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.

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.

3.3 Earth materials have different physical and chemical properties.

B 5 Describe the physical properties of rocks and relate them to their potential uses.

B 6 Relate the properties of rocks to the possible environmental conditions during their formation.

4.3 Water has a major role in shaping the Earth’s surface.

B 13 Describe the role of water in erosion and river formation.