Science

A body of knowledge and a process for gaining more knowledge about the world in which we live.

Technology

 

The use of scientific knowledge to solve a problem

Society

A group of individuals who must work together.

Process Skills

 

A procedure such as observing or measuring that is used in scientific research

Observe

To watch,  or to examine carefully by using your five senses.

Classify

To group together objects or living things according to the ways they are alike

 

Estimate

To roughly determine the measurement or nature of something.

Measure

To find exact information about characteristics such as height, length, mass or temperature.

Predict

To use observations made in the past to describe what you think might happen.

Inference

An explanation that results from an observation

Hypothesis

A possible explanation of how something happens in nature.

Theory

A well-accepted hypothesis that is supported by repeated observations and experiments.

Experiment

A series of activities that help solve a problem or find an answer to a question.

Controlled Experiment

An experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time, while all the other possible variable remain the same.

Variable

A factor that changes in an experiment.

Control

The part of an experiment in which conditions do not change.

Model

An object, a design, or an idea that helps you to understand something that you cannot observe directly.

Data

Information

Analysing

Examining carefully.

Issue

A topic about which people have different points of view.

Interpreting

Explaining the meaning of anything you have observed.

Organizing

Putting observations and data together so that they can be discussed with others and more easily understood.