Excellent unit to start your students down a path of scientific thinking. The unit focuses on setting up a science notebook and exploring how scientists think about the world.
1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
2. Developing and using models
3. Planning and carrying out investigations
4. Analyzing and interpreting data
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)