Basic and Integrated science process skills

1. Science Process Skills

4. Observation
 Noting the properties of objects and
situations using the five senses…
Seeing
Hearing
Touching
Smelling
Tasting

5. Classifying
 Relating objects and events according
to their attributes which may involve
classifying…
Places
Objects
Ideas
Events

6. Measuring
 Expressing the amount of an object in
quantitative terms, or comparing an
object to a standard…
Length in Meters
Volume in Liters
Mass in Grams
Force in Newtons
Temperature in Degrees Celsius

7. Communicating
 Process of describing, recording,
and reporting experimental
procedures and results to others…
Oral, written, or mathematical
Organizes ideas using appropriate
vocabulary, graphs, other visual
representations, and mathematical
equations.

8. Inferring, Predicting, Interpreting
 Inferring: Giving an explanation for a
particular object or event
 Predicting: Forecasting a future
occurrence based on past
observations or the extension of data
 Interpreting: Arriving at explanations,
inferences, or hypotheses from data
that has been placed in a data table or
graph

9. Experimenting
 Testing a hypothesis through the
manipulation and control of
independent variables and noting the
effects on a dependent variable
 Interpreting and presenting results in
the form of a report that others can
follow to replicate the experiment
 Integrated process skill

10. Inquiry
 Skills necessary to carry out the
process of scientific or systematic
thinking
 Includes the opportunity to…
Ask a question
Formulate a procedure
Gather empirical data
Draw conclusions based on data