3rd Grade P.C. Nature of Science

Observe/Observation

• when you gather information about something using your senses

  ( hear, feel, touch, taste, smell)

• a test to try to answer in science

• to study something carefully

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

Investigate

• to write down

• all the information you collect

• to study something carefully to answer a question about it

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

Experiment

• a test to try to answer a questions

• to study something carefully

• information you gather by using your senses

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

record

• to write down

• to study something carefully

• to put in order

Data

• all the information you collect

• to put in order

• to study something carefully

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Inference

• an idea about your observations

• using your senses to gather information

• a test to answer a question

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Prediction

• a statement about what is likely to happen in the future

• a number that comes from measuring with a tool

• thinking about something carefully to figure what it means

Measurement

• a number that comes from measuring something

• a test you perform to answer a question about something

• an answer based on facts

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-2

NGSS.5-PS1-2

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Analyze

• To think about something carefully to figure out what it means

• an idea based on an observation

• to write down

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Conclusion

• An answer based on facts

• when you share your information

• a statement about what you think will happen