Vocabulary
Tools
Scientific Method
Science Skills
Random
100
What you observe
Data
100
What is this object?
Pan Balance
100
This is what you do as you conduct your experiment.
Collect and record data
100
What is it called when something is different?
Contrast
100
People who ask questions and study the world around them
Scientists
200
To make something for the first time
Invent
200
This tool measures temperature.
Thermometer
200
This is when you test your hypothesis.
Experiment
200
What it is called when you tell what is alike?
Compare
200
Something that is used to do work
Tool
300
The use of science to solve problems
Technology
300
This tool lets you know if an object is made of metal.
Magnet
300
The first step in the scientific method.
Ask a question
300
What do you do when you put things into groups?
Classify
300
A set of steps to help scientists to help scientists answer questions
Scientific Method
400
To look for answers
Investigate
400
This tool lets you look closer at something. It makes the object look bigger.
Hand Lens
400
A prediction or possible answer to a question.
Hypothesis
400
What do you do when you tell what you think will happen?
Predict
400
What do scientists do to make sure their results were correct?
Repeat the experiments to see if they get the same results
500
Asking questions and looking for answers
Inquiry
500
This tool measures time
Timer/Stopwatch
500
The last step in the scientific method. This is what you decide after you think about all that you know.
Conclusion
500
What do you do when you use your senses to find out about something?
Observe
500
What is one type of technology that was invented and what problem did it solve?
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