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Track Zero: Getting Ready for Science

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Six small skills, one line each
SkillRemember
Looking closelyAn observation is sensed. An inference is a guess.
Measuring fairlyA hand-span changes. A centimetre does not.
Solid, liquid, gasSolid keeps its shape. Liquid takes its container's shape. Gas fills its container.
Hot and coldA hand compares. A thermometer gives one number.
Day and nightEarth spins once in about 24 hours.
Living or notLiving things grow, use energy, respond and reproduce.

Which statement is an inference?

  • Grey clouds fill the sky.
  • It will rain soon.
  • The wind feels cool.

Two friends count 6 and 8 hand-spans on one bench. Why do they differ?

  • The bench changed length.
  • Their hand-spans are different sizes.
  • A ruler was used.

A wet shirt dries in the sun. What happens to the water?

  • It vanishes.
  • It becomes water vapour in the air.
  • It becomes ice in the shirt.

One hand was in cold water. One was in warm. Both go into one bowl. What do they feel?

  • The same thing.
  • Different things.
  • Nothing at all.

Why does the Sun seem to rise and set?

  • The Sun goes around Earth each day.
  • Earth spins, so we face the Sun and then face away.
  • The Sun switches off at night.

Dry rajma sits still in a jar. Is it living?

  • No, because it does not move.
  • Yes, it is a resting seed.
  • No, because it is dry.

Next: The Wonderful World of Science, your first Class 6 chapter.

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  1. 0 Start here
  2. 1 Looking closely
  3. 2 Measuring fairly
  4. 3 Solid, liquid, or gas?
  5. 4 Hot, cold, or just used to it?
  6. 5 Why day turns into night
  7. 6 Living, or not?
  8. 7 The big picture
  9. 8 Track quiz

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