NATURE OF SCIENCE: MYP Command terms for year 7

Choose from a list or group

• select
• state
• name
• evaluate

Take what you know and use it to solve a real problem.

• apply
• recall
• state
• explain

Remember or recognize from prior learning experiences

• state
• discuss
• recall
• apply

Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation

• state
• recall
• rename
• describe

Pick out the most important parts. Leave out small details. Keep it short and simple.

• describe
• outline
• discuss
• explain

Propose a solution, hypothesis or other possible answer

• describe
• outline
• discuss
• suggest

Look at the information carefully & try to find patterns or trends (things that keep happening).

• recall
• state
• apply
• interpret

Produce a plan, simulation or model

• design
• plan
• arrange
• analyse

Look at different ideas  & views (like looking at both sides of a coin). Then, you find good evidence for both points of view (like collecting clues). Think carefully about the evidence & then come to a fair conclusion based on the evidence

• discuss
• design
• describe
• analyse

Tell me all about something by telling me what it looks like and what makes it special. Include enough details so someone else could pick it out of a group.

• discuss
• design
• describe
• analyse