(1) The benchmark for science content standard 1 at the end of grade 4 is that the student will:

(a) develop the abilities necessary to safely conduct scientific inquiry, including (a step-by-step sequence is not implied) :

(i) asking questions about objects, events, and organisms in the environment; and

(ii) planning and conducting simple investigations;

(b) select and use appropriate tools, including technology, to make measurements (including metric units) and represent results of basic scientific investigations;

(c) use data to describe and communicate the results of scientific investigations;

(d) use models that illustrate simple concepts and compare those models to the actual phenomenon;

(e) identify a valid test in an investigation; and

(f) identify how observations of nature form an essential base of knowledge among the Montana American Indians.