Science is highly creative and dynamic in nature. Science provides opportunity for an individual to develop inquiry skills, critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, decision making skills etc. Science teaching in schools play a major role in developing knowledge and process skills. Teaching of science should stress more on the processes than the product. Observation is one of the process skill which is very essential to develop among the students at upper primary level. But due to lecture method of science teaching, students are very poor in observation skill. They unable to notice fine details of experiments and specimens etc. Teachers of science often follows traditional method of teaching which hinder students sharpening of skill development. In this perspectives, a study has been conducted to know the status of students’ observation skill in one of the school in Tamilnadu.