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Bell ringer – Write a paragraph

Bell ringer – Write a paragraph. What do you think was the most important scientific invention or discovery? Explain your answer. Essential SCIENCE Skills. How Scientists DO SCIENCE !. What is science ?.

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Bell ringer – Write a paragraph

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  1. Bell ringer – Write a paragraph • What do you think was the most important scientific invention or discovery? Explain your answer.

  2. Essential SCIENCE Skills How Scientists DO SCIENCE!

  3. What is science? Scienceis the way we study the world around us to find explanations for events and solutions to everyday problems.

  4. SCIENCE is about FACTS! • are statements that can be proven. • In order for something to be a there must be evidence or proof. • EXAMPLES: • Sharks do not have bones in their bodies. • That dog weighs 22 pounds. FACTS FACT

  5. SCIENCE is NOT about OPINIONS! are statements that cannot be proven. are based on what someone thinks is true but cannot prove is true. EXAMPLES: • Football is the greatest sport ever invented. • Mrs. Smith is the best science teacher in the entire world! • Apples are delicious! OPINIONS OPINIONS

  6. TIME TO Review! FACT OPINION Read each statement below and decide if it is a or ! There were three astronauts on the Apollo 13 space mission. Apples contain vitamin C. Halloween is the best holiday of the year. My mother is prettier than your mother. Beagles are better dogs than poodles. The sun sets later in the summer.

  7. Objective statements can be proven statements can’t be proven Subjective

  8. Scientists use SCIENCE SKILLS specific toSTUDYthe WORLD!

  9. Skill #1 Observation Carefully using your senses and scientific tools to discover the details about objects. Scientists observe objects to discover how they are alike and different from other objects and how they change over time.

  10. There is a difference between looking at something and observing it. What is the difference? Note! Good observations are made using all the senses but NEVERput anything into your mouth without permission.

  11. What observationscan you make from this picture? (Be sure to list only the things you can actually observe.)

  12. There are two types of Observations

  13. Qualitative Good qualitative observations include lots of details and descriptive words Observations “OK” Observation The leaf is green. Better Observation The leaf is light green. Good Observation The leaf is light green and smooth. Great Observation The leaf is light green and has a smooth center with jagged edges. (Now you can tell which leaf I was describing!)

  14. Quantitative Good quantitative observations include good measurements and always use numbers. Observations The solution boiled in 8 seconds. The bear model has 4 legs. The bear model is 3 inches long.

  15. How do you describe Observations?

  16. Lookaround our classroom. • Think of two qualitativeobservations you can make. Explain why they are qualitative. • Think of two quantitative observations you can make. Explain why they are quantitative.

  17. Skill #2 inference Inferences are explanations you make using what you already know and what you have observed.Knowledge you have + clues you observe= inference Observations Inferences! can be used to make

  18. Knowledge +clues=inference 1. What inference can you make from this picture?2. What knowledge and what clues did you use to make the inference?

  19. Knowledge +clues=inference 1. What inference can you make from this picture?2. What knowledge plus what clues did you use to make the inference?

  20. Knowledge +clues=inference 1. What inference can you make from this picture?2. What knowledge plus what clues did you use to make the inference?

  21. Look at this picture. 1. Make two observations about the boy in the green shirt. TIME TO Review! 2. Make one inference.

  22. What can you infer? TIME TO Review! • 1. Sue blew out the candles and opened presents. • I am at the lake. I feel a tug on my fishing rod. • Beth was a star pitcher but she had a broken finger. • We bought tickets and some popcorn. • I forgot to set my alarm clock last night. • The water in the pot was boiling.

  23. Look at these two sets of animal tracks. What can you observe? What can you infer?

  24. Now you have more information. What can you observe? What can you infer?

  25. Now you have more information. What can you observe? What can you infer?

  26. Prediction Skill #3 A prediction is a statement that is made about something that will happen in the future. A prediction is more than a guess. A prediction is a smart guess based on what you know and what you observed.

  27. A weather forecast is a predictionof what will happen in the future. It is based on carefully gathered information and knowledge.

  28. What prediction can you make about the elephant and the mouse playing on the seesaw? ?

  29. What prediction can you make about the boy who sticks his finger in the light socket? What knowledge did you use to make this prediction?

  30. Skill #4 Communication Communication is sharing information with someone else. Scientistscommunicate what they discover about the world so others can use their knowledge. Scientific observations are called data. Scientists communicate their datato others.

  31. Skill #4 Communication Ways to communicate data words scientific drawings graphs charts tables diagrams

  32. Skill #4 Communication 1. Look at the chart below. What information was the scientist trying to communicate? 2. Do you think this was a good way to communicate this data?Why or why not?

  33. What isSpecialabout ScientificDRAWINGS? • SCIENTIFIC DRAWINGS: • Accurate- based on observations not imagination • VERY detailed • Colored • Labeled • Show object from different sides or perspectives.

  34. Skill #5 Classification Classification is: grouping together items that are alike in some way putting things in order based on some characteristic

  35. Classification Examples of • Organizing books on a shelf by height • Arranging a grocery store by types of foods (canned goods, • frozen foods, produce, deli etc.) • Separating the 7th graders from 8th graders • Classifying substances as either solids, liquids or gasses

  36. 1. What are some ways we can classifythe students in our classroom ? • Think and share • three examples of • Classification • in science.

  37. Making Models Skill #6 Amodelis a written or physical representation that is made to explain an idea, event, or object. models help scientists understand how things work. Model of a volcano Plant cell model

  38. Making Models Skill #6 Look at the Models below. What would a scientist learn from each of them?

  39. TIME TO Review! Match the science skill to the definition. Observation Inference Communication Prediction Classifying Making Models Using one or more of your senses to gathering information Creating representations of complex objects The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way Making a forecast of what will happen in the future Sharing knowledge with another person Comes from what you already know and your new observations

  40. What science skills are the scientists using in the examples below? A scientist who works for the National Weather Service looks at many sources of data and warns that a hurricane is approaching Florida. A scientist looks through a microscope to examine a cell from an organism that was just discovered. A scientist in the Amazon is studying a new organism in order to determine if it is an amphibian or a reptile. An engineer at Disney World builds a small version of a new ride in order to figure out how all the components will go together.

  41. CONGRATULATIONS! You are ready to do some SCIENCE!

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  43. Bell ringer – use your worksheet • 1. Define observation • 2. Define prediction. • 3. Define classification. • 4. Define inference. • 5. Making models.

  44. You need a science book. Pg. 6 - Listen for directions

  45. You need a workbook. Do not write in workbook.

  46. Self check in textbook – pg. 11 # 1-5 Workbook – pg 2, 3, 4 Do not write in workbook

  47. Read a book or work on homework. We will do this quietly.

  48. Bell ringer – use your notes (worksheet) • 1. What is the difference between qualitative observation and quantitative observation? • 2. How do scientists communicate their data (6 ways)?

  49. Turn in all bell ringers

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