9/27 - 7th Grade Agenda

Collect HW: Reading Notetaking p.19 – 22Collect Signed Grade PrintoutProcess of Science Classwork: Conduction Scientific Investigation WorksheetClass Reading p. 18 – p.22HW: Reading & Note Taking p.23 & 24Extra Credit: 100% Correct on Chap 1 Self Assessment on PearsonSuccessnet.com (3 Points) Due 10/4

Daily Reflection

• Prompt: What is a hypothesis and does a hypothesis needs to be always correct?

What are the characteristics of living things?

Characteristics of Living Things

• 1. All living things have a c________ organization

ellular

Characteristics of Living Things

• 2. All living things contain similar ch________emicals

Characteristics of Living Things

• 3. All living things use E________nergy

Characteristics of Living Things

• 4. All living things G______ and De__________

rowvelop

Characteristics of Living Things

• 5. All living things res_________ to their surroundings

pond

Characteristics of Living Things

• 6. All living things rep_________roduce

Nature of InquiryPosing a q________

Forming a Hy________

Design an Ex________

Collect andInt_________ data

Draw C__________

Com__________

uestions

pothesis

periments

erpreteonclusions

municate

Scientific Inquiry

• Scientific Inquiry refers to the diverse ways in which scientists inve_______ the natural world and pose expl__________ based on the evidence they gather.

stigate

anations

1st Step: Posing Questions

• Scientific Inquiry often begins with a problem or question about an obse_________.rvation

2nd Step: Hypothesis

• Hypothesis is a possible expl_______ for a set of observation or answer to a scientific question

anations

3rd Step: Design an Experiment

• An experiment in which only one var______ is manipulated at a time is called a controlled experiment

• Why is only one variable manipulated?

iable

4th Step: Collecting and Interpreting Data

• Data are the facts, figures, and other evi_______ gathered through observations.

• It is usually a data or a chart

dence

5th Step: Drawing Conclusions

• A conclusion is a summary of what you have lea_____ from an experiment.

rned

6th Step: Communicating

• Communicating is sharing of ideas and experimental findings with others through writing and sp______.eaking

What is the difference between Manipulated Variable and

Responding Variable?

• Manipulated Variable: Type of water that you give to plants

• Responding Variable: Height of the plant

Manipulated Variable (Also known as Independent

Variable)

• The one variable that is purposely cha______ in an experiment is called the manipulated variable.

nged

Responding Variable (Also known as Dependent

Variable)

• The factor that may change in resp_____ to the manipulated variable is called the responding variable

onse

What is the manipulated variable and responding variable?

• When I lower the light the crickets chirp louder

What is the manipulated variable and responding variable?

• Plants exposed to rock & roll music grow taller than plants not exposed to music

What is the manipulated variable and responding variable?

• students who have eaten breakfast score higher on tests than students who have not eaten breakfast.

Control• A control is part of the experiment to which you

can compare the results of the other tests. In the control, the conditions are the s____ except for the manipulated variable.

ame

Sugar Water Water

Operational Definition

• Operational definition is a statement that describes how to mea_____ a variable or define a term. For example, in the cricket experiment, what sound will count as a single chirp?

sure