I strongly believe that before any science concept is presented in the classroom, the students should first be introduced to the science process skills. It is believed that if children are properly oriented with these process skills, they will retain it and find it tremendously useful throughout their lives.
I am not talking about whether or not they will be able to apply what they learned on what factors will affect the growth of a monggo plant or how fast salt granules will dissolve if heat is applied. Those are concepts that they will probably forget as soon as the school year is over. Process skills such as observing, comparing and contrasting, classifying, etc., are skills that they can apply to whatever activity they wish to pursue in the future.
Here are some notes and worksheets to help your child understand these Science process skills:
Science 3 - Observing (Practice)
Short practice sheet on using the sense organs to observe, also touches on difference between quantitative and qualitative observations
Science 3 - Inferring (Practice)
Introduction of inferring and quick quiz on differentiating between observing and inferring
Science 3 - Comparing and Contrasting (Practice)
Introduction on comparing and a quick quiz on making a comparison between the given objects using a Venn diagram
Science 1 - Classifying (Practice)
Short practice sheet on classifying objects under given headings
Science 3 - Classifying (Practice)
Introduction on classifying and short practice sheet on how to classify sets of objects
I am not talking about whether or not they will be able to apply what they learned on what factors will affect the growth of a monggo plant or how fast salt granules will dissolve if heat is applied. Those are concepts that they will probably forget as soon as the school year is over. Process skills such as observing, comparing and contrasting, classifying, etc., are skills that they can apply to whatever activity they wish to pursue in the future.
Here are some notes and worksheets to help your child understand these Science process skills:
Science 3 - Observing (Practice)
Short practice sheet on using the sense organs to observe, also touches on difference between quantitative and qualitative observations
Science 3 - Inferring (Practice)
Introduction of inferring and quick quiz on differentiating between observing and inferring
Science 3 - Comparing and Contrasting (Practice)
Introduction on comparing and a quick quiz on making a comparison between the given objects using a Venn diagram
Science 1 - Classifying (Practice)
Short practice sheet on classifying objects under given headings
Science 3 - Classifying (Practice)
Introduction on classifying and short practice sheet on how to classify sets of objects
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