Process Skills :

observing

measuring

communicating

classifying

predicting

inferring

length of time: milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades etc.

length of objects or distance: mm, cm, m, inches, foot etc.

pH using pH strips and a colour grid

temperature using a thermometer

voltage using a voltmeter

observing over time, e.g. watching how a piece of bread goes mouldy over a series of weeks or days

observing effect of one variable on another e.g. how the temperature of the water effected a substance dissolving.

Observing which substances dissolve in water

classifying solids, liquids and gases to allow you to compare and contrast their properties

classifying animals into groups such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians

allows similarities and patterns to be spotted which can help in classifying new things using the same rules.

Hypothesising a results before they carry out the experiment

Using prior knowledge to come up with the most likely outcome

Being able to share ideas with peers to expand your own understanding

Learning how to explain your findings or ideas in a coherent way to others

Adjusting your own ideas to accommodate ideas from others

Presenting your findings in a table or graph

Using existing knowledge to assume similar results in a different situation

Allows knowledge to be questioned and exceptions to a rule to be spotted e.g. if a child infers that a platypus is a reptile because it lays eggs but finds out that it is a mammal.

Can allow for a hypothesis to be generated