The document outlines essential science process skills, emphasizing the importance of observations in the scientific method. It distinguishes between qualitative observations, which are descriptive, and quantitative observations, which involve measurement. Additionally, it encourages readers to create their own qualitative and quantitative descriptions based on provided examples.

1. SCIENTIFIC
PROCESSES

2. To learn science is to do science. A scientist
possesses and demonstrates science process
skills that allow him/her to decide critically,
solve logically, and provide solutions creatively.
You might have encountered or learned some
of these process skills in your lower grades.
Here are some of these process skills:

3. • OBSERVING
Observing is a basic process
that involves the use of the five
senses, like reading, listening to
a lecture, and examining
pictures and other materials.
Scientists observe things.

4. and events so that their studies
become reliable. When you are
equipped with this skill, it is quite
easy for you to get the information
correctly.

6. •Observations may be qualitative or
quantitative. An observation that
describes something through
descriptive words alone is called
qualitative observation.

7. •When making a qualitative observation of a
dog, for example, you may use the words such
as small or big and playful or tame to describe
the dog.

8. •The other type of observation
uses numbers in measuring
and describing objects. This is
called quantitative
observation.

9. • Tools and equipment are used to measure
objects quantitatively. An example of a
quantitative observation of a dog may include
a mass of 30 kg, a height of 50 cm, or an age
of 150 days.

10. ACTIVITY
• Direction: Create a quantitative and qualitative
description on the picture below.