Vocabulary List

These are vocabulary words that are seen and discussed throughout the Microworlds kit. It is important that students understand what these words refer to, and that they hear them being used. These are the words that will appear on the Science WASL most frequently, as taken from the 2008 edition of the Revised Washington State K-12 Science Standards  produced by the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The words in bold are crucial words that will be in the unit’s word banks at the end of each investigation. Words listed below that are not in bold are words that appear on the WASL, but are not identified as vocabulary words by the unit’s authors.

Words listed in the unit’s word banks, but that are not listed below, are important to discuss and be aware of, but students are not expected to know those words for the science WASL.

Terms related to Microworlds

Characteristic
Classify
Compare
Comparison
Controlled Experiment
Decompose
Describe
Effect
Evidence
Experiment
Hypothesis
Inference

Investigate
Investigation

Liquid
Magnifier
Nucleus

Observation
Organism
Patterns

Photosynthesis
Properties
Question
Science
Tools
Weathering
Weight


 
Last updated 02/20/2010