1. Science Notebook: Scientific Root Words Video: Life in the Undergrowth
9/ th Grade Agenda
Science Notebook: Scientific Root Words
Video: Life in the Undergrowth

2. Thinking like a Scientist
Scientists use skills such as obs_______, infe______, pred_______, clas______, and making models to learn more about the world and make scientific progress
erving
rring
icting
sifying

3. Observing
Observing means using one or more of your sen_____ to gather information.
ses

4. Quantitative observation deal with num____ or amounts.
bers
Can you give me an example?
20% of the students passed the test.

5. Qualitative Observation deal with desc_______ that cannot be expressed in numbers
riptions
Can you give me an example?
The chimp appears sad.

6. Inferring
When you exp_____ or interp____ the things you observe, you are inferring or making an inference
lain
ret

7. Predicting
Predicting means making a fore____ of what will happen in the future based on past exp__________ or evi_______.
cast
erience
dence

8. Classifying
Classifying is the process of gro_____ together items that are alike in some way
uping

9. Making models
Making models involves creating repre_________ of complex objects or processes.
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