Saturday, 10 November 2012

Answering Technique For SCIENCE (SECTION B)



Question
Question key
Steps
Answer key
PURPOSE / AIM

*    What is the purpose of carrying out this activity?
*    Why do we need to do this investigation?
*    What is the aim of this investigation?
*    State the purpose of this activity?
*    Why do we need to design this fair test?
*    What do you want to find out from this fair test?
*                   Determine the purpose of doing the   
              activity.
*                   Identify what is needed to know.
*                   Understand the details of the 
               information.

*    To investigate the relationship between the (T2C) and (T2M)
*    To find out if / whether … needs (T2C) to…
*    To find out the importance of (T2C) to…
*    To prove that…needs (T2C) to…
*    To study the basic needs of …
*    To determine the….and the…
*    To analyse the effect of (T2C) and (T2M)


PREDICTION

*    What happens if…?
*    Predict what will happen to….after….
*    Guess the changes/ condition of if/after…

*       The process of guessing what will happen based on observation/information/ data/ or previous experience.
*       Analyse the observation given or the results.
*       Make sure the answer ask to predict the previous or future results.
*       Look at the pattern.
*       Find the uniformly arrange pattern.
*       From the pattern arrangement, predict your answer.
*    Predict the number
*    Predict the situation
*    E.g.:
      - 10kg, 1 hour
      - Will grow healthy / be extinct / stay alive due   
         to ….

MAKING INFERENCES

* What is your inference..
* Give reason for your answer in ….


*       An early conclusion/ explanation from an observation why it happen - give reasons.
       a) observation  + why
       b) observation + cause
       c) relates observation with cause
*       Usually our previous knowledge and experience will influence the conclusion.
*       Observe the phenomenon/object before and after -using our senses.
*       Think why it happens – using our mind.

*    If x comparing;
     E.g.:
     The …can/will/get … because the …. is....
     The plant getting withered because ….
     a) didn’t get enough..
     b) didn’t get any…
     c) didn’t get the right amount of…
     d) there is no..
*    If comparing;
E.g.:
-…because…compare to…..(comparing)
-.…because ….it is ….. than ….




Question
Question key
Steps
Answer key
OBSERVATION
*    What is your observation from the picture/graph/table above?
*    What can you see from the diagram?
*    What can you say about the figure above?

*       Use our 5 senses e.g eyes, nose, ear, skin and mouth.
*       Identify all the information given.
*       Do not give reason.
*    From the picture/figure/table/graph above, I can see….
*    The…looks ….


CONTROLLING VARIABLES

If you want to make this
activity a fair test /
If you want to make the test fair, 
what are;

1.Things to keep the same:
    -the same thing
    (more than 1 – controlled/ constant/fixed)

2. Thing to change:
     - different/not the same
    (1 only - manipulated/
      independent)

3. Things to measured /
    observed:
    -the results/findings
      (responding/ dependent)

*       List out all variables involved.
*       Understand the details of the information.
*       Identify the variables.
*       Identify the relationship between the information.





1.    Same type/size/ amount / volume of…





2. The presence/existence/absence of..
    (the differences / not the same)




3. The condition of…after….(the investigation)

MAKING HYPHOTESES

*    Hypotheses
*    Results
*    The relationship
*    What do you understand..

*       General statement about objects/ phenomenon based on an observation whether it is true of false till it can be tested before carry out the fair test.
*       Hypotheses are built based on the inference.
*       It relates between T2C and T2M

*    The higher (T2C) the lower the (T2M). 
*    The bigger/ the smaller
*    The longer/ the shorter
*    The thicker / the thinner
*    The more / the least
*    The wider / the more


Question
Question key
Steps
Answer key
TREND / PATTERN

*       State the changes /trend/ pattern
*       Observe the trend/ pattern arrangement
*       Identify the differences


Increasing:
-From small getting bigger or larger
-From lower became higher
Decreasing:
- From bigger/larger getting smaller
- From higher getting lower
Did not change
Consistent
Evenly
Uniformly

CONCLUSION

*    What can you conclude from this activity/fair test.
*    State your conclusion based on the activity/fair test.
*    What the result means?
*    What have you learnt from this activity?

*       The results/findings from an activity/ fair test
*       It relates between T2C and T2M

*    When / If…..
*    …..needs….to…..
*    From the fair test, we found out that/can understand….
*    From the activity, we can conclude the relationship between…
*    The…of….relies / depends on the condition/length of….
*    The… was influence by/due to the…