Thinking Like a Scientist
The Study of Life
Scientific Inquiry
Safety in the Laboratory
Challenge
100
Using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing
100
The study of living things
What is life science
100
The first step of scientific inquiry
What is asking questions
100
How to prepare for a lab?
Read the procedures carefully
100
The facts, and figures you get from your experiment
What is data
200
The two types of observations
What is qualitative and quantitative observations
200
The general term for living things
What are organisms
200
What is a hypothesis
A possible explanation for a set of observations
200
What do you do when you finished a lab
Clean up your work area
200
You wear this to protect you and your clothes from chemicals
What is an apron
300
Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
What is predictions
300
What are ecologists
Scientists that study organisms in their environment
300
Name one type of variables
manipulated or responding
300
How do you handle animals in a lab
Wear gloves and handle with care
300
What do you do when an accident occurs
Always tell the teacher about it
400
Define inferring
What is explaining or interpreting the things you observe
400
The gradual process of change that occurs in groups of organisms
What is evolution
400
A summary of what you learned from an experiment
What is a conclusion
400
What do you do with long hair in a lab
Tie it back
400
Telling an adult where you are is necessary for what?
Conducting lab and field experiments
500
Diagrams that shows complex objects or processes
What are models
500
What is structure?
The way an organism is put together
500
What is communicating
Sharing ideas and information with others through speaking or writing
500
What do you do if someone gets a burn
Put the burned area under cold water
500
Who studies the structure and functions of organisms
What is physiologists
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