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    Science involves observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models to understand the natural world. Key skills include: 1) Observing uses the senses to gather information, like Jane Goodall observing chimpanzee behavior. 2) Inferring explains observations, like Goodall inferring chimps used leaves as sponges to drink water. 3) Predicting forecasts future events, like Goodall predicting chimp attacks based on their behaviors. 4) Classifying groups items by characteristics, like biological classification. 5) Making models represents things too small or complex to directly observe, like maps or miniatures.

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    Science involves observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models to understand the natural world. Key skills include: 1) Observing uses the senses to gather information, like Jane Goodall observing chimpanzee behavior. 2) Inferring explains observations, like Goodall inferring chimps used leaves as sponges to drink water. 3) Predicting forecasts future events, like Goodall predicting chimp attacks based on their behaviors. 4) Classifying groups items by characteristics, like biological classification. 5) Making models represents things too small or complex to directly observe, like maps or miniatures.

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    Science involves observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models to understand the natural world. Key skills include: 1) Observing uses the senses to gather information, like Jane Goodall observing chimpanzee behavior. 2) Inferring explains observations, like Goodall inferring chimps used leaves as sponges to drink water. 3) Predicting forecasts future events, like Goodall predicting chimp attacks based on their behaviors. 4) Classifying groups items by characteristics, like biological classification. 5) Making models represents things too small or complex to directly observe, like maps or miniatures.

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    Bell Ringer

    What is
    science?
    What is science?

    • Science is a way of learning about


    the natural world.
    • Also includes all the knowledge
    gained by exploring the natural world
    Skills of a scientist

    • Observing
    • Inferring
    • Predicting
    • Classifying
    • Making models

    You use these skill every day in your


    life.
    Observing

    • To use one or more of your senses to


    gather information.
    – Sight
    – Smell
    – Hearing
    – Taste
    – Touch
    Example Jane Goodall

    • Her keen observations of


    chimpanzee behavior led her to
    some suprising discoveries:
    – Chimps use blades of grass to “fish”
    termites out of the mounds.
    – She learned a lot about chimp
    vocalizations (sounds they make).
    How do you make
    observations
    • You use your observations of you
    environment to make decisions.
    – Example: You notice that the day is cold
    and rainy, so you decide to wear a
    jacket.
    Quantitative Observations

    • This type of observation has to do


    with amounts or numbers
    – You notice the number of student in
    your class.
    – Your observe the number of minutes left
    in this class.
    Qualitative Observations

    • These types of obserations deal with


    descriptions that do not involve
    numbers
    – You notice the blue sky
    – You taste the sourness of the lemon
    – You hear the ringing telephone in the
    distance.
    Inferring

    • When you attempt to explain an


    observation.
    – Not wild guesses
    – Based on knowledge you already have
    Jane Goodall
    • She noticed the chimps picked up leaves
    from a tree, chewed them up. Then the
    chimp took the chewed up leaves, put
    them into the hollow of a tree. The chimp
    then pulled the leaves out, soaked in
    water and put them into his mouth.
    • Jane inferred that the chimp used the
    chewed leaves like a sponge to soak up
    the water to drink.
    Predicting

    • To make a forecast of what will


    happen in the future.
    – Based on her observation Jane learned
    how to predict when a chimp might
    attack.
    • She observed when chimps hair stood on
    end, chimp made vocalizations, and threw
    objects, the chances a high he will attack.
    Inferences and Prediction
    • An inference is an attempt to explain
    what has already happened.
    • A prediction is a forecast of what will
    happen in the future.
    – You see a broken egg on the floor next
    to the table. You infer that it rolled off
    of the table.
    – If you see an egg rolling toward the end
    of a table, you predict that it will fall to
    the floor and break.
    Classifying

    • Is the process of grouping items together that


    share similar characteristics

    – Living organisms classified into to domains, kingdoms,


    phylum, classes, orders, families, genre, species

    • Helps keep things organized


    Making Models

    • A model is a representation of
    complex objects or processes that
    are difficult to observe directly.
    – Maps
    – Movie sets
    – Graphs
    – Miniatures of buildings
    What is Life Science
    • Study of living things
    – Biologist
    – Anthropologists
    – Botanist
    – Park Rangers
    – Historians
    – Marine biologist
    – Nurse
    – Doctor
    – Forestry Technician
    – Fish and game warden
    – Animal caregiver
    – And many more…….
    Homework

    • Read section and do reading web.


    • Section 1 Assessment questions:
    – #1 (a-d)

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