The basic science process skills formally introduced in K to Grade 3.

Science Processes Skills for K to Grade 3

1. Observing – using the different senses to gather information objectively about the object of event.
Examples:
1. What you see – yellow, green, blue, orange
2. What you taste – sweet, sour, salty, bitter
3. What you feel – soft, smooth, rough, hard
4. What you smell – bad, pleasant, smells like ……
5. What you hear – loud, soft, shrill, sound like ……..

2. Inferring – making an educated guess about an observation, based on previous observations.

Example: Based on previous observation that the bus stops by the school every 7:00 o’clock in the morning, then
it can be inferred that on a Monday morning at 7:00AM, the bus will be there.

3. Classifying - grouping or ord3ring objects or events into categories based on properties, characteristics and
criteria. Before classifying, there is a need to compare in order to determine the similarities and differences or
which ones are alike and what are not alike.
Example: Group A: All fruits Group B: All grains

4. Measuring - comparing two things or objects. One is a standard measure or it may be a non-standard measure.
Example: A meter stick is a standard measure to compare with the edge of the table.

5. Communicating - sometimes called describing by using words or graphic symbols to describe an action, objects or
events.
Example: Describing the temperature of water through a graph over a period of time.

6. Predicting stating or describing the outcome of a future event based on patterns under normal condition like
sunrise and sunset or growth of plants.
Example: Predicting the growth of corn seeds over a period of time.
Insure Outcomes
Identify the different science process skills which are described below.
1. Using the different sense organs of the body to describe. ________________
2. Putting together what are similar and what are different. ________________
3. Using instrument to describe the quantitative value of length, space, time. ________________
4. Making an educated guess about an event or object based on previous information. ________________
5. Stating the outcomes of the future based on a certain pattern.
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