Science Skills

Grouping together items that are alike or that have shared characteristics is

• classifying

• investigating

• making models

• evaluating

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion

• evaluating

• prediciting

• investigating

• observing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Explaining or interpreting observations

• inferring

• predicting

• classifying

• investigating

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Studying or researching a subject to discover facts or to reveal new information

• investigating

• inferring

• evaluating

• predicting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Creating representations of complex objects or processes

• making models

• evaluating

• inferring

• classifying

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Using one or more of your senses to gather information

• observing

• predicting

• inferring

• classifying

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-2

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Making a statement or claim abut what will happen based on past experience or evidence

• predicting

• investigating

• inferring

• evaluating

A scientist sorts test tubes according to what substance each one contains. This is an example of what skill being used?

• classifying

• predicting

• making models

• inferring

When you see your friend when she gets home from the beach, she has a sunburn so she must have forgotten to put on sunscreen.

• inferring

• evaluating

• predicting

• observing

You left the milk out on the counter overnight. You think that the milk will be spoiled. This is an example of what skill being used?

• predicting

• inferring

• classifying

• evaluating