Recognize that a small change in a part of the environment may affect the whole. X X Use science to understand and describe the local environment. X X Use the processes of science, including observing, classifying, measuring, interpreting data, inferring, communicating, controlling variables, developing models and theories, hypothesizing, predicting and experimenting. X X Apply scientific knowledge and skills to understand issues and everyday events. X Evaluate the scientific and social merits of solutions to every day problems.
X Perform basic arithmetic functions and make reasoned estimates.
Select and use appropriate methods or tools for computation or estimation such as mental arithmetic, paper and pencil, calculator, computer. X X Represent, analyze, and use mathematical patterns, relations, and functions, using methods such as tables, equations, and graphs. X X Collect, organize, analyze, interpret, represent, and formulate questions about data. Make reasonable and useful predications about the certainty, uncertainty, or impossibility of an event. X X Use computational methods and appropriate technology as problem-solving tools.