Observations, Inferences, Predictions
a) There are 10 frogs.
b) The frog is green.
c) The frog will jump in the pond.
b) The frog is green.
True or False. A scientific drawing must include labels.
True
What tool would you use to measure the length of your pencil?
a) Beaker
b) Scale
c) Ruler
c) Ruler
You poll the class to find out their favorite sport to play. What type of graph would be best to show this data?
a) line graph
b) bar graph
b) bar graph
What does CER stand for?
Claim Evidence Reasoning
Which is a quantitative observation?
a) There are 10 frogs.
b) The frog is green.
c) The frog will jump in the pond.
a) There are 10 frogs.
In our scientific drawing criteria, what does A stand for in ABCDEZ?
Accurate
What unit would you use when measuring the length of your pencil?
a) centimeters
b) milliliters
c) grams
c) centimeters
You are graphing how many frogs you see at the river each hour. What type of graph would you use?
a) line graph
b) bar graph
a) line graph
In the CER below, which sentence includes the claim?
Air has mass because it is matter. A balloon filled with air weighs more than a deflated balloon. Air is made of matter, and all matter has mass. Since the air-filled balloon has more mass, it proves that air is matter and has mass.
Air has mass because it is matter.
Which is an inference?
a) Two students are laughing.
b) One student is talking.
c) The student who is talking told a funny joke.
c) The student who is talking told a funny joke.
In our scientific drawing criteria, what does B stand for in ABCDEZ?
Big
You are trying to measure the volume of water in your water bottle. What unit might you use?
a) centimeters
b) milliliters
c) grams
b) milliliters
You ask all 6th graders which class is their favorite class. Which type of graph would you use to graph your data?
a) line graph
b) bar graph
b) bar graph
In the CER below, which sentence includes the evidence?
Air has mass because it is matter. A balloon filled with air weighs more than a deflated balloon. Air is made of matter, and all matter has mass. Since the air-filled balloon has more mass, it proves that air is matter and has mass.
Air is made of matter, and all matter has mass.
Which is a prediction?
a) There are 10 frogs.
b) The frog is green.
c) The frog will jump in the pond.
c) The frog will jump in the pond.
In our scientific drawing criteria, what does C stand for in ABCDEZ?
Colorful
What tool would you use to measure the volume of the water in your water bottle?
a) Beaker
b) Scale
c) Ruler
You want to see how the temperature of a pot of boiling water changes each minute. What type of graph would you use to graph the data?
a) line graph
b) bar graph
a) line graph
In the CER below, which sentence includes the reasoning?
Air has mass because it is matter. A balloon filled with air weighs more than a deflated balloon. Air is made of matter, and all matter has mass. Since the air-filled balloon has more mass, it proves that air is matter and has mass.
Since the air-filled balloon has more mass, it proves that air is matter and has mass.
You are growing tomatoes in your backyard. Your tomato plants have tiny holes in the leaves. What is an inference you can make about your tomato plants?
You could infer that insects are eating the leaves of your tomato plants.
In our scientific drawing criteria, what does Z stand for in ABCDEZ?
Zoomed
What units might you use when measuring the mass of your science notebook?
a) centimeters
b) milliliters
c) grams
c) grams
Which items below must you include in a graph?
a) Title
b) Labeled x-axis
c) Your prediction about the data set
d) Labeled y-axis
a) Title
b) Labeled x-axis
d) Labeled y-axis
You are investigating how quickly the coating on Skittles dissolves in different temperatures of water. You use cold water, room temperature water, and hot water. Make a claim about which water will dissolve the Skittle's coating the fastest.
Hot water will dissolve the Skittles candy coating the fastest.