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THEMES
There are five themes to be covered.
Investigating Living Things Investigating Force and Energy
Investigating Materials
Investigating The Earth and The Universe Investigating
Technology
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SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
PREDICTING
OBSERVING
CLASSIFYING
EXPERIMENTING COMMUNICATING
INTERPRETINGDATA
INFERING
MAKINGHYPHOTHESIS
CONTROLLING
VARIABLES DEFINING
OPERATIONALLY
USING SPACE-TIME
RELATIONSHIP MEASURING AND
USING NUMBERS
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1. Read the instruction.
2. Read and understand the questions.
3. Choose the accurate answer.
4. Answer all the questions.
5. If you dont know how to answer certainquestions, do not waste
time. Proceed to thenext questions.
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CONTROLLING VARIABLES
What to keep the same (WS)
What to change ( WC)
What to observe / measure ( WOM)
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CONTROLLING VARIABLES
To answer the hyphothesis question
To answer the inference question
To answer the aim/title/objective of the
investigation question
To answer the conclusion question
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HYPOTHESIS
Making a general statement about the
relationship between a what to change
(WC) variable and what to observe /
measure (WOM) variable to explain anobservation.
The statement can be tested to determine
its validity.
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How to answer the hypothesis and
relationship question
1. When ___________ , then ___________
(WC) + Pattern (WM) + Pattern
2. The _____________, the ______________
Pattern + (WC) Pattern + (WM)
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Sample questions
Height of the shadow (cm)
1412
10
8
6
42
o
4 8 12 14
Distance between light source and the object
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Sample questions.
1. State the relationship between thethings that you have
mentioned in (a).
2. Based on the information gathered,write one statement
relating the two
things in (a).
3. Make a statement to relate the things
mentioned in (a).
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Sample Answers
1. When the distance between the light
source and the object increases, then
the height of the shadow decreases.
2.The longerthe distance between the light
source and the object, the lowerthe
height of the shadow.
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Explanation or interpretation that follow
from the observation.
Making an educated guess about an
object or event based on previously
gathered data or information.
Making Inferences
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How to answer the inferences
question
1. (WM) + Pattern because (WC) + Pattern
2. Observation + Why? (reason)
3. Because (cause based on answer in (a))
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How to answer the aim of the
investigation question
To investigate the relationship
between (WC) and (WM).
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Sample questions1. What is the aim of the investigation
above?
2. State the aim of the investigation above.3. What is the
purpose of the investigation
above?
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How to answer the conclusion
question
1. The (WM) when (can what?)
2. Hypothesis method
(When the distance between the light source
and the object increases, then the height of
the shadow decreases)
3. Fact method
(The light travels in a straight line)
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