• Communicate ideas.
• Observes, compares, orders, and categorizes characteristics and behaviors.
• Relates factors of differing objects and events, and infers about unknown or unseen processes.

Applies knowledge and thought processes to explain his/her world and solve problems.

• Demonstrates recognition of the interrelationships among the scientific themes (energy, interactions, patterns, change).
• Demonstrates recognition of the four spheres (litho-, hydro-, atmo-, eco-).
• Recognizes the effects of the sciences, technologies, and societies on one another and on the environment.