The eight scientific practices and definitions.
Scientific practice | Definition |
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1. Asking questions(defining problems) | Forming empirically answerable questions about a phenomenon, establishing what is already known, and determining what questions remain unanswered. |
2. Developing and using models | Construct and use models and simulations to explain natural phenomena. |
3. Planning and carrying out investigation | Planning and conducting investigation to confirm data in the field or identify variables in an experiment. |
4. Analyzing and interpreting data | Produce data that needs to be analyzed to derive meaning - identify significant factors and patterns in the data, identify sources of error, and calculate confidence intervals. |
5. Using mathematical and computational thinking | Using math and computation to represent physical variables and their relationships, making predictions about the physical world, and employing statistical techniques to reveal patterns and correlations. |
6. Constructing explanations (designing solutions) | Create an explanation or design a solution that is supported by multiple sources of evidence, organized into scientific concepts, principles, and theories. |
7. Engaging in argument from evidence | Construct an argument to explain the natural world or to support or refute a claim for a solution. |
8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information | Communicate ideas and inquiry results, evaluate the scientific validity of information obtained |