Science Process Skills

Observing skill

A skill that uses all of our senses to obtain information about an object or a phenomenon

Classifying skill

A skill of grouping and separating objects or phenomena according to their similarities or differences

Measuring skill

A skill to make observations using numbers and standard unit tools

Making inferences skill

A skill to reasonably explain an initial conclusion of an observation

Predicting skill

A skill to state an expectation of an event that will happen

Communicating skill

A skill to describe an action, object or phenomenon using words or graphic symbols such as tables, graphs, diagrams or models

The uses of stopwatch

Tool to measure time

The uses of weighing scale

Tool to measure weight

Steps in making an inference

Observation + Reasonable explanation of the observation = Initial conclusion

Factors that are used to make prediction

Observations, previous experiences, data or patterns

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