NASC 300 - Inquiry-Based Science

1. Practice using the scientific process to design an experiment to test an observation.
2. Describe the properties of a balanced ecosystem.
3. Diagram an example of healthy watershed ecosystem including representative living organisms and abiotic factors.
4. Describe how the availability of nutrients or changes in physical conditions can impact a watershed ecosystem.
5. Diagram the essential components of a living organisms life cycle.
6. Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
7. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
8. Conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
9. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

1. The scientific process to scientific phenomena.
2. The properties of a balanced ecosystem.
3. An example of healthy watershed ecosystem including representative living organisms and abiotic factors.
4. How the availability of nutrients or changes in physical conditions can impact a watershed ecosystem.
5. The essential components of a living organisms life cycle.
6. Data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.  
7. Investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
8. A simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
9. An investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
10. An argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.