Science

Process Skills
 Study of Nature

needs

science process scientific attitudes

skills and values

include include

• observing
• classifying • curiosity
• comparing • honesty
• inferring • patience
• measuring • determination
• communicating
 Observing
• is a science skill that helps you
collect information about
objects and events.
Sense organs
• The links of your
body to the world
are your sense
organs.
• You use your sense
organs to explore
the environment.
Sense Organs Senses Descriptive Words
eyes sight color, size, shape, number

nose smell pleasant, as in fruity smell or floral

odor;
unpleasant, as in the odor of garbage
and rotten eggs
ears hear loud, soft, high, low

tongue taste sour, sweet, salty, bitter

skin touch soft, hard, smooth, rough, hot, cold,

dry, moist, waxy, hairy or fury, scaly,
feathery, sandy, grainy
Tools in Observation

hand lens
telescope

microscope
 Classifying
• is a science skill that means grouping
objects according to common
characteristics.
• You may classify objects according to
size, shape, odor, texture, kind, use and
others.
Classifying
• Animals can be group according
to their body characteristics and
where they live.
Covering

have fur/hair have scales

Size

big small
Habitat

Live on land live on land

and water
 Comparing
• is showing how objects are
similar and different from one
another.
 Venn Diagram
• may be used to compare
object.
• It is a way to compare and
contrast objects.
Compare cow and a lion

eat grass animals eat meat

cow lion
Compare mango and a watermelon

mango watermelon
 Inferring
• When you explain your
observation, you are
inferring.
 Did you observe the following?
• The candle was white.
• The candle was hard and smooth.
• The candle had yellow flame.
• Part of the candle turned liquid.
• The flame was hot.
• The candle had fruity scent.
• The flame moved.
 Did you observe the following?
OBSERVATIONS INFERENCES
• The flame was hot. • Flame gives heat
• The flame moved. • Wind causes the flame
to move.

• Part of the candle • Heat causes the

turned liquid. candle to melt.
• It had a fruity • Perfume is added
scent. when the candle is
made.