Science Skills

​OCTOBER 18, 2023

SCIENCE SKILLS REVIEW

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Some text here about the topic of discussion

​Jose liked to hike, but he was often bothered by mosquito bites.

He read that rubbing lavender flowers on your skin can repel mosquitoes. Jose wanted to find out if lavender flowers work better as a mosquito repellent than store-bought bug spray.

He sprayed bug spray on one of his arms and rubbed lavender flowers on his other arm. Then, he went for a hike. When he got home, he counted the number of new mosquito bites on each arm. Jose repeated this test each afternoon for one week.

​Question! Identify what Jose was changing ( Independent Variable) in this experiment. (write answer on slide 3)

​a mosquito biting a human

​lavender flowers

Open Ended

Identify what Jose was changing ( Independent Variable) in this  experiment.

​Jose liked to hike, but he was often bothered by mosquito bites.

He read that rubbing lavender flowers on your skin can repel mosquitoes. Jose wanted to find out if lavender flowers work better as a mosquito repellent than store-bought bug spray.

He sprayed bug spray on one of his arms and rubbed lavender flowers on his other arm. Then, he went for a hike. When he got home, he counted the number of new mosquito bites on each arm. Jose repeated this test each afternoon for one week.

​Question! Identify what Jose was measuring ( Dependent Variable) in his experiment. (write answer on slide 5)

​a mosquito biting a human

​lavender flowers

Open Ended

Identify what Jose was measuring ( Dependent Variable) in his  experiment.

​Jose liked to hike, but he was often bothered by mosquito bites.

He read that rubbing lavender flowers on your skin can repel mosquitoes. Jose wanted to find out if lavender flowers work better as a mosquito repellent than store-bought bug spray.

He sprayed bug spray on one of his arms and rubbed lavender flowers on his other arm. Then, he went for a hike. When he got home, he counted the number of new mosquito bites on each arm. Jose repeated this test each afternoon for one week.

​Task! Write a hypothesis that will help  Jose test the experiment.

If I…..Then I predict... Because (write answer on slide 7)

​a mosquito biting a human

​lavender flowers

Open Ended

Write a hypothesis that will help  Jose test the experiment.

If I…..

Then I predict...

Because

​Calculate the mass shown on the triple beams. The mass shown above is

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_________+ _________+ ___________= ___________ GRAMS

(write answer on slide 9)​

Open Ended

Calculate the mass shown on the triple beams. The mass shown is:

​Calculate the mass shown on the triple beams. The mass shown above is

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_________+ _________+ ___________= ___________ GRAMS

(write answer on slide 11)​

Open Ended

Calculate the mass shown on the triple beams. The mass shown is: