Tools Scientist Use
Which tool would be the BEST to view tiny organisms living in lake water?
Microscope
What does it mean for a scientist to investigate?
Making a plan to find an answer to make a question
What is an inference?
an explanation to what you observed.
Science is looking at the world around you and asking____?
scientific questions
Tables, Graphs, and Charts.
Which tool should be used to find the mass of a worm?
Pan balance
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Ask A question
What is an observation?
When you use your 5 senses and tools to observe
Scientist often repeat an investigation and experiment from another scientist. Why do scientists repeat what someone else has already done?
A. to change the way it is done
B. to practice
c. to see if they get the same results
d. to test out different tools
c. to see if they get the same results
Scientist us their data as ____?
Evidence
scientist use different tools to gather data. Name the 6 tools.
Length, Volume, Time, Temperature, Mass, Magnification
When a scientists makes a hypothesis it____?
Gives a possible answer to the scientific question
what do you do when you are observing something?
use at least one of your senses
What would most likely cause a scientist to draw an incorrect conclusion from an experiment?
Inaccurate Data
Scientist ____ their data into tables, graphs, and charts to make it easier for other scientists to read.
organize
Which measurement will be most useful to record the growth of sunflowers?
A. hours of sunlight B. how much water is given
C. mass of plant D. height of the plant
D. Height of the plant
What is the scientific method?
a process that scientists follow to test their question.
While at recess a nest is observes sitting high in a tree. What can you infer about the nest?
A. the nest was made by a lizard
B. the nest was made by a bird
C. there are no eggs in the nest
D. the nest is made of twigs and grasses
B. The nest was made by a bird
Why is it important for scientists to keep accurate records when they perform investigations and experiments?
So other scientist can repeat the exact same investigation and experiment
Scientist can do 3 things when looking at other scientist work. Name the 3 things.
Discuss, question, and check
You draw conclusions by looking for two things in your data. What are those two things called?
Finish the following sentence: Together observations and inferences help.....?
Explain the world around us
A. to learn from each other
B. so they can change their data to match each other
c. to have a reason to visit each oter
D. to stop studying birds
a. to learn from each other