Children develop expectations about their environment through organizing patterns. As the process of observation is refined, more data may be secured. Perspective of the observer is important and may influence that which is observed. Communicating the observation to another is important. The student scientist needs to share.
Scientists communicate to validate their studies and to gain insights from others.
Methods of communication range from drawings and telling others to diagrams, lab reports and summaries, and graphs. Communicating information secured from observations is easily linked to Language Arts, Mathematics, and other areas of the curriculum. Comparing objects, animal, planets, and a wide range of other things is another basic process of science. They recognize differences early, similarities seem more complex. Through comparing an unknown object with one that is known, discoveries are made.