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Working collaboratively is the act of working effectively with other students and/or adults within diverse groupings. It is an essential part of conducting science.

Communication is the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, and/or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else.

The skill of using appropriate vocabulary involves exploring new vocabulary in context and developing the ability to use vocabulary to communicate thinking and learning.

Reflecting is a process whereby students use critical thinking skills to look back on a learning experience in terms of things that went well and areas where there may be room for growth/change.

A prototype is a working model that is used to test a design solution and is typically what is built or created during a student “Design & Build” challenge.

A design plan lays out ways in which students will develop and test the agreed-upon solution to a Design & Build challenge.

When searching for a solution to a design problem in the Design & Build process, many different ideas should be considered. Students may generate ideas to solve problems independently as well as in small and large groups.

The first step in the Design & Build process is the identification of the key problem to be solved or need to be addressed.

Students develop their observation and comparing and contrasting skills as they explore the size of dinosaurs.

Students will use observing and sorting & classifying skills to learn that dinosaurs are extinct animals that share common characteristics.