Scientific Skills
Scientific Attitudes and Reasoning
Scientific Inquiry
Independent / Dependent Variables
QL/QN/OB/IN
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Make a prediction: The sky is very gray with big dark clouds.
Answers vary
100
Name all 7 scientific attitudes that scientists must have
Creativity, Curiosity, Skepticism, Open-Mindedness, Awareness of Bias, Good Ethics, Honesty
100
What is a hypothesis?
A possible answer to a scientific question
100
The following is what type of variable: The variable that is changed
Manipulated/ Independent
100
What is a qualitative observation?
Giving physical characteristics about something
200
What is a model you can name that someone has made to represent a situation?
answers vary
200
When you went to put away a beaker, you dropped it and it shattered on the floor. You told Mrs. Lawrence it was you. What attitude are you portraying?
Honesty
200
How do we organize data?
data tables, bar graphs, line graphs, etc.
200
The following is what type of variable: What you measure, the result of your experiment
Responding/ dependent
200
There were 6 ducklings on the road. What type of observation is this?
Quantitative
300
A toddler is playing with blocks and separates them based off color. What skill is he showing?
Classifying
300
Kweli was raised on a farm, so he believes the best pet in the world is a horse. What bias is Kweli showing?
Cultural Bias
300
When we only change one variable at a time in an experiment, we call that a _______________
A controlled experiment
300
Mary is studying the effect of sunlight on roses. Each day, Mary gives the flowers a half cup of water and places them in the sun for varying times. She makes sure when they are not in the sun that they are in the shade. She does this for 7 days in a row, noting how the flowers look each day. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?
How the flowers look after the end of the 7 days
300
You see your friend with their head on their desk when you walk into the classroom. Make an inference about their behavior.
Answers vary
400
John thinks that all people who wear glasses are good readers after he sees his friend Shawna who wears glasses read out loud very well. He watches his other friends who wear glasses read and determines that's not always true. What skill did John portray?
Evaluating
400
What is the difference between an objective and subjective point of view?
Objective POV is using facts only to describe something and subjective is when personal feelings enter into a decision.
400
What are the steps of scientific inquiry?
Observation, pose a question, create a hypothesis, design and conduct and experiment, collect and share data, conclusion.
400
Marquis is wondering what type of worm fish prefer to eat. He takes 3 tilapia fish and puts them in a baby pool. He buys 3 different type of worms and alternates putting a worm on the end and he "fishes" in his baby pool. Marquis keeps track of how many of each type of worm the fish eat. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
The type of worm used on the hooks
400
If you infer that someone is sad, what is the observation that would make you think that?
Having a sad face, crying, pouting, etc.
500
Shawna looked at some frogs in a pond. She noticed their colors and how they hopped from rock to rock. One frog was by himself so she thought he was lonely. Shawna noticed how the frog caught the fly with his tongue, so she sketched a photo of it. She took photos of the frogs she saw and later, sorted them by type of frog. What scientific skills did Shawna use?
Observing, inferring, making models, and classifying
500
Mrs. Lawrence notices that her husband loves football so she reasons that all men like football. What type of reasoning is this? (inductive or deductive)
Inductive (start with specific observation then make a generalization)
500
Tom is measuring the effect of different types of fertilizer on grass. He chooses the same type of grass that gets the same sun and water throughout the day. Each day at the same time, he fertilizes a section of grass with 1 cup of different fertilizer. He observes the grass each day and takes notes. Independent Variable? Dependent variable? Constants?
IV- Fertilizer DV- The color of the grass C- type of grass, sun, water, amount of fertilizer
500
What is an independent variable? What is a dependent variable?
Independent is what you change, dependent is what you measure/ what responds
500
Scientists observe using their ________ which are (list all of them).
Senses sight sound touch taste hearing
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