Science Process Skills are skills used to gather information and answer questions. The key skills are observation, classification, inferring, hypothesizing, experimenting, and communicating. Observation involves gathering qualitative and quantitative data using the senses. Classification is grouping objects based on common properties or criteria. Inferring draws conclusions from observations or statements, while hypothesizing forms potential explanations. Experimenting tests ideas, and communicating shares discoveries through writing, speaking, drawings, tables or charts.

2. Science Process Skills are
skills needed to gather
information that will answer the
questions.

3. PROCESS SKILLS
 Observation
 Classification
 Inferring
 Hypothesizing
 Experimenting
Communicating
 Predicting

4. OBSERVATION

5. WHAT IS OBSERVATION?
Observing is the process of
gathering information about
objects or event in your natural
surroundings.
Qualitative observations - observations that are made
using only the senses. Ex: color, shape, texture, smell,
taste, and sound
Quantitative observations – provide more accurate and
precise information. Ex: The table feels smooth.
The board is green.

6. CLASSIFICATION

7. • vertebrates
WHAT IS CLASSIFICATION?
Classifying is a science process skill
that involves the grouping of objects
based on a particular property or
defined criteria.
animals
vertebrates invertebrates

8. INFERRING

9. WHAT IS INFERRING?
Drawing an idea or conclusion
based on an observation or
statement.
• A logical inference is reasonable.
• An illogical inference is one that
assumes too much from the
evidence.

10. HYPOTHESIZING

11. WHAT IS HYPOTHESIZING?
A hypothesis is a potential
answer or solution to your
research questions. It is an
educated guess.

12. EXPERIMENTING

13. Experimentation is the
act or process of trying
out a new procedure,
idea, or activity.

14. COMMUNICATING

15. • Communicating is
sharing ideas and
information about
what you
discovered in
science.
• We can share
information
showing a table,
chart, or graph,
by writing report,
by demonstration
models, or by
reporting orally.
WHAT IS COMMUNICATING?

16.  Written or Spoken Words:
• Spoken words are used in
oral communication.
Example: face to face
conversion
• Written signs or symbols
are used in written
communication

17. Drawings and Illustrations:
• Drawing is a means of
expression. It is a form of
communication just the same
as speaking is a form of
communication, the process
of placing your ideas on
paper , and a skill that can be
used in many work
situations.
• An Illustration is a decoration, interpretation or
visual explanation of a text, concept or process.

18. Tables and Charts
Tables and charts are
also useful in recording
and presenting your
data and observations.

19. PREDICTING

20. WHAT IS PREDICTING?
• Predicting is using
one’s knowledge to
make an intelligent
guess about what
will happen next.
• Predictions are made
by searching for a
pattern about what
has happened.