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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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