Introduction to Science

EVERYTHING that takes up space (volume) and has mass (heavy or light).

• resources

• matter

• energy

• five senses

An IDEA about what you THINK will happen in the future.

• hypothesis

• inference

• prediction

• estimate

Objects and situations that are dangerous.

• materials

• safety

• precautions

• hazards

When you use your hands and fingers to find out how something feels.

• sense of smell

• sense of sight

• sense of touch

• sense of hearing

The different descriptions of matter that we can observe with our five senses and five measurements.

• properties of matter

• states of matter

• matter

• phases of matter

We use these different observations to make sense of the world in which we live.

• predictions

• science journal

• safety rules

• five senses

The ability to do work or the ability to cause a change in matter.

• energy

• matter

• states of matter

• properties of matter

The different forms that we can observe matter every day.

• properties of matter

• matter

• states of matter

• energy

When you roughly calculate or guess the number, amount or quantity of something.

• prediction
• estimate
• hypothesis
• inference

Something that people do to prevent an accident from happening.

• precaution
• procedures
• instructions
• investigate