Science teachers generally like the inquiry process because it targets the eight science process skills that all students are expected to master in science classrooms. These skills include: a) make observations: (b) conduct experiments:
(c) collaborate with others about investigations:
(d) take measurements:
(e) sort and classify( i.e, organisms, types of substances, etc.)
F) compare and contrast
G) record findings;
(h) analyze findings, and
(i) share their results with others(see Table 2). To ensure that students develop these skills, science lessons often focus on specific science process skill. For i students may a spend an entire class period learning to classify different types of rocks. Another science lesson may require students to analyze a graph depicting monarch butterfly migratory patterns.