1. 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)

2. 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”

3. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Mealworm Lab

12. Mealworms are insects
They turn into Darkling Beetles
Larva
Pupa
Adult

13. Mealworm
Mealworm to Darkling Beetle Youtube video