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FOSS AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
The Measurement Module emphasizes the development
of observation and description skills and building explanations
based on experience. This module supports the following National
Science Education Standards.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Develop students' abilities to do and understand scientific
inquiry.
- Ask and answer questions.
- Plan and conduct simple investigations.
- Employ tools to gather data.
- Use data to construct reasonable explanations.
- Communicate investigations and explanations.
- Understand that scientists use different kinds of investigations and tools
to develop explanations using evidence and knowledge.
- Understand that scientists review and ask questions
about the results of other scientists' work.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Develop students' abilities in technological design.
- Identify a simple problem and propose a solution.
- Evaluate a product or design.
- Communicate a problem, design, and solution.
Develop students' understandings about science and
technology.
- People have always had problems and invented tools and
techniques to solve problems.
- Scientists work collaboratively in teams and use tools
and scientific techniques to make better observations.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Develop an understanding of science as a human endeavor.
- Science and technology have been practiced by people for
a long time.
- Men and women have made a variety of contributions
through the history of science and technology.
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