Science Vocabulary

Making an educated guess based upon your observations and your knowledge.

• Observing

• Predicting

• Inferring

• Making Models

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Using your 5 senses to gather information. Must be accurate and factual.

• Communicating

• Observing

• Predicting

• Inferring

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

Organizing information based on similarities. Size, shape,texture, weight, purpose

• Making Models

• Classifying

• Communicating

• Observing

Hand drawn sketches, diagrams, illustrations, diagrams or 3D models

• Classifying

• Art class

• Making Models

• Predicting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Making an inference about a future event. A prediction based upon evidence and past experience.

• Observations

• Predicting

• Inferring

• Communicating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Communicating

• Sharing ideas/opinions, information, data, and results. Helps others to find answers to questions and problems.

• Making an educated guess about future events

• Hand drawn sketches, diagrams, illustrations or 3D models

• Using your 5 senses to gather information.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When doing the Pencil lab you had to draw a picture and label it. What vocab term would this be?

• Observations

• Prediction

• Making Models

• Communicating

When you were writing down what you noticed about the pencil, that was called an ___?

• Inferring

• Observation

• Prediction

• Making Models

When you looked at your observations about the pencil, you used your prior knowledge to think about what would happen.

• Inferring

• Observations

• predictions

• communicating