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Scales & Benchmarks: The Nature of Science

Utilization: This sheet encompasses everything you need to know for this unit. Use it to study for the test(s). A good way to study is to write out the answers to all of the goals/benchmarks, and then give this sheet to someone else and have them quiz you.

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Identify and describe questions that can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of science. / Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Translate quantitative technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (table, graph).
Use tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
Pose answers, explanations, or descriptions of events and natural phenomena.
Identify sources of information and assess their reliability according to the strict standards of scientific investigation.
Explain why a scientific theory cannot become a law and why a law cannot become a theory. / Describe the steps of the scientific method.
Generate a hypothesis.
Use tools to gather data.
Identify what is science and what is not science. / List the steps of the scientific method.
Define:
  • Science
  • Observation
  • Theory
  • Law
  • Hypothesis
  • Inference
  • Bias
  • Pseudoscience
  • Peer review
  • Qualitative data
  • Quantitative data
  • Independent variable
  • Dependent variable
  • Constant variable
  • Control
Identify tools used to gather data.

Review the scale above. Based on your knowledge content of The Nature of Science, were do you feel you are…

First Day of Unit: Date ______Scale Score ______Test Score (%) on Test: ______
Test Day of Unit: Date ______Scale Score ______

Describe the Steps of the Scientific Method.

______1. Define vocabulary in Level 1.

______2. Create graphic organizer to identify tools used to generate and gather data.

Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

______3. Complete laboratory experiment in class.

Translate quantitative technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (table, graph).

______4. Create tables to organize data in laboratory experiment.

______5. Create appropriate graphs to display data in laboratory experiment.

Pose answers, explanations, or descriptions of events and natural phenomena.

______6. Write hypothesis, detailed observations, and conclusion for laboratory experiment performed in class.

______7. Complete worksheet “Theories, Laws, Hypotheses.”

Identify sources of information and assess their reliability according to the strict standards of scientific investigation.

______8. Complete activity “Science vs. Pseudoscience.”

______9. View and complete video questions for video: “Identifying Bias.”

What do you think you’ll earn on the unit test for Nature of Science? Circle one: FDCBA

Why do you think you’ll earn that score? How are you studying (check as many as you use):

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______Studied Notes______Completed Homework______Paid Attention in Class______Used Study Island

______Made Flashcards______Studied w/partner______Review PPT/Questions______Quizlet/Other App

______Taught this to someone else

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Actual Test Score: ______

Why did you earn that score? If you liked your score, how will you make sure you keep earning similar scores? If you DID NOT like your score, how will you do better next time?

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