Science Process Skills
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| Observing | To use the 5 senses to learn about an object or an event or to collect data
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| Inferring | To draw a conclusion about something based on observations and knowledge
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| Classifying | To place an object or an event in groups based on common characteristics (sorting legos by color or size)
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| Measuring | To determine the length, area, volume, mass, or temperature of describe objects
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| Communicating | To describe an object or event to another person
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| Controlling Variables | To study how attributes vary by manipulating variables
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| Experimenting | To put all the process skills together in one activity
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| Representing Data | To organize your measurements to make your information easier to use and understand
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| Predicting | To guess what will happen next based off our inferences
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| Quantitative observations | Quantitative observations are more precise descriptions that do include numbers. Data that can be verified.
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| Qualitative observations | Qualitative observations are general descriptions that do not use number (such as color, taste, smell, texture)
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| List the steps of the scientific method | 1. Purpose
2. Research
3. Hypothesize
4. Experiment
5. Analysis
6. Conclusion
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| What is the scientific process? | Process that scientists use to gain knowledge about the world around us.
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| What is the first step of the scientific process? | To have a purpose
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| What should you do after asking questions about your topic? | Research the topic and find out all you can.
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| What is a hypothesis | A possible answer to a question
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| What is experimenting | Testing the hypothesis
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| What do you do after looking at all the data from your experiment? | Compare the results to your hypothesis
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