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For young scientists, discovery and making observations is a foundational skill in the science inquiry room. Drawings can allow our growing scientists to communicate observations that may be difficult to communicate with words. Using the 'ABCD' method shapes students' scientific drawings and observations and holds them accountable. When scientists make observations, they need to record them in a very specific way: accurate; bigger than they are (so we can see the details); colorful (but they must be the correct color — insects are not pink); and detailed.

— Marian Sherron, science teacher, PS 107, Flushing, Queens