Grade ________ Created in collaboration with the science committee (2012-2013)

Science Skills
Analyzing Classifying Communicating Controlling Variables Defining Evaluating Experimenting Hypothesizing Inferring Inquiring Interpreting Data Measuring Modeling Observing Predicting Recognizing Patterns Recording Synthesizing Using Numbers Using TimeSpace Relationships

Explanations
Examining and breaking information into parts; identifying patterns, relationships, causes, main ideas and errors Ordering according to properties, characteristics or relationships Expressing information in a variety of forms: oral, written, visual representations such as graphs, diagrams, equations, tables, presentations using ICT applications and so on. Manipulating variables: changing one factor that may affect the outcome while the other factors remain constant. Giving the precise meaning of a word, phrase or physical quantity Assessing the validity of information or quality of work based on criteria Demonstrating a theoretical concept, testing a hypothesis (at the core of scientific investigation) Stating a problem in the form of a statement, question, prediction or scientific explanation that can be verified by a process of experimentation (confirmation, guided, open) Making judgments based on observations and past experiences Formulating questions to clarify issues and understand meaning Observing information and offering explanations, organizing data, drawing conclusions and predictions Using appropriate instruments and techniques to collect and record data on weight, mass, temperature, time, volume, and so on Describing and explaining relationships between ideas using simplified, often mathematical or diagrammatical representation Using the senses and instruments to focus the perception on some phenomenon, object or process Offering statements, suggestions or hypotheses based on observations, experience and knowledge to anticipate the outcome of a situation or experiment Articulating interrelationships between parts and components Collecting, showing and presenting data, findings and conclusions Combining information in a different way to construct meaning Quantifying measurements, comparisons and classifications

Key Words
Compare, contrast, examine, infer, conclude Sort, group, identify, decide, label, compare, order, collect data, record

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Record, present findings, demonstrate, describe, explain, report, show, outline

Experiment, fair test, control Define, state, can be appearance and function Judge, assess, decide, prove, support, appraise, defend, conclude Explore, discover, check, identify and control variables, investigate, try, verify

Question, observe, predict, infer Predict, explore, refine, discuss Define problems, research, ask questions, discuss

Explain, interpret, predict, conclude, revise

Compare, match, estimate, determine Produce a model (physical, verbal or mental representation of an idea) Qualitative (What's it like?) and Quantitative (How much?)

Interpret, construe, deduce, infer Analyse, compare, contrast, categorize, distinguish relationships, examine, discover Record, present, construct, organize, draw Combine, create, propose, adapt, develop, infer, predict, elaborate, restructure, improve Count, divide, graph

Describing spatial relationships as affected by time

Motion, direction, sequence, symmetry

Created by: Janice Medenica (HOD Secondary Science), October 11, 2012