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Role of Scientists
Scientific Skills
Data Collection & Use
Scientific Tools
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I ask questions about the natural world.
Who is a scientist?
100
This is a statement that helps explain your observations. It takes into account what you already know based on life experiences.
What is an inference?
100
This is the modern way to research a topic (with your parents' or teacher's permission, of course!)
What is using the Internet?
100
You would use this tool to inspect a tiny object that cannot be seen with your eyes alone.
What is a microscope?
200
These scientists study rocks, the weather and planets.
What is an earth scientist?
200
This is the one thing that you would change in an experiment to see what effect it would have.
What is a variable?
200
Old school researchers often used these large books to find information on the topics they were investigating.
What is an encyclopedia?
200
You might use this tool to take a closer look at a bug you found on the playground.
What is a hand lens?
300
This scientist might investigate new forms of energy.
What is a physical scientist?
300
At the end of an investigation or experiment, scientists use evidence to evaluate their hypothesis to come up with this final statement.
What is a conclusion?
300
These are pieces of information that you get from conducting experiments or observations.
What is data?
300
This tool is used to measure the mass of an object in grams.
What is a pan balance?
400
Information collected by using your five senses (sight, touch, taste, smell and sound).
What are observations?
400
This science skill refers to putting things into groups to help better understand them.
What is classify?
400
This is data that support or reject a hypothesis.
What is evidence?
400
This tool uses a hook and a spring to measure force in units called newtons.
What is a spring scale?
500
An idea or explanation that can be tested with an investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
500
A scientist would use this math principle to determine the age of rocks and fossils.
What is using time and space relationships?
500
If you were researching insects, you might find useful information at this type of museum.
What is a natural history museum?
500
This tool is used to measure temperature in either degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
What is a thermometer?