Basic Science Skills

Organizing and arranging objects into groups according to characteristics they share.

• Collecting and Interpreting Data

• Communicating

• Observing

• Classifying

An intelligent guess about an object or event. Then measure to see if your estimate was correct.

• Formulating Questions & Hypotheses

• Communication

• Estimating & Measuring

• Observing

To make a reasonable guess about information that is not obvious, based on observations and past experiences

• Inferring

• Classifying

• Estimating

• Predicting

A guess of what will happen in a particular situation.

• Observing

• Inferring

• Classifying

• Predicting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The white candle has a cylindrical shape. it has a diameter of about 3 cm. the length of the candle is 20 cm. It is hard, smooth and can be scratched. There is a white wick that extends from top to bottom. Which is a qualitative observation from the sentence?

• diameter of about 3 cm

• length is 20 cm

• hard, smooth and can be scratched

It is a basic science process skills that suggests explanations of an observation based on past experiences.

• observing

• inferring

• measuring

• classifying

How many human senses (basic) do we have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

• 1

Which is the suitable human sense organ to use for sunrise observation?

• eyes

• ears

• nose

• tongue

• hand

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What trait does this scientific tool measure?

• length

• mass

• volume

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is an inference?

• Just a guess.

• A statement based off of your observations.

• The same as an observation.

• Examples of something.