All the things you need to investigate the world

around you!

•Observation

•Communication

•Comparison

•Order

•Categorization

Scientists use the 5 process skills to

experiment and learn about the world around

them. These are the five main skills that scientists

use.

Use your senses in order to observe or to learn more about something.

Some of the traits you might look for

are size, shape, color, or texture.

Scientists communicate or share the information that is discovered.

This information can be shared orally or in written form (like a journal, picture, or graph).

Compare two or more objects by identifying what is similar and what is different.

Frogs•Amphibian

•Green

•Live in water

•Need air to survive

Cats•Mammal

•Furry

•Live on land

Both•Need air to survive•Have 4 legs•Breathe

Venn diagrams are a helpful way compare objects!

Scientists put things in an organized order to help make information easy to understand.

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Place objects into categories based on their similarities.

PlantsPlants AnimalsAnimals