Science
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A body of knowledge and a process for gaining more knowledge about the world in which we live. |
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Technology |
The use of scientific knowledge to solve a problem |
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Society |
A group of individuals who must work together. |
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Process Skills |
A procedure such as observing or measuring that is used in scientific research |
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Observe |
To watch, or to examine carefully by using your five senses. |
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Classify |
To group together objects or living things according to the ways they are alike |
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Estimate |
To roughly determine the measurement or nature of something. |
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Measure |
To find exact information about characteristics such as height, length, mass or temperature. |
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Predict |
To use observations made in the past to describe what you think might happen. |
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Inference |
An explanation that results from an observation |
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Hypothesis |
A possible explanation of how something happens in nature. |
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Theory |
A well-accepted hypothesis that is supported by repeated observations and experiments. |
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Experiment |
A series of activities that help solve a problem or find an answer to a question. |
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Controlled
Experiment |
An experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time, while all the other possible variable remain the same. |
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Variable |
A factor that changes in an experiment. |
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Control |
The part of an experiment in which conditions do not change. |
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Model |
An object, a design, or an idea that helps you to understand something that you cannot observe directly. |
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Data |
Information |
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Analysing |
Examining carefully. |
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Issue |
A topic about which people have different points of view. |
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Interpreting |
Explaining the meaning of anything you have observed. |
Organizing
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Putting observations and data together so that they can be discussed with others and more easily understood. |