Definitions
Measurement Tools
Safety
Scientific Method
Anything Goes
100
What is this class called?
Adaptations of Life
100
Meters, Centimeters, the length/width of something or the distance of something.
100
Where is the first aid kit?
In the corner of the lab/ your classroom specific answer.
Alafita: Printer Cart
100
What is another name for the Scientific Method
Scientific Process
100
What is Ms. Alafita's favorite Pokemon?
Pikachu
200
What is this called?
Triple Beam Balance Scale.
You can say scale but it is a specific type.
200
What is this called?
Graduated Cylinder
200
What should you do if you accidentally spill or break a lab material?
Tell a teacher and step back.
If it's safe, your teacher may tell you to help clean up like if it's colored water or spilled beads.
200
What is the second step of the scientific method?
Your notes will tell you it's the "Question" stage. Research is often a part of this and can win partial points as an answer.
200
What is Michigan's state animal?
White tailed deer
300
What are observations?
We use our senses to gather information about the world around us.
Describing qualitative and quantitative by definition can also count.
300
What measurement tool do you use to measure the temperature of something?
Thermometer
300
What should you wear in the lab while using chemicals?
Safety Googles, gloves, lab coat
300
What happens during Step 5 of the Scientific Process?
Doing the lab and completing the experiment
300
What is the hairiest animal on the Earth?
Sea Otter (think of area to hair density ratio)
400
Name a qualitative observation about the classroom
Observation about color, scent, feel, brightness/darkness.
NO numbers
400
Which is the longer measurement
5 meters or 400 centimeters
5 meters. Each meter is 100 centimeters
400
What should you not do in lab?
Name at least 2
- horse play/ rough house
- break things on purpose
- yell
- leave things a mess
- be unkind
400
What do you do with your "data" in the Scientific Method?
Record, Evaluate, Interpret and Analyze data.
You might organize it in graphs, charts or diagrams
400
What unit do you use to measure a horse height?
hands.
No seriously
500
What is the difference between qualitative (quaLity) and quantitative (quanTity) observations?
Qualitative is using your senses like feel, taste, smell, touch.
Quantitative is a number observation like a measurement
500
What units do the scales we have in the lab use?
G, Oz
500
What is the most important rule in the lab?
Follow teacher directions (which will keep you safe)
500
What is a hypothesis?
an educated guess about the outcome of an investigation, testable.
500
What moon phase are we in today?
HINT we just finished Waxing Crescent
First Quarter
I'd say partial points for Waxing Gibbous