Here we provide several tools that can be helpful to you and your students: the Science Checklist, several versions of the Science Flowchart, and the Science Toolkit. Their specific applications are addressed within each Teacher Lounge (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and 13-16).

• The Science Checklist (PDF) looks at what makes science science — the key features that set science apart from other human endeavors. The checklist examines the nature of science.

• The Science Flowchart looks at how science really works. It portrays scientific inquiry as a dynamic process. The Flowchart appears in four formats:

  Simple Science Flowchart (PDF) — depicting the four primary components of the process

  Complex Science Flowchart (PDF) — depicting the detailed version of the four components

  Complex Flowchart Horizontal Poster (PDF) — a landscape-oriented poster that can be printed at a copy shop (dimensions are 37" x 25" so 1/2" can be trimmed from each side, following printing, to remove white margin)

  Complex Flowchart Vertical Poster (PDF) — a portrait-oriented poster that can be printed at a copy shop (dimensions are 25" x 37" so 1/2" can be trimmed from each side, following printing, to remove white margin)

  Science Flowchart for grades K-2 (PDF) — a useful tool for teachers of K-2 students identifying the primary areas of the process best covered at these grade levels

  Science Flowchart for grades 3-5 (PDF) — useful for both teachers and their students with modified language appropriate for students at these grade levels.

• Your Science Toolkit (PDF) provides a set of questions that can help your students to apply critical thinking skills, evaluate media messages about science, and improve their own decision-making.

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