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Create an engaging poster related to a science topic for a chance to earn full points and showcase your creativity. The best posters will be displayed during "back to school night." Thinking like a scientist involves observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models. Examples of quantitative and qualitative observations are provided along with explanations of inferring, predicting, and classifying. The mealworm lab experiment is introduced through a YouTube video showcasing the transformation stages: larva, pupa, adult, mealworm to darkling beetle.
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9/11 & 9/12 - 7th Grade Agenda Notebook: Scientific Root Words Metrics Quiz Meal worm Lab Video: Life in the Undergrowth Poster of Science Project due 9/13 & 9/14 (20 Points)
Poster of Science Project Due 9/8 & 9/9 20 Points Create a poster on any subject related science Need to be creative in order to get the full 20 Points The best posters will be hung on the wall in time for “back to school night”
Thinking like a Scientist Scientists use skills such as obs_______, infe______, pred_______, clas______, and making models to learn more about the world and make scientific progress erving rring icting sifying
Observing Observing means using one or more of your sen_____ to gather information. ses
Quantitative observation deal with num____ or amounts. Can you give me an example? 20% of the students passed the test. bers
Qualitative Observation deal with desc_______ that cannot be expressed in numbers Can you give me an example? The chimp appears sad. riptions
Inferring When you exp_____ or interp____ the things you observe, you are inferring or making an inference lain ret
Predicting Predicting means making a fore____ of what will happen in the future based on past exp__________ or evi_______. cast erience dence
Classifying Classifying is the process of gro_____ together items that are alike in some way uping
Making models Making models involves creating repre_________ of complex objects or processes. sentations
Mealworms are insects They turn into Darkling Beetles Larva Adult Pupa
Mealworm Mealworm to Darkling Beetle Youtube video