9/29 & 9/30 - 7 th Grade Agenda

9/29 & 9/30 - 7th Grade Agenda Collect HW: Reading & Note Taking p.19 & 21 Process of Science Video Jane Goodall & Chimpanzees Class Reading p. 18 – p.22 HW: Reading & Note Taking p.22 & 23 3 Extra Credit: Bring print out of grades from home by 10/8 & 10/9

Last day to take back posters that are not on the walls.

Inf_______ erring serving Ob_______ Pr_______ edicting ssifying Cla________

Chimp Food • This graph shows the diet of chimps at Gombe National Park during May of one year.

What food do chimps eat? • Fruits, seeds, leaves, meat, insects, blossoms and other foods

What percent of diet did blossoms, seeds, leaves and fruits make up? • 95%

November is the main termite fishing season, how will the chimp’s diet change in November? • Insects will make up greater part of the chimp’s diet

Biologists use classification to organize living things into gr_____ so that the organisms are ea____ to study oups sier

Classify the objects in the photograph into two groups

Now, Classify the objects in the photograph into three groups

Making models • Making models involves creating repre_________ of complex objects or processes. sentations

Nature of Inquiry uestions Posing a q________ Forming a Hy________ municate Com__________ pothesis Design an Ex________ periments Collect and Int_________ data onclusions Draw C__________ erprete

Scientific Inquiry • Scientific Inquiry refers to the diverse ways in which scientists inve_______ the natural world and pose expl__________ based on the evidence they gather. stigate anations

1st Step: Posing Questions • Scientific Inquiry often begins with a problem or question about an obse_________. rvation

2nd Step: Hypothesis • Hypothesis is a possible expl_______ for a set of observation or answer to a scientific question anations

3rd Step: Design an Experiment • An experiment in which only one var______ is manipulated at a time is called a controlled experiment • Why is only one variable manipulated? iable

4th Step: Collecting and Interpreting Data • Data are the facts, figures, and other evi_______ gathered through observations. • It is usually a data or a chart dence

5th Step: Drawing Conclusions • A conclusion is a summary of what you have lea_____ from an experiment. rned

6th Step: Communicating • Communicating is sharing of ideas and experimental findings with others through writing and sp______. eaking

What is the difference between Manipulated Variable and Responding Variable? • Manipulated Variable: Type of water that you give to plants • Responding Variable: Height of the plant

Manipulated Variable (Also known as Independent Variable) • The one variable that is purposely cha______ in an experiment is called the manipulated variable. nged

Responding Variable (Also known as Dependent Variable) • The factor that may change in resp_____ to the manipulated variable is called the responding variable onse

What is the manipulated variable and responding variable? • When I lower the light the crickets chirp louder

What is the manipulated variable and responding variable? • Plants exposed to rock & roll music grow taller than plants not exposed to music

What is the manipulated variable and responding variable? • students who have eaten breakfast score higher on tests than students who have not eaten breakfast.

Control • A control is part of the experiment to which you can compare the results of the other tests. In the control, the conditions are the s____ except for the manipulated variable. ame Sugar Water Water

Operational Definition • Operational definition is a statement that describes how to mea_____ a variable or define a term. For example, in the cricket experiment, what sound will count as a single chirp? sure

9/29 & 9/30 - 7 th Grade Agenda