1. Unit: Science & Technology
Lesson #1 Science and the Natural World
Essential Question: What skills do scientists use?

2. 1.) A way of learning about the natural world Science
2.) Using one or more of your senses to gather Observing
information
3.) An observation that deals with numbers Quantitative
4.) An observation that deals with descriptions Qualitative
What is one qualitative observation and one quantitative observation about the chimp?

3. 5.) When you explain or interpret Inferring
things that have happened or are
happening based on reasoning from
what you know. This is not a guess.
What can you infer about the chimp and the termite mound?

4. 6.) Making a statement or a claim about Prediction
what will happen in the future based on
past experience or evidence
Make a prediction about what this angry chimp might do next?

5. 7.) Grouping together of items that are Classifying alike in some way
8.) Comparing observations and data Evaluating
to reach a conclusion
9.) Creating representations of complex Making models
objects or processes
Why is this map a model?

6. 10.) This tool is used to record Table
the information collected from an
experiment