Scientific Method
Process Skills 1
Tools a Scientist Uses
Science Safety
Process Skills 2
100
What I want to find out.
What is a question?
100
To use 1 or more of the senses to watch, pay attention to, or notice something new.
What is observe?
100
This tool is used to measure how long an object is.
What is a ruler?
100
You should never do this to something you are working with in a science experiment.
What is taste it?
100
To make an educated guess about what you think will happen.
What is to predict?
200
What I think will happen.
What is a prediction?
200
To share or exchange information from one person to another; explain information using draeings, tables, graphs, and oral or written language.
What is communicate?
200
Another tool that can be used to measure how long an object is.
What is a tape measure?
200
You should always walk with these objects pointing down and away from your body.
What are scissors and other sharp objects?
200
What you think based on observation and what you already know, explaining an observation based on data and prior knowledge.
What is infer?
300
Things I need to use to help me complete a science experiment.
What are materials?
300
A test designed to find out something; an activity conducted to test a prediction (inquiry).
What is an experiment?
300
This tool measures how hot or cold something is.
What is a thermometer?
300
Never takes these off while stirring during a science experiment.
What is safety glasses?
300
To put objects or events in order by size, number, or number of times it happened.
What is sequence?
400
To put things in groups based on comon properties; -compare to find likenesses and differences -organize common characteristics -group or sort -label
What is classify?
400
This tool measures how much liquid there is in a cup or glass.
What is a measuring cup?
400
You should never do this with your finger during a science experiment.
What is test the temperature of something with your finger?
400
This graph uses bars to communicate results.
What is a bar graph?
500
What I learned from the science experiment.
What is a conclusion?
500
To find the size, amount, or weight of something using standard or nonstandard units-measurements are quantitative (numbers are used).
What is to measure?
500
This tool measures the mass or how much something weighs.
What is a pan balance?
500
If you see something unsafe during a science activity you should...
What is tell your teacher right away?
500
This graph uses pictures to communicate results to others.
What is a pictograph?
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