7/30/2019 ISB Science Skills By Grade Level

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

Science

Skills Explanations Key Words Unit Title: Unit Title: Unit Title:

Analyzing

Examining and breaking information into parts;identifying patterns, relationships, causes, main ideas anderrors Compare, contrast, examine, infer, conclude

ClassifyingOrdering according to properties, characteristics orrelationships

Sort, group, identify, decide, label, compare,order, collect data, record

Communicating

Expressing information in a variety of forms: oral,written, visual representations such as graphs, diagrams,

equations, tables, presentations using ICT applicationsand so on.

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

ControllingVariables

Manipulating variables: changing one factor that mayaffect the outcome while the other factors remainconstant. Experiment, fair test, control

DefiningGiving the precise meaning of a word, phrase or physicalquantity Define, state, can be appearance and function

EvaluatingAssessing the validity of information or quality of workbased on criteria

Judge, assess, decide, prove, support, appraise,defend, conclude

ExperimentingDemonstrating a theoretical concept, testing a hypothesis(at the core of scientific investigation)

Explore, discover, check, identify and controlvariables, investigate, try, verify

Hypothesizing

Stating a problem in the form of a statement, question,

prediction or scientific explanation that can be verified bya process of experimentation (confirmation, guided, open) Question, observe, predict, infer

InferringMaking judgments based on observations and pastexperiences Predict, explore, refine, discuss

InquiringFormulating questions to clarify issues and understandmeaning

Define problems, research, ask questions,discuss

InterpretingData

Observing information and offering explanations,organizing data, drawing conclusions and predictions Explain, interpret, predict, conclude, revise

Measuring

Using appropriate instruments and techniques to collectand record data on weight, mass, temperature, time,volume, and so on Compare, match, estimate, determine

Modeling

Describing and explaining relationships between ideasusing simplified, often mathematical or diagrammaticalrepresentation

Produce a model (physical, verbal or mentalrepresentation of an idea)

ObservingUsing the senses and instruments to focus the perceptionon some phenomenon, object or process

Qualitative (What's it like?) and Quantitative(How much?)

Predicting

Offering statements, suggestions or hypotheses based onobservations, experience and knowledge to anticipate theoutcome of a situation or experiment Int erpret, construe, deduce, infer

RecognizingPatterns

Articulating interrelationships between parts andcomponents

Analyse, compare, contrast, categorize,distinguish relationships, examine, discover

Recording

Collecting, showing and presenting data, findings and

conclusions Record, present, construct, organize, draw

SynthesizingCombining information in a different way to constructmeaning

Combine, create, propose, adapt, develop, infer,predict, elaborate, restructure, improve

Using NumbersQuantifying measurements, comparisons andclassifications Count, divide, graph

Using Time-Space

Relationships Describing spatial relationships as affected by time Motion, direction, sequence, symmetry

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