Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry. A2. Current scientific knowledge and understanding guide scientific investigations. Mathematics is important in all aspects of scientific inquiry. Technology used to gather data enhances accuracy and allows scientists to analyze and quantify results of investigations. Scientific explanations emphasize evidence, have logically consistent arguments, and use scientific principles, models, and theories.
Science advances through legitimate skepticism.
Scientific investigations sometimes result in new ideas and phenomena. Properties and changes of properties in matter B2. Motion and forces B3. Structure and function in living systems C2. Reproduction and heredity C3.