Scientific Inquiry page
Essential Question: What are the processes that scientists use to investigate testable questions?
**Vocabulary - Section 1 - science, observing, inferring, predicting, scientific inquiry, hypothesis,
controlled experiment, variable, manipulated variable (independent variable),
responding variable (dependent variable), data, scientific theory, scientific law
Essential Question: What are the processes that scientists use to investigate testable questions?
**Vocabulary - Section 1 - science, observing, inferring, predicting, scientific inquiry, hypothesis,
controlled experiment, variable, manipulated variable (independent variable),
responding variable (dependent variable), data, scientific theory, scientific law
Scientific Inquiry (AKA Scientific Method)
Our Template - The students will be using this all year.
Example template
Template explanation
https://www.thoughtco.com/independent-and-dependent-variable-examples-606828
https://ninenet.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mghh-math-ee-billnye/cooking-with-bill-nye-dependent-and-independent-variables/?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=WGBHmktg_2014#.WXOqOYTyvIU
https://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scientificmethod/
Metric System
Why use the metric system?
Mass, Volume and Density
Demonstration of how mass and density are different
Density
Density: A Story of Archimedes and the Gold Crown
Density - Archimedes and the boat
Fact vs. theory
Accuracy vs. Precision
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/compare-and-convert-metric-units
www.quia.com/quiz/1167486.html
**just found treasure - super cute density song
Our Template - The students will be using this all year.
Example template
Template explanation
https://www.thoughtco.com/independent-and-dependent-variable-examples-606828
https://ninenet.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mghh-math-ee-billnye/cooking-with-bill-nye-dependent-and-independent-variables/?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=WGBHmktg_2014#.WXOqOYTyvIU
https://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scientificmethod/
Metric System
Why use the metric system?
Mass, Volume and Density
Demonstration of how mass and density are different
Density
Density: A Story of Archimedes and the Gold Crown
Density - Archimedes and the boat
Fact vs. theory
Accuracy vs. Precision
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-4/compare-and-convert-metric-units
www.quia.com/quiz/1167486.html
**just found treasure - super cute density song