1. OBSERVING Observing is the most important skill in doing a science investigation. It is the process of using the five senses.
2. Measuring The action of measuring time, weight, height, temperature, length, speed, and more.
3. PREDICTING Describing what will happen without doing it first is predicting. Predicting is a science process that involves forecasting. It is telling what will happen in the future based on observers' prior knowledge, observations, and experiences.
4. COMMUNICATING Communicating is the ability to share their observations, knowledge, and experiences from the science activity they did.
5. COMPARING Comparing is a science process that involves identifying similarities or differences. Comparing may lead to classifying.
6. CLASSIFYING Classifying is a science process that involves sorting objects or events into groups of similar characteristics or categories.
7. INFERRING Another science process is inferring. Inferring is the process of describing what will happen to something based on gathered data or information from observations.