Inquiry Approach to Learning Science

what is observing ?

• Using appropriate equipment and knowing the limitations of the equipment.

• Use of senses or instruments to collect data about objects and phenomena.

• Breaking a complex object/system/event into parts and studying

  the individual components of it.

• Producing ideas and explanations, drawing inferences,

   making hypotheses, and planning experiments

Give an example of Analyzing

• Determining ways to prevent a cut

  piece of apple from turning brown.

• Determining whether a conclusion is supported by experimental data

• Drawing  a graph to show the length of the shadow of an object against time

• Identifying patterns in a set of data

select Knowledge of Science :

• Diversity

• Analyzing

• Cycles

• Interactions

• Communicating

Determining whether a conclusion is supported by experimental data is an example of Evaluating ?

• True

• False

This picture is an example of ?

• Communicating

• Classifying

• Analyzing

• Observing