Getting Ready for Science Jeopardy Science Tools Inquiry Skills Recording Data Scientific Method Lab Safety 10 20 30 40 50

A tool used for making quantitative observations about temperature (measures in degrees Celsius)

A tool that makes objects appear larger (led to the discovery of tiny things living in water) Category 1 - 10

A tool used to aid in picking things up to make qualitative observations

A tool that measures the amount of matter in an object (You could use this tool to measure the mass of a rock) Category 1 - 20

A tool used for making quantitative observations that would give different results in space and on Earth, even when measuring the same object

To gather information about an object or event (look up the answer to a question using Google)

A procedure designed to test a specific hypothesis

Before building an expensive vehicle some students on the team want to test out a couple of designs. What can they do to save time and money?

An organized way to answer questions by gathering information (give your dog two different foods at once and observe what he does)

Deciding that wide tires must be easier to use on dirt after observing bicycles with wide tires being used on dirt roads instead of the narrow tires we use on paved roads

Sorting buttons into groups based on the number of holes it has

Useful for showing change over time

Useful for comparing parts to the whole

Useful for comparing information about groups

A drawing, sketch, or other visual representation used to make complex things easier to understand

The general steps scientists follow to test hypotheses

Only they can dance

Usually the first step in the scientific method

The best solution when one scientist disagrees with another about the results of an experiment

The first step in planning an experiment (If you are testing cups to see in which cup ice melts most quickly do the cups need to be the same size?)

Let your teacher know immediately

Because you could have chemicals on your fingers

After cleaning up your work area

To keep it out of the way

Should be handled with care