Science Process Skills

Scientific skills are the skills of using scientific methods when conducting an investigation. Scientific skills consist of science process skills and manipulative skills.

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Science Process Skills

Science process skills are skills that are widely used in daily life..

Definition

Science process skills are skills that prioritising methods of inquiry finding, thinking skills and problem solving

Science Process Skills

Measuring and using numbers
Classifying
Communicating
Makin an inference
Using the relationship of space and time
Predicting

Defining operationally
Making a hypothesis
Controlling the variables
Interpreting data
Experimenting
Observing

Planning experiment require investigations such as:

Interpreting data
Collecting data
Testing hypothesis

Experimenting

Identifying problems
Make hypothesis
Design an experiment
Run an experiment
Collect data

Analyze the data
Interpret the data
Make conclusions
Make a report

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Manipulative Skills

Manipulative skills are essential to ensure that students are able to handle equipment, materials and specimen (living or non-living) correctly, safely, carefully and accurately.

Definition

Manipulative skills are psychomotor skills developed through investigation in science

Manipulative Skills

Using and handling equipment/material correctly
Handling specimen properly and safely
Sketching the specimen, equipments and science materials correctly
Cleaning the science equipments/apparatus properly
Keeping the science equipment and materials properly and safely