MYP Command Terms/The Nature of Science

Make an appraisal by weighing up the strengths and limitations.

• Analyze

• Define

• Evaluate

• Explain

Provide an answer from a number of possibilities. Recognize and state briefly a distinguishing fact or feature.

• Identify

• State

• Summarize

• Organize

Outline specific guidelines that must be followed during an experiment to prioritize the well-being of participants and the environment.

• Theory

• Ethics

• Inference

• Hypothesis

Display information in a diagrammatic or logical form

• Construct

• Diagram

• Sketch

• Draw

Give a sequence of brief answers with no explanation.

• Interpret

• Organize

• Summarize

• List

Gathering data based on controlled investigations.

• Empirical Evidence

• Logical Reasoning

• Experimental Testing

• Observational Testing

Use knowledge and understanding in response to a given situation or real circumstances. Use an idea, equation, principle, theory or law in relation to a given problem or issue.

• Analyze

• Apply

• Classify

• Construct

Abstract a general theme or major point(s).

• Organize

• Sketch

• State

• Summarize

Describes the relationship under certain conditions in nature.

• Science

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Law

The process of gathering data based on observations.

• Empirical Evidence

• Logical Testing

• Experimental Testing

• Observational Testing