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What Do Scientists Do?
What Skills Do Scientists Use?
How Do Scientists Use and Collect Data?
What Kinds of Models Do Scientists Use?
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A scientist asks questions about the natural world.
What do scientists do?
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A statement that explains an observation.
What is an inference?
100
Pan balance, spring scale, tape measure, thermometer, etc.
What are some tools to measure length or distance, mass, force, volume and temperature?
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Represents something that is too big, too small, or has too many parts to investigate directly.
What is a model?
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A tool that is used to measure length.
What is a tape measure?
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Earth Scientists: study rocks, weather, and the planets. Physical Scientists: study matter and energy. Life Scientists: study living things.
What are three types of scientists?
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When you think about how things are the same and different.
What is comparing?
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The bits of information you observe.
What is data?
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Has length and width.
What is a two-dimenstional model?
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Hang an object from a hook. As the spring stretches, the marker will show the size of the force in newtons.
What is a spring scale?
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Studies things like rocks, weather, and the planets.
What is an Earth scientist?
300
Predict Use Variables Plan and Conduct Investigations Hypothesize Draw Conclusions
What are skills scientists use everyday in an investigation?
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You analyze, or look for patterns in data. You might identify a trend, or direction in the data over time. p 38
What is drawing conclusions?
300
Has length, width, and height.
What is a three-dimensional model?
300
A tool for looking at objects that cannot be seen with the eye alone.
What is a microscope?
400
Studies matter and energy.
What is a Physical Scientist?
400
During P.E. Marvin has an ice pack on his arm. You think he hurt his arm.
What is an example of an inference?
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Scientists work together to collect data. They compare their data with other scientists doing similar investigations. p.38
What is Communicating?
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A drawing, diagram, or a map.
What is a two-dimensional model?
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An explanation based on evidence.
What is a conclusion?
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Make observations Ask a question Form a hypothesis Plan and conduct an experiment Record and analyze results Draw conclusions Communicate results
What is the Scientific Method?
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An idea or explanation that can be tested with an investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
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Used to measure temperature, this tool has two sets of units.
What is a thermometer?
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A computer program that models an even or object. p.49
What is a computer model?
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Tables, maps, graphs.
What are ways to display data?