Scientific Process Skills/ Engineering Design Process

Jan wants to know how much something weighs. Which scientific process skill is Jan using?

• Classify
• Measure
• Predict
• Observe

Ms. English wants to build a tower with her team.  They have already asked a question, if following the engineering design process what's the next step? 

• Create
• Plan
• Improve
• Imagine 

In the engineering design process, after you plan, what's next?

• create
• improve
• imagine
• ask

Ms. Murphy tried to make an animal that could adapt to a new environment.  Her first animal didn't make it :(  What does she have to do next? 

• Ask
• Plan
• Improve
• Make cookies 

The two types of observations you can make are:

• Quality and Questions
• Search and See
• Quantitative and Qualitative 
• Ask and Create

When you are using the engineering design process and you are brainstorming ideas, what step are you on?

• Ask
• Design 
• Imagine
• Plan

What does it mean to predict? 

• Use what you already know and your observations to make a guess. 
• Estimate what will happen in the future

Mr. Helton is separating all of his coins.  He has made piles for quarters, nickles, and dimes.  Another name for what he is doing is called...

• Classifying 
• Communicating 
• Inferring 
• Observing 

Ms. van Graan noticed something in the bottom of her diaper bag.  It's sticky, smelly, and green.  What process skill did she use.  

• Observing 
• Classifying
• Tasting 
• Touching 

This diagram is an example of what step in the engineering design process? 

• Create
• Imagine
• Plan 
• Improve