Copy of What is science?

Learning target:

I can identify tools scientists use to perform the Scientific Method and

explain how and why they use them.

Language target:

In an oral discussion and in writing, I can identify tools scientists use to perform the Scientific Method and explain how and why they use them.

Learning target:

I can identify the Scientific Method and explain how and why it is used.

Language target:

In an oral discussion , I can identify the Scientific Method and explain how and why it is used.

investigation

An investigation is a formal system of

studying something

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Infer

Experiment:

chart

evidence

data

When you infer you use clues AND

what you already know to generate an idea.

A chart is a display that organizes data into columns and rows.

Evidence is data that a scientist uses to prove

that a hypothesis is right, or wrong.

How Can You Measure Length?

Data is the information you get when you do an experiment or observation.

Heart Rate in Beats Per Minute (bpm)

Unit 1 Lesson 4

2 minutes

bpm

1 minute

bpm

Resting heart rate

3 minutes

bpm

1. Pour water into a dish

2. Sprinkle pepper on the water

3. Make a hypothesis: How does dipping your finger into the water, effect the pepper?

4. If you cover your finger in dish soap, how will it affect the pepper?

5. If you cover your finger in hair gel, how will it affect the pepper?

The information you

collect with your 5 senses.

observation

.

6. hypothesis

A hypothesis is an idea or explanation that can be tested by an investigation

An observation is information you collect

using your five senses

observation

WHY does an octopus

camoflage itself?

HOW does it change color?

What is your hypothesis?

Learning target:

I can identify and explain what scientists do.

model

Language target:

"Maybe that's

the answer..."

I can identify and explain what scientists do,

verbally and in writing.

Models help us understand things that are too big, too small, or too dangerous to do or observe.

Unit 1 Lesson 4

1. Identify the problem

2. Gather information

3. Create a Hypothesis

4. Do an Experiment

5. Analyze the data

6. Draw a conclusion

7. Re-test

Learning target:

The Scientific Method

I can choose the right tool to measure an object and use the correct units to record the data.

Language target:

What is Science?

In an oral discussion I can explain why

What is a scientist?

A scientist is someone who studies the natural world.

-ist

The suffix -ist shows that a person is an expert,

studies something.

scientist

artist

dentist

Science is the study

of the natural world

Scientific Method

data

Data is the information you get when you do

an experiment or observation.

experiment

information

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The scientific method is a way to identify a problem, gather important data, make a hypothesis using the data and then test the hypothesis.

Are iguanas herbivores or carnivores?

What is...

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experiment

An experiment is a fair test. An experiment can show how one thing causes another thing to happen.