1. Introduction to Science
Background Information

2. Observation

3. Examples

4. Inference

5. The color of the classroom is blue.
Inference
Observation

6. The rock was formed while underwater.
Inference
Observation

7. The planet earth is flat.
Inference
Observation

8. The temperature on Friday was 20.7oC
Inference
Observation

9. Measurement

10. Metric vs English units
Unit Metric English
Time
Length
Mass
Volume

11. Some measurements need a combination of units
Volume
Density
Pressure
Rate

12. Rounding Rules
> 5 round up
> 5 round down

13. Round to the nearest hundredth place
4.567 mL
cm3 g
2,594 km

14. Scientific Notation

15. You Try…
36.4
95,321.2
0.259

16. Which number is smaller?
48,532,221,795,
98,241,542,

17. Density

18. What happens to density if the mass stays the same but volume increases?

19. Plug is some numbers to find out.

20. Graphs

21. Direct Relationship

22. Indirect Relationship

23. Cyclic Relationship

24. No Relationship

25. Formal Graph

26. Sketching a graph