Year 6 Science Skills

What is an observation?

• A scientific statement based on ideas
• Using your senses to notice what is going on around you
• A prediction of what will happen in the future

Observations use what?

• Graphs

• Your 5 senses

• Scientists

• Predictions

What trait does this scientific tool measure?

• length

• mass

• volume

• temperature

Which recorded measurement is correct?

• 39mL

• 40mL

• 38mL

• 34.0mL

What is the length of this crayon to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?

• 7 cm

• 7.1mm

• 7.0 cm

• 7.1 cm

What is the length of the straw?

• 8 cm

• 0 cm

• 7 cm

• 1 cm

What is an inference? 

• Just a guess.
• A statement based off of your observations. 
• The same as an observation. 
• Examples of something. 

Which statement is an observation?

• Her favorite color must be brown.  
• Her hair is brown. 
• Her hair is brown because she dyed it. 
• Her hair has not been cut in two years. 

Which of the following apparatus is used to measure the volume of liquid?

• Stopwatch

• Thermometer

• Measuring cylinder

Which science process skill use to group objects or events in order based on one common criteria?

• Classifying

• Reasoning

• Observing