Standards: SC.912.N.1.6 Describe how scientific inferences are drawn from scientific observations and provide examples from the content being studied.
Objectives:
1. Distinguish between observations and inferences
2. Observe and classify objects as living or non-living based on the characteristics of living things.
DEQ:
What inferences can we make about living things from our observations?
Agenda:
ENGAGE: Understanding Fossil Butte (Day 1), Mystery Worms (Day 2)
EXPLORE: Observations and Inferences Activity
EXPLAIN: Cornell Notes + "Characteristics of Living Things"
EXTEND: Question Set 1A (Remediation), Question Set 1B (Enrichment) [Assigned by Instructor]
EVALUATE: Characteristics of Living Things Quiz
VOCABULARY: Inference, Observation, Hypothesis, Variable, Organism, Metabolism, Stimuli, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Homeostasis, Evolution, Qualitative, Quantitative
