Science Process Skills & Measurement

A01_ProcessUnitsMeasures

What do scientists do with curiosity?

What are scientific thinking skills? (Mastery)	How can I think like a scientist? (Interpersonal)
Why do we need scientific thinking skills? (Understanding)	How do thinking skills make the world better? (Self Expressive)

Take every day before sleeping!

BrainPop Animations and Practice Quizes

Vocabulary

Thinking Like a Scientist: Chapter 1 Section 1 & 2: Pages 6-22:

What Is Science 1994

Measurement with theMetric System 1994: Chapter 2 Sections 1 & 2 Pages 38-61

Labs & Videos

Penny Observation Pre-Lab Worksheet Link Graph	Confection Connection Observation Pre-Lab Worksheet Link	PennyPrediction Pre-Lab Worksheet Link Graph	Which White Stuff? Qualitative Game & Images
K'Nex/Magnetix/LEGO Telephone Game Qualitative Observations	Chromatography - Markers Write up a lab. Crayola Activity Example	Fingerprint Text Print Lab Sheet	Dusting for fingerprints with charcoal. How to compare fingerprints Video

Qualitative Observations-Sounds Describe the soundscapes with both similes and sound qualities (pitch, loudness, complexity, length, etc. SoundScape 1	Qualitative Observations-Sounds Describe the soundscapes with both similes and sound qualities (pitch, loudness, complexity, length, etc. Soundscape 2	Qualitative Observations-Sounds Describe the soundscapes with both similes and sound qualities (pitch, loudness, complexity, length, etc. SoundScape 3	Qualitative Observations-Sounds Describe the soundscapes with both similes and sound qualities (pitch, loudness, complexity, length, etc. SoundScape 4
Introduction to Physics	Technical Drawings: Draw a car Observation to Inference activities: Picture, Sound, and Touch: 2-column chart Clock Observations	Measure the Golden Center and other Quantitative Activities	Read mass from a Triple Beam Balance Univ Wisc
	Fermilab A Sense of Scale Part 1	Fermilab A Sense of Scale Part 2	Nye Measurement Video Shooltube Espanol Quiz

Engage

Discrepant Event

Explore

Research

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Write-Up

Elaborate

New situations/applications

Evaluate

project to share

Reading & Math Work

Reading

Math and Data

Projects by Learning Style and Media Type

Sensing-Thinking (Mastery) Facts Create a diagram that shows what the basic metric measures for mass, volume, and distance are and how prefixes relate to sizes. Create a diagram showing definitions and examples of observations, inferences and predictions.	Sensing-Feeling (Interpersonal) A time when you... Measure things in your house, classroom, or outside and show how the sizes are related using the metric measures for mass, volume, and distance. Observe your family or friends' behavior like Jane Goodall did. Communicate an observation, draw an inference, and make a prediction.
Intuitive-Thinking (Understanding) Playing with facts Create a diagram that shows what the basic metric measures for mass, volume, and distance are and how they can be related to each other. Create a diagram showing how an observation relates to an inference and a prediction.	Intuitive-Feeling (Self-Expressive) Creating new possibiliteis Imagine a new world, home, or biome. Describe your world using the metric measures for mass, volume, and distance Communicate (in a way you can submit) an observation you made using any five senses. Then make an inference about explaining what it means. Then make a prediction

Video/Animation Make a metric system video or animation showing your understanding of the units of mass, volume, length, and temperature. Make a video or animation about a crime story showing your understanding of the science process skills of observation, inference, prediction, modeling, and communication.	Presentation Create a PowerPoint, ToonDoo, or other graphic that shows what the basic metric measures are and how prefixes relate to sizes. Make a PowerPoint, ToonDoo, or other graphic about a crime story showing your understanding of the science process skills of observation, inference, prediction, modeling, and communication.
Podcast Audio Make a metric system radio show or song showing your understanding of the units of about mass, volume, length, and temperature. Make a crime story radio play or song showing your understanding of the science process skills of observation, inference, prediction, modeling, and communication.	Live Presentation Project Make a metric system poster, play, song or cartoon showing your understanding of the units of mass, volume, length, and temperature. Make a crime story play, cartoon, storyboard, or song showing your understanding of the science process skills of observation, inference, prediction, modeling, and communication.

Essential Vocabulary & Concepts

Picture	Core Knowledge or Concept
	Science is the process of explaining the natural world.
	Observing is using your senses to gather information about the world.
	Qualitative observations describe using words, diagrams, or models.
	Quantitative observations measure using numbers.
	Inferring is making sense of your observation.
	Predicting is making an inference about a future event
	Models help people understand things that they cannot observe directly.
	Communicating is the process of sharing ideas and information with other people.
	Metric System (International System of Units, SI) a system of measurement based on the number 10. A meter is the unit used to measure length, or the distance between two points. A liter is the unit used to measure the volume of a liquid or the amount of space it takes up. A gram is used to measure the amount of matter in an object. Degrees Celsius measure temperature.
	Scientist Jane Goodall used her skills of observation, inference, prediction, and communication in her studies of chimpanzee society.
	Technology A hodometer is used to measure distance by surveyors, building inspectors, and athletic field managers.