Science Process Skills - Scenarios

measuring

According to Bob's scale, one of his rocks had a mass of 20 grams

interpreting data

After studying his results and comparing notes with his classmates, Mark determined that it took an average of 29 pennies to sink the boat. He also noticed that students who spread their pennies out on the boat needed more pennies.

inferring

Bill noticed that the apples on the ground were brown and not red. He thought to himself that the apples must have been rotting for a long time.

predicting

Bill noticed that there were 3 apples still on the tree and 10 apples on the ground. He thought that by tomorrow all the apples would be on the ground.

classifying

Bob separated his rocks into 3 piles based on color.

observing

Bob studied his rock carefully. He wrote down facts about its color, shape and texture.

communicating

Mark shared his results in a power point presentation to his teacher and class.

hypothesizing

Mark thought it would probably take about 40 pennies to sink the toy boat, based on the size of the boat.

questioning

Mark wondered how many pennies it would take to sink the toy boat.

experimenting

While following the steps of his procedure, Mark slowly added pennies to the boat one at a time. After each penny, he took careful notes on what happened.