Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions. Communicate scientific procedures and explanations. Use mathematics in scientific inquiry. Understand that scientific explanations emphasize evidence. Earth processes we see today are similar to those that occurred in the past.
Fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed.
Solid Earth is layered, with a lithosphere, hot convecting mantle, and dense metallic core. The rock cycle involves old rocks that break down to form the source of sediments that are buried, compacted, heated, and often recrystallized into new rocks. Develop students' understanding of science as a human endeavor. Science requires different abilities, depending on such factors as the field of study and type of inquiry. Many individuals have contributed to the traditions of science.