SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Scientific inquiry is a thoughtful and coordinated attempt to search out, describe, explain and predict natural phenomena.

SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.

SCIENTIFIC NUMERACY: Mathematics provides useful tools for the description, analysis and presentation of scientific data and ideas.

1.4 The properties of materials and organisms can be described more accurately through the use of standard measuring units.

A 17 Estimate, measure and compare the sizes and weights of different objects and organisms using standard and nonstandard measuring tools.

2.3 Earth materials have varied physical properties which make them useful in different ways.

A 21 Sort different soils by properties, such as particle size, color and composition.

3.1 Materials have properties that can be identified and described through the use of simple tests.

B 1 Sort and classify materials based on properties such as dissolving in water, sinking and floating, conducting heat, and attracting to magnets.