Question

How do we check predictions? Varsha told her friend Meghna, "It will rain this afternoon because the clouds look dark". Think of some questions Meghna could ask Varsha to make this prediction scientifically testable.

Think of a prediction you or your family made recently (for example, the outcome of a cricket match). Was it based on evidence and reasoning, or mainly on guesswork? How can scientific thinking improve such predictions?

Describe one situation where an approximate answer is good enough, and one where you would need a very exact value.

Choose a real-life object (maybe a pressure cooker or a mobile phone) or a problem (maybe a traffic jam near your school). Make a sketch listing what kind of ideas from physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, or mathematics are involved. Show how at least two branches of science connect with your example.