Science Skills and Vocabulary

When you use your senses to notice details about an object.

• Observing

• Measuring

• Modeling

• Inferring

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Making observations by using tools to make exact numerical observations.

• Observing

• Measuring

• Modeling

• Inferring

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Studying information carefully.

• Measuring

• Analyzing

• Modeling

• Inferring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The variable that the scientist is changing. It is what is being tested.

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Hypothesis

Observations that deal with numbers.

• Qualitative

• Quality

• Quantitative

• Measuring

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Grouping things together based on how they are alike.

• Grouping

• Measuring

• Modeling

• Classifying

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

NGSS.2-PS1-2

You state ahead of time what you think is going to happen.

• Predicting

• Guessing

• Measuring

• Classifying

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Making a careful guess using your knowledge. It is not an exact guess.

• Measuring

• Guessing

• Estimating

• Predicting

Using a copy, drawing, or diagram to study and help explain.

• Modeling

• Measuring

• Predicting

• Classifying

Variable that must remain the same throughout an experiment. There should be as many as possible.

• Independent

• Dependent

• Control

• Hypothesis