Science Norms
This norms allows our classroom to be a safe place to share.
What is respectful?
A set of expectations used to help make discussions more open to ideas and sharing.
What are science norms?
The list of items needed to conduct an investigation.
What are materials?
The tiny hairs that have sound receptors located in your ears.
What is cilia or stereocilia?
The material in the medium that vibrates and transfers the energy of sound.
What is a particle?
This norm encourages us to value everyone's participation and ideas.
What is equitable?
Gathering around as a class to create a model or build on our ideas in a discussion.
What is a scientist circle?
The step by step instructions to follow as you work your way through your investigation.
What is a procedure?
The opening of your ear where sound travels into your head.
What is the ear canal?
Do this to increase the amplitude of a sound.
What is apply a harder force?
This norm reminds us that we learn together and the importance of coming to class to work with our peers towards a common goal.
What is being committed to our community?
Creating an explanation of a phenomena using words and pictures prior to investigations and gathering data.
What is an initial model?
The change you make to the system each time we test.
What is the independent variable?
What is the ear drum?
The characteristic of the longest stick of the xylophone.
What is a low pitch or frequency?
This norm reminds us that we work together to figure things out. We try to build on each other's ideas and we are open to changing our minds!
What is moving our science thinking forward?
After creating an initial model individually, we gather as a class in a scientist circle to share our ideas in this type of model.
What is a class consensus model?
The variable we observe for effects caused by the change we make to the system.
What is the dependent variable?
The part of your ear that picks up on different frequencies on different sections; high frequency at the front then the lower the frequency as you travel through.
What is the cochlea?
The component of the blood that is sticky and has long arms to stop the bleeding in broken blood vessels.
What are platelets?
Connecting your written claim to specific evidence from investigations and data in a written explanation.
What is reasoning?
When we generate models and are looking for feedback from our peers, we hang up our models around the room and use post-its to compare models.
What is a gallery walk?
The variable we want to keep the same each test.
What is the controlled variable?
The part of the eye that light first enters.
Located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, this is a place where the Earth's crust that is spreading apart.
What is the Mid-Atlantic ridge?