Students understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems. Students pose questions and collect, organize, and represent data to answer those questions. Students will design investigations requiring data collection, including measured data. Students understand and apply basic notions of chance and probability. Student will formulate questions or hypotheses based on initial data collection and design further studies to explore them.
Students demonstrate the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry.
Student will develop a hypothesis or prediction based on the question. Students will design and conduct simple investigations to answer their questions. They will collect and organize data for analysis, using simple tools and equipment. Students will use appropriate models to summarize data and construct conclusions based on findings. They will communicate investigations and results appropriately to an audience.