Get Ready for Science

What is a data table?

• a tool used to record and organize data into rows and columns
• a table kids sit at 
• a pictograph
• a bar graph

What is inquiry?

• asking questions about something or studying it closely
• when you hurt yourself
• a list of steps to complete an experiment
• an insect

Describe a hypothesis.

• a baby hippo
• a possible answer to a question
• a test all scientists take
• something all 3rd graders must have

What is a tool used to pick up and hold on to objects?

• tweezers
• scissors
• forceps
• your hands

The one thing in a scientific test that is different

• constant
• variable
• the procedures
• the hypothesis

An organized plan that scientists use to conduct a study...

• procedures
• data
• plan of action
• scientific method

An experiment

• is a test done to find out whether a hypothesis is correct
• when you use fire and googles at school
• anytime a person in white lab coat mixes chemicals
• something that is only done at school

An investigation is...

• the study that scientist does
• what is done in court
• how people understand science
• when you solve a playground mystery

What would be used to measure the distance around the trunk of a tree?

• ruler
• unifix cubes
• paper clips
• measuring tape

What would not be an inquiry skill?

• making observations
• asking questions
• coloring
• recording answers in a science journal