Quiz Make-Up

• Define Observation
• Differences- Qual & Quant
• 5 examples of each
• *Complete Sentences*

Nature of Science

Date: 9/9
Description: Inference Notes
Page: 14

What observations can you make about an animal skull?

Inference- reaching a conclusion based on observations (evidence)

How can paleontologists tell what dinosaurs ate? How they lived?

What inferences can you make about this animal?

Exit Ticket

Date: 9/10
Description: Skull Lab
Pages: 15-

Vocabulary

• carnivore- eats meat
• omnivore- eats plants and meat
• herbivore- eats plants
• diurnal- active by day
• nocturnal-active by night

Carnivore or herbivore?

Nocturnal or diurnal?

On 9/11/2001, terrorists successfully crashed two planes full of people into iconic buildings in NYC. I was your age when this happened.

BUT- there was a 3rd plane. It was heading towards Washington, D.C. Instead, it crashed in a farm field in PA. Write an inference: What do you think happened to make the plane crash there instead?

Skull Lab

Prediction

• Choose 1 of the skeletons
• One side: Drawing- what does this animal look like?
• One side: Paragraph describing the creature
• Use your observations & inferences from the lab!
• Groups Compare Ideas

Date: 9/15/14
Description: Observation/Inference Venn Diagram
Page: 18

Puzzle Lab

Date: 9/16/14
Description: Prediction Notes
Page: 19

How is science like solving a puzzle?

Prediction: A statement about the way things will happen in the future.

Example

• The Alkali metals- a group on the periodic table
• These metals are highly reactive
• Make A Prediction: Reaction in Water?

Class Look Up

• Synonym- same meaning
• Antonym- opposite meaning

Concept Map

• Observation
• Inference
• Prediction
• Quantitative
• Qualitative

How do we decide who gets the ball first in a football game?

Date: 9/18/14
Description: Graphs & Charts
Page: 20

Coin Lab

Quick Question:

Practice: Graph your data with your partner

Class Data Results