1. Scientific Inquiry – Chapter #1
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2. 1. Steps of the Scientific Method
A. Question
B. Hypothesis
C. Experiment
D. Data Collection
E. Conclusion
F. Communication
* Scientific inquiry must be TESTABLE!!!!*

3. 2. What is an “educated guess”? Hypothesis
Would you be able to answer the following also?
What is the way to test your hypothesis?
- What is the data, facts and figures gathered through observations?
3. What is DATA : Facts figures and evidence

4. 4/5. Qualitative Observations
Any observation that cannot be expressed in numbers
QuaLitative = Letters
Example: Emily is wearing a
green t-shirt

5. 4/5. Quantitative Observations
Any observation that deals with number
QuaNtitative = Numbers
Example : There are 5 pets in the room.

6. 6. Prediction vs. Inference
Prediction: An educated guess about what is going to happen in the future.
Inference: An educated guess about something that is happening or has happened.
I think it is going to snow
tomorrow – Prediction!

7. 7. Controlled Experiment
Independent: The variable being tested. – Water
Dependent: The response to what you are testing. – Plant Growth

8. 8. What can you infer happened?
Animal Tracks Picture
What is the inference in your picture?

9. 9. Making Models
Model is a representation of a complex object or process.
Example: Globe
Useful because it makes things
easier to understand and comprehend.

10. 10. Positives and Negatives of Technology
Toilet video example:
Positive: Toilets make your life easier because you don’t have to go to the bathroom outside
Negative: Wastes water and sludge pollution

11. Living Things – Chapter 2
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12. The basic unit of structure and function of living things
11. A cell is…
The basic unit of structure and function of living things
The basic unit of life

13. 12. Four Needs of Living Things
Living Space
Homeostasis
Food
Water

14. 13. All Living Things… (Fab. Four)
Metabolism
Growth
Reproduction
Response
(to Stimuli)

15. 14. Unicellular vs. Multicellular
Unicellular – Made of one cell
(uni = one)
Multicellular – Made up of multiple cells (multi = many)
Organisms that are multicellular have the same size cells, just a lot more of them!

16. Maintaining stable internal body conditions
15. What is Homeostasis?
Maintaining stable internal body conditions
17. Examples: Sweating and goose bumps – Your body wanting to maintain a temperature of 98.6 degrees

17. 16. How do Living Things get their Food?
Heterotrophic: Organisms that cannot make their own food (ex: Humans and Monkeys)
Autotrophic: Organisms that can make their own food (ex: Plants)

18. Stimulus : Change in the Environment (CAUSE)
18.Stimulus and Response
Stimulus : Change in the Environment (CAUSE)
Response: Reaction to that change (EFFECT)

19. 19. Who was Francesco Redi?
Disproved the idea of spontaneous generation
Spontaneous generation: Mistaken idea that living things could arise from non-living things.
His experiment was the pieces of meat in jars and saw if flies came and eggs or not

20. 20. Why do Scientists Classify?
The process of grouping items by their similarities
Scientists use this process so organisms are easier to study
Just like a grocery store organizes its items so that they are easier to find

21. 21. Lab Safety
What is the first thing you should do if you were to cut yourself in a lab activity?
What is the first thing you should do if you were to accidently break something?
What is the first thing you should do if you notice some items for your lab experiment are not on your table?
TELL MS. LAW!!!

22. 22. What is an example of something you should NOT do in a lab?
Running
Wearing long hair down
Goofing around
Throwing things
Touching materials without given directions
Not following classroom rules