earth science grade 7 august 29, 2008 science skills
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EARTH SCIENCE GRADE 7AUGUST 29, 2008
Science Skills
What is science?
Science is the process of observing, studying, and thinking about things to gain knowledge to better understand the world.
Every time you try to find out how and why things look and behave the way they do, you are performing science!
Earth Science
Earth Science is the study of the Earth and space.
Some Earth Science topics: Geology Meteorology Oceanography Astronomy
Some skills we use to solve and explain science problems…
Graphing MeasuringClassificationResearchPredictingRecognizing and understanding lab
equipment
Rules of Graphing
1. Use a ruler2. Use a pencil (and colored pencils if needed)3. Title your graph and label both axes4. Print TITLE and LABELS in BLOCK letter
(capital)5. Underline your TITLE and LABELS with
ruler.6. Labels that have units should indicate the
units in parentheses. Ex: TIME (s)7. Graphs should fill the space given. Space
units evenly and accordingly.
Rules of graphing continued:
8. All information, including keys, should eb on the same page.
9. Use a bar graph to compare different things.10. Use a line graph to show progressive
change (ex. Change through time)11. Put the variable you manipulate (the
independent variable) on the X-axis.12. Put the variable you measure (the
dependent variable) on the Y-axis.