Grade 6 Scientist Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four steps in becoming a scientist?
A
- Know your apparatus
- Know to label a diagram
- Know your skills
- Setting out an experiment
2
Q
What a are the key tips in labelling a science diagram?
A
- Labels must be in print.
- Labels in lower case. No capitals unless it is a proper noun
- Labels should be in black or blue pen.
- Labels must follow directly under each other.
- Straight line must join the item that needs to be labelled.
3
Q
What is observation?
A
The skill of using all your primary senses - seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching.
4
Q
What is classifying?
A
Sorting and putting things in to groups based on similarities.
5
Q
What is measuring?
A
Data that is used to make predictions or conclusions.
6
Q
What is inferring?
A
Making educational guesses about the present.
7
Q
What is communicating?
A
The way information is passed onto others.
8
Q
What is predicting?
A
Making educational guess about future events based on minimal information.
9
Q
What is experimenting?
A
This is what scientist does constantly. To prove or disprove ideas.
10
Q
How do you sent out an experiment?
A
Aim Hypothesis Apparatus Method Diagram Result Conclusion Evaluation
