1. 9/9/14 Objective: What is discovery science? *Take out HW, keep for now Do Now: Write down 3 observations (things that you can actually see that are important to the picture)

2. Observation: Using your senses to gather information - This information gathered is called DATA

3. Qualitative: characteristics that cannot be easily measured or counted (ex. color, texture) Data can be put into 2 categories Quantitative observations: involve numbers, such as counting or measuring objects

4. Quantitative or Qualitative A woman recording behavior of chimps A chimpanzee getting an IQ test What would a scientist do with this information?

5. Inference: A logical conclusion based on an observation

6. Generalization: Many observations put together to reach a general conclusion. Ex. Scientists made many observations of the tissue of plants and animals to come to the generalization that “all living things are made up of cells.”

7. Discovery Science: Describes natural processes through observation and data collection.