Observing
Using one or more senses to gather information
Science
A way of learning about the natural world by gathering information
Qualitative observation
Descriptions that don’t involve numbers or measurements
Quantitative observation
Descriptions that do involve measurements
Inferring
Explaining your observation
Predicting
Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
Chemistry
The study of properties of matter and how matter changes
Physics
The study of matter and energy and how they interact