MYP Science Command Terms: Understand, Apply & Answer – The Complete Classroom Challenge

MYP Science Command Terms Challenge – an engaging classroom resource helping students understand and correctly respond to common MYP Science command terms.
This resource is designed to help MYP Science students understand what different command terms are asking them to DO and how to structure their answers accordingly.
Students are introduced to command terms using official MYP-style definitions alongside student-friendly explanations, simple science examples, challenges and classroom activities.
Command terms covered include:
• Analyse
• Annotate
• Apply
• Calculate
• Classify
• Comment
• Construct
• Define
• Demonstrate
• Describe
• Design
• Determine
• Discuss
• Document
• Draw
• Estimate
• Evaluate
• Explain
• Find
• Formulate
• Identify
• Interpret
• Justify
• Label
• List
• Measure
• Organize
• Outline
• Plot
• Present
• Recall
• Select
• Show
• Sketch
• Solve
• State
• Suggest
• Summarize
• Verify
• Write down
The resource includes:
• Student-friendly explanations of command terms
• Official MYP command-term definitions
• Easy Science examples for students to practise with
• Command Term Match activities
• “Teacher Is Wrong” activities where students identify and correct poor answers
• A Science Investigation Challenge based on plant growth and controlled variables
• Questions using different command terms with model answers
• A Command Term Speed Round
• An Exit Ticket for checking student understanding
• Teacher answers and model responses
The investigation challenge gives students opportunities to practise command terms such as STATE, LIST, DESCRIBE, EXPLAIN, SUGGEST, EVALUATE, DISCUSS, DETERMINE, OUTLINE, ESTIMATE, LABEL, RECALL and SUMMARIZE in the context of a scientific investigation.
The resource is ideal for:
• MYP Science lessons
• International schools
• Science skills lessons
• Introducing command terms at the start of a course
• Exam preparation
• Retrieval practice
• Group and team activities
• Classroom discussion
• Helping students understand the difference between command terms
• Developing scientific communication and exam technique
Students learn not only the meaning of each command term, but also how the command term changes the type of answer they need to give.
File format: PDF
Subject: MYP Science