Science Process Skills

Observation  Noting the properties of objects and situations using the five senses… Seeing Seeing Hearing Hearing Touching Touching Smelling Smelling Tasting Tasting

Classifying  Relating objects and events according to their attributes which may involve classifying… Places Places Objects Objects Ideas Ideas Events Events

Measuring  Expressing the amount of an object in quantitative terms, or comparing an object to a standard… Length in Meters Length in Meters Volume in Liters Volume in Liters Mass in Grams Mass in Grams Force in Newtons Force in Newtons Temperature in Degrees Celsius Temperature in Degrees Celsius

Communicating  Process of describing, recording, and reporting experimental procedures and results to others… Oral, written, or mathematical Oral, written, or mathematical Organizes ideas using appropriate vocabulary, graphs, other visual representations, and mathematical equations. Organizes ideas using appropriate vocabulary, graphs, other visual representations, and mathematical equations.

Inferring, Predicting, Interpreting  Inferring: Giving an explanation for a particular object or event  Predicting: Forecasting a future occurrence based on past observations or the extension of data  Interpreting: Arriving at explanations, inferences, or hypotheses from data that has been placed in a data table or graph

Experimenting  Testing a hypothesis through the manipulation and control of independent variables and noting the effects on a dependent variable  Interpreting and presenting results in the form of a report that others can follow to replicate the experiment  Integrated process skill

Inquiry  Skills necessary to carry out the process of scientific or systematic thinking  Includes the opportunity to… Ask a question Ask a question Formulate a procedure Formulate a procedure Gather empirical data Gather empirical data Draw conclusions based on data Draw conclusions based on data