Scooping Up Test 
Friday, November 7th 
Review Guide #2 

1, 5, 9th period- Due Wednesday, November 5th

2, 7, 8th period- Due Thursday, November 6th (Copy and answers below journal entry)

Journal Cloud

Periods 1,5,9 Due Wednesday, November 5th


Periods 2,7,8 Due Thursday, November 6th 

As we come to the close of the unit Scooping Up Science Skills, select TWO OUT OF THE FOUR essential questions to respond to in your entry.

1-Why are the steps within the scientific method essential to answer a research question?

2-Why are safety expectations essential to follow during a lab investigation?

3-How does data help guide your inference/drawn conclusion of a lab investigation?

4-How do you determine if data is valid and reasonable from a lab investigation?

Answers to review guide

1. INFERENCE

2. OBSERVATION 

3. OBSERVATION 

4. INFERENCE

5. INFERENCE

6. INFERENCE

7. OBSERVATION
8. OBSERVATION

9. INFERENCE

10. OBSERVATION OR INFERENCE - DEPENDING ON IF YOU ARE WITH THE FRIENDS OR JUST LOOKING 
11. PERHAPS OR MAYBE

FOSSIL ACTIVITY
THERE ARE TRACKS FROM THREE DIFFERENT ANIMALS IN THE ROCKS- OBSERVATION

ONE ANIMAL WAS CHASING ANOTHER ANIMAL- INFERENCE

TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS DIED IN THIS SPOT- OBSERVATION

WHEN THE ANIMALS WALKED HERE THE GROUND WAS WET- INFERENCE

ONE OF THE ANIMALS THAT DIED HERE HAD BONY PLATES- OBSERVATION

ONE OF THE ANIMALS THAT DIED HERE HAD SHARP TEETH- OBSERVATION

THE ANIMAL THAT HAD SHARP TEETH ATE MEAT- INFERENCE 



1.MANIPULATED VARIABLE- A FACTOR THAT IS CHANGED ON PURPOSE IN THE INVESTIGATION.  


RESPONDING VARIABLE- THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE. 


CONTROLLED VARIABLE- STAYS THE SAME DURING THE INVESTIGATION.  


2. CONTROLLED VARIABLES ARE ESSENTIAL IN AN INVESTIGATION TO MAKE SURE THE CHANGE IS THE ONLY DATA YOU ARE COLLECTING. ALSO, CONTROLLED VARIABLES MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DATA IS ACCURATE AND RELIABLE.  


3. LIP BALM SITUATION 
MV- BRANDS OF LIP BALMS
RV- PREVENTING DRY, CHAPPED LIPS
CVS- PERSON, APPLIED MORNING AND EVENING, TWO WEEKS, SAME PERSON


CLAY SITUATION 
MV- AMOUNT OF CLAY
RV- RATE OF FALL
CVS- TYPE OF CLAY, AMOUNT OF WATER, GRADUATED CYLINDER, STOP WATCH


BUBBLE GUM SITUATION 
MV- BRANDS OF GUM
RV- DIAMETER OF BUBBLE
CVS- THREE MIN CHEW, STUDENT, SIZE OF GUM, STOPWATCH

Journal Entries through a Google Doc 

Checklist

1. Share Google doc with me through email.

2. Add message function when Google doc is shared.  Write an email message to me stating what journal entry you are submitting.

3. Can share with me at any time before the due date and by 2:40 pm on the date it is due. If it is an early release day it s due by12:25 pm. 

4. If you submit your journal entry after 2:40 pm or 12:25 pm, it is considered LATE. 

*** You can continue to submit your spiral notebook to me on the due date, if you would like to handwrite your entry*** 

Scooping Up Science Skills Essential Questions-
These are the questions you will be able to answer and do at the end of this unit!

Why are the steps within the scientific method essential to answer a research question?

Why are safety expectations essential to follow during a lab investigation?

How does data help guide your inference/drawn conclusion of a lab investigation?

How do you determine if data is valid and reasonable from a lab investigation?

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