9/12 & 9/13 - 7th Grade Agenda Notebook: Thinking Like a Scientist #2 Metrics Quiz Meal worm Lab Video Lab Safety Video: Life in the Undergrowth Poster of Science Project due 9/14 & 9/15 (20 Points)

Poster of Science Project Due 9/8 & 9/9 20 Points Create a poster on any subject related science Need to be creative in order to get the full 20 Points The best posters will be hung on the wall in time for “back to school night”

Thinking like a Scientist Scientists use skills such as obs_______, infe______, pred_______, clas______, and making models to learn more about the world and make scientific progress erving rring icting sifying

Observing Observing means using one or more of your sen_____ to gather information. ses

Quantitative observation deal with num____ or amounts. bers Can you give me an example? 20% of the students passed the test.

Qualitative Observation deal with desc_______ that cannot be expressed in numbers riptions Can you give me an example? The chimp appears sad.

Inferring When you exp_____ or interp____ the things you observe, you are inferring or making an inference lain ret

Predicting Predicting means making a fore____ of what will happen in the future based on past exp__________ or evi_______. cast erience dence

Classifying Classifying is the process of gro_____ together items that are alike in some way uping

Making models Making models involves creating repre_________ of complex objects or processes. sentations 10

Mealworm Lab

Mealworms are insects They turn into Darkling Beetles Larva Pupa Adult

Mealworm Mealworm to Darkling Beetle Youtube video