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50 Words For Communicating Science Ideas
The list below includes 50 words—not specific to any scientific discipline—that students are likely to encounter often as they read about, discuss, and participate in science inside school and out of school. These powerful words, which appear frequently in elementary science textbooks and tests, are among the 2500 most critical word families in written English. Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading has made it a programmatic goal to teach these words and use them often as students engage in scientific inquiry and read about science.
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adaptation
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adapted
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analyze |
analysis |
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apply |
application |
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attributes |
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categorize |
categories |
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characteristics |
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classify |
classification |
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collect |
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communicate |
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compare |
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concept |
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conclude |
conclusion |
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connect |
connection |
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demonstrate |
demonstration |
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device |
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diagram |
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discover |
discovery |
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discuss |
discussion |
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evidence |
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experiment |
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explain |
explanation |
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explore |
exploration |
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feature |
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hypothesis |
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identify |
identification |
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infer |
inference |
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investigate |
investigation |
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label |
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laboratory |
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materials |
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measure |
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mixture |
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model |
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observe |
observations |
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order |
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organisms |
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organize |
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predict |
prediction |
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procedure |
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process |
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proof |
prove |
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record |
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relative (size) |
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report |
reporting |
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research |
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resources |
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results |
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sample |
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substance |
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summarize |
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50 Words For Communicating Science Ideas
© 2006 Regents of the University of California, Lawrence Hall of Science’s Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading All rights reserved.
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