Think Like a Scientist
The first step of the class theme "Think Like a Scientist."
What is be more observant of the world around you.
To interpret what "is" or "has" happened.
What is inferring?
The first step of the Scientific Method.
What is Pose a Question?
A way of learning about the natural world.
What is Science?
What is Curiosity?
The second step of the theme "Think Like a Scientist."
What is ask good questions about your observations?
To gather information using one or more of your senses.
What is observing?
The second step of the Scientific Method.
What is Form a Hypothesis?
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.
What is Hypothesis?
What is the Manipulated Variable?
The third step of the theme "Think Like a Scientist."
What is find the answers?
What is taste, smell, touch, hearing, and sight?
The third step of the Scientific Method.
What is Design the Experiment?
The facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
What are Data?
The variable that changes because of the manipulated variable.
What is the responding variable?
What is Why and How?
To explain what "will" happen next.
What is a prediction?
The fourth step of the Scientific Method.
What is Collect and Interpret Data?
A well tested scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations.
What is a Scientific Theory?
What a scientist would use to collect data.
What is a graph?
Two ways to find the answer to one of your questions.
What is research or experimentation?
"The tiger looks ill" is an example of this way scientists study the natural world.
What is an inference?
The fifth step of the Scientific Method.
What is Draw Conclusions?
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.
What is a Scientific Law?
A question that does not have a right or wrong answer, and people might answer the question differently.
What is a Critical Thinking Question?