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Types of Scientists

Types of Scientists. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/types-of-scientists.html. Thinking Like a Scientist!. Activity:. With the person sitting next to you: Discuss with each other, some ways that you might “Think Like a Scientist” Write down the skills that you would need.

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Types of Scientists

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  1. Types of Scientists http://www.buzzle.com/articles/types-of-scientists.html

  2. Thinking Like a Scientist!

  3. Activity: • With the person sitting next to you: • Discuss with each other, some ways that you might “Think Like a Scientist” • Write down the skills that you would need

  4. Skills of a Scientist • Observing • Inferring • Predicting • Classifying • Making Models • Communicating

  5. Observing • Using one or more of your five senses • Must be an accurate report of what your senses detect • Must record observations, by writing or drawing observations • Information collected through observation is called evidence, or data

  6. Inferring • Combining evidence with experience or knowledge. Ex: You hear your dog barking and you infer that someone is at your front door • Logical conclusion • Inference is not fact, it is one of many possible interpretations of an observation

  7. Predicting • Making an inference about the future based on current evidence • Predicting is an inference, it may be proven to be false

  8. ACTIVITY • With the person next to you: • List three observations about this picture. • Make an inference about what has happened. • Predict what will happen next.

  9. Classifying • Grouping together items that are alike in some way • You can classify by use, size, shape, and by other important characteristics • When things are sorted into group, the relationships among them become easier to understand

  10. Making Models • Helps people understand things that they cannot observe directly • Scientist use them to represent things that are very big or very small

  11. Making Models cont… • Other models are mental models-mathematical equations or words that describe how something works • All models have limitations

  12. Communicating • The process of sharing ideas and information with other people • Some of the required skills for communicating effectively are • Writing • Reading • Speaking • Listening • Making Models

  13. Communicating cont… • Scientist communicate to share results, information, and opinions • Scientist often communicate about their work in journals, over the phone, in letters, in person, scientific meeting, and on the internet

  14. Activity: With the person sitting next to you. • Have one person write out, detailed directions on how to turn in your homework in this class (starting from your desk). • The other person will follow the directions as they are written. • Then discuss how well the directions were communicated

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