SCIENCEPROCESSSKILLS

SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS

SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
are the processes in standard use by real scientists.
These processes describe the various ways that scientists do science.
In science class we learn, mimic, and practice these processes
to become skilled in their use and application to science.
We learn to "behave, think, and act like scientists".

The seven main Science Process Skills that scientists use and that we use every week to do science in class include:

    OBSERVATION:
     using all five senses to collect data and information;
     looking carefully at the world around you

    MEASUREMENT:
    using special tools to calculate distance, weight,
    time, temperature, etc.

    CLASSIFICATION: placing information into certain
    groups; sorting; catgorizing

    COMMUNICATION: recording data, ideas, and information;
    sharing with others; reading to get information

   PREDICTION with explanation: using what you know to
    identify; announcing what you think might happen next

    EXPERIMENTATION: running a test; trying out ideas;
    checking; conducting an experiment

    INFERENCE: deducing a solution; coming to a conclusion;
    surmising something from a set of facts or evidence

Click here to review the
SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
outline we have in our notebook

Click here to review the
SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
graphic organizer we have
in our notebook.