identify patterns related to time, including simple rates of change and cycles, and to use these patterns to make predictions.

Objects can be seen only when light reflected from their surface enters our eyes. Patterns can encode, send, receive, and decode information.

Objects can be seen only when light reflected from their surface enters our eyes. Patterns can encode, send, receive, and decode information.