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WORD WALL. Sections 1 – 3 Key Terms & Info. WORD WALL. Thinking Like a Scientist!!! Section 1 Pages 6-12. What are five skills scientist use to learn about the world?. 1. Observing 2. Inferring 3. Predicting 4. Classifying 5. Making Models. What are inferences based on?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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WORD WALLSections 1 – 3
Key Terms & Info.
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WORD WALLThinking Like a Scientist!!!
Section 1Pages 6-12
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What are five skills scientist use to learn about the world?
1. Observing2. Inferring3. Predicting4. Classifying5. Making Models
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What are inferences based on?
Reasoning from what you already know.
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What important attitudes do successful scientist posses?
1. Curiosity2. Honesty3. Open-mindedness4. Skepticism5. Creativity
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OBSERVING
Using one or more of your senses to gather information.
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QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS
Observations that deal with a number, or amount.
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QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS
Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.
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INFERRING
Explaining or interpreting things you observe.
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PREDICTING
Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on experience or evidence.
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MAKING MODELS
Creating representations of complex objects or processes.
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CLASSIFYING
The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way.
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SCIENCE
A way of learning about the natural world.
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SKEPTICISM
An attitude of doubt.
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WORD WALLSection 2
Pages 24 - 28
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EXPERIMENT
• An activity designed to test a hypothesis.
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CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT
• An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD PROCESS
• A way of thinking about nature involving the use of certain skills to solve problems in an orderly manner.
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DEPENDENT VARIABLE (D.V.)
• What is measured in the experiment.
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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE (I.V.)
• What changes in the experiment.
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OBSERVATION
• Information collected from observation and experiments.
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DATA
• Information collected during a scientific experiment. Information must be recorded and graphed.
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CONSTANT VARIABLE
• What stays the same in the experiment.
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HYPOTHESIS
• A possible answer to a question based on gathered information.
• Example:If the IV goes up or down then the DV will go up or down.
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What does the HYPOTHESIS always start with?
• If the IV goes up or down then the DV will go up or down.
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What does the S.Q. always start with?
• WHAT is the effect of the IV on the DV?
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WORD WALLWhy Study Science?
Section 3Pages 24 - 28
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SCIENTIFIC LITERACY
The knowledge and understanding of scientific terms and principles required for evaluating information, making personal decisions, and taking part in public affairs.